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=The Girl With a Baby = =by Sylvia Olsen =

**Overview:** Jane Williams is the girl with the baby, and she certainly has her hands full. She is a teenager, a student, a mother, a sister, a daughter, a granddaughter, and, on top of that, she wants to play the lead in the school musical. But the musical is //Grease//, and who would cast a Native teen mother in the role of Sandy? This novel tells the story of a Native girl who is trying to deal with the challenges of losing her mother and living in a dysfunctional family all while trying to be a teenage mother in grade 9. The author writes from a place of understanding, and this is apparent in the dialogue and issues raised.