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Seventeen years old and pregnant, Anne lives with other unwed mothers in a group home in rural Texas where she learns to be herself before giving her child up for adoption.

Discusses several aspects of teen pregnancy, including the role of drugs and alcohol; what happens to the body during pregnancy; options including adoption, keeping the baby, and abortion; childbirth; breast-feeding; the impact on mothers' and fathers' lifestyles; legal matters; and contraception.

Told from their own viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her father, and Mandy, nearly nineteen, are thrown together when Jill's mother agrees to adopt Mandy's unborn child but nothing turns out as they had anticipated.

Eighteen-year-old Kenzie of Philadelphia, pregnant by Yale-bound Kevin, is bitter when her mother sends her to Spain to deliver and give her baby away, but discovers a makeshift family with the rancher who takes her in, his cook, and the young man they have raised together.

Discusses the social causes of teen pregnancy, problems faced by pregnant teens and the alternatives available to them, the impact of parenthood on teens of both sexes, and approaches to the problem.

Twelve-year-old Bitte learns the answer to the question, "What is love?" when her older sister decides to place her unborn child for adoption.

At sixteen, Sara is pregnant, alone, and desperate, so she arranges an open adoption with George and Eva, an older couple longing for a child, but after the baby is born, Sara's unmistakable link with the child forces Eva to make a drastic decision with devastating consequences.

Fifteen-year-old Rose and seventeen-year-old Chase find a common bond in their troubled relationships with their parents, but as Chase's family life improves, Rose's becomes worse, pulling the couple apart.