The First Part Last

The First Part Last written by Angela Johnson is about a teenaged father raising his daughter Feather. What makes this book joy interesting is that it flip-flops from the present to the past. As you read you find out about the struggle it is to balance school and parenting and also how his life was before and leading up to Feather's birth. The part that remains a mystery (or so far, I haven't finished yet) is why Boob's girlfriend (Feather's mother) is not in the picture. It seems as though you learn about everything else first like, how tagging (graffiti) helps him cope, why his parents are divorce, and evan about his "childhood." It frustrates me how I don't have a clue and keeps me wanting to know more. I also love how it's all in first person and I get to really "hear" his thoughts. I have read books in the past about teen-pregnancy but never from the father's point of view.