Planet Pregancy by Linda Oatman High - Part 1

    Planet Pregnancy by Linda Oatman High is a book about something that has been happening a lot lately in the world. Teenage pregnancy. Sahara is only sixteen when she finds out she is pregnant.  Her world was turned upside down. Before she was "Miss social butterfly" now she "has crept into a cocoon". She used to ba happy all the time now it's the complete opposite. She doesn't feel like talking to anybody. She is completely confused. It didn't bother her when other people went through these things. She was happy that she wasn't going throught that. Now that it's her she doesn't know what to do. She doesn't care what she looks like anymore but she does wonder what people say about her.
    Being Pregnant at 16 is not something out of the ordinary these days. Maybe it happens by accident but it happens all the time. I wonder if all pregnant 16 year olds feel as down as Sahara. Sahara didn't want to tell anybody. Even though she knew that there were other people going through the same thing she didn't want this thing to happen to her.
    "The Dixie Queen will never be seen again. She's dead." I have no idea why she is feeling this bad. She made a choice and now she is having to deal with one of the consequences. The really bad thing is that she is not looking for support from anyone. She doesn't want to tell anybody, not even her best friend Ema. I think if I was acting all down like her everybody would immediately know that something was going on. Why hasn't anybody noticed? If she is usually so alive and happy then why hasn't anyone realized that she was acting different.
    "There's no free guidance in this situation. No easy answers. It's like cancer: something growing without my permission". I think the way Sahara is thinking about this is sick. She is comparing a child that's growing inside of her, to cancer. Maybe she should've thought things through a little more. Now she doesn't even want to talk to anyone about it because she is scared. She is scared of what they might say. Something I think that is also putting her down is thew fact that she doesn't really like the guy. I think that was her first mistake. I wonder who she'll end up talking to about her pregnancy. She can't hide it forever.