Leon Dash, When Children Want Children: The Urban Crisis of Teenage Childbearing. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1989. Personal accounts of pregnant teens in the Washington, D.C., area.v

Jessica B. Gillooly, Before She Gets Her Period: Talking with Your Daughter about Menstruation. Los Angeles: Perspective Publishing, 1998. Includes a section on the trend toward early menstruation.

Lois Gilman, The Adoption Resource Book. New York: HarperPerennial, 1998. Highly recommended practical and personal guide.

Karen Gravelle and Leslie Peterson, Teenage Fathers. New York: Julian Messner, 1992. Insightful case studies of teen fathers.

Sheila Kitzinger, The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

Jeanne Warren Lindsay and Sharon Githens Enright, Books, Babies, and School-Age Parents: How to Teach Pregnant and Parenting Teens To Succeed. Buena Park, CA: Morning

Glory Press, 1997. Aimed at educators, this book is a challenging read on current...