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by: Margaret Bechard

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780689862687
ISBN: 0689862687
Label: Simon Pulse
Manufacturer: Simon Pulse
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: December 01, 2003
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 269501
Studio: Simon Pulse

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It's Sam Pettigrew's last year of high school. And he's spending it figuring out how, at age seventeen, he is supposed to care for his baby son, Max.

Max wasn't part of the plan. He wasn't even part of the backup plan. But he's here now, and Sam is attending an alternative high school with other teen parents like himself. Talk about a wake-up call. But Sam is determined to make it work, to show everyone -- his dad, his new girlfriend, himself -- that he has what it takes to be a good dad.

Trading footballs for diaper bags and college brochures for feeding schedules, Sam gives fatherhood his best shot. Only no one told him it would be this hard. What if his best isn't good enough?

Amazon.com Review:
Between the midnight feedings and the diaper issue, it's never easy being a new parent. But when you're also a high-school student trying to graduate, the job becomes even more overwhelming. Sam Pettigrew never dreamed he'd spend his senior year pushing a stroller. But when his former girlfriend, Brittany, decided that she couldn't handle being a parent, Sam knew he had to try. Now attending an alternative high school that provides daycare, Sam desperately juggles homework and parenting duties. "The list above my desk said, 'Get Max to sleep by 9:00.' Right under 'Drink out of a cup' and 'nap schedule.' I couldn't even remember what 'nap schedule' meant. " Sam's biggest problem is his lack of support: Brittany has left town to start over, and Sam's widowed father, angry over Sam's decision, refuses to help Sam other than financially. Claire Bailey, another teen parent, only serves to show Sam how alone he is--her family loves to babysit and buy toys for her baby, Emily. Finally, after a disastrous night spent in the emergency room when Max cuts his hand, Sam becomes defeated. How much longer can he keep up this crazy schedule of school and fatherhood? Yet, how can he bear not to keep it up, when giving it up means giving up Max?

With this kind of subject matter, it would be easy for seasoned author Margaret Bechard to slip into didactic "after-school special" mode. Instead she has penned a truly tender, reversed-gender tearjerker with an ending as realistic as it is heartbreaking. A four-hankie recommended read. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert

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- This Book Was So Great - Finished it in less than a day!
I was a bit hesitant at first to read this book, because I didn't want it to be a cliche teenage pregnancy story. But, I proved myself wrong after reading less than a page. I knew this story would hold a special place in my heart - And now that I've finished it, it does.

Without leaking too much of the plot, Sam [The main character and father of baby Max] is dealing with so much stress. I loved how the book went back and forth from present day text, discussing what was going on at that ... Read More

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- Hanging on to Max Review
"Hanging on to Max" is a novel about a teenage single parent who has a young son. Sam is 17 years old and his son in Max. Sam has a hard life he is trying to juggle a million different schedules he has to go to school, do his homework, take care of Max, and hang out with friends. Sam finds out that its hard to take care of his son and try to do things that normal high school students do. Sam feels it is too hard to take care of Max so Sam decides to give Max up for adoption in the end. Sam ... Read More

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- Hanging on to Max
The book Hanging On To Max is a great book by Margret Bechard. The book is about a teenage boy named sam who is trying to raise a baby boy named Max. max's mother , Brittany, put him up for adoption and sam could not bare to let him go, so sam took the resposiblity to take Max and raise him all alone. At only the age of seven-teen, sam is still attending school and taking care of rasing Max. max and sam go through so much together because Max comes first. He is sam's biggest priority. Having a baby ... Read More

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- A Good Read
My group read the novel, Hanging on to Max. This book was about a teenage guy, named Sam, whose girlfriend had gotten pregnant. She decided to give the baby up for adoption and before Sam could even think it through, he told her he would keep the baby. Throughout the novel, you get to see how much a baby really does affect your life. Sam could no longer play sports or hang out with friends. He had to go to an alternative school, where he could bring Max with him. Sam did not realize how hard ... Read More

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- Great Book
In the beginning of Hanging onto Max, Sam is talking about how he had to change schools after taking custody of Max from Brittany. Sam has to take more responsibility at the age of 17 then he could ever imagine. In the middle of the book, Sam decides he is going to take the SAT's and got a great score on them. Sam feels as if he is a disappointment to his father and to Max. In the end, Sam is having second thoughts and wants Max to grow up with two parents and be cared for the way he deserves it.
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