And for girls, Aaron is very very easy to relate to - he might be a guy but I definitely had some of the same struggles when I was a teenager. It might be harder for boys to relate to Hannah’s pregnancy struggles, but I think it’s important they try. Both voices are so real that you can’t help but relate with both of them. I must admit that I cringed a bit when I read the back of this book - it sounded very 16 & Pregnant and I wasn’t sure how that was going to translate in a great book. The strength of this particular book is that the perspectives are both done so successfully. So both teenagers are looking for their place in the world, like most teens are, but both go about it in very different ways. Aaron is new in town and wants to fit in, but he’s not sure where exactly he wants to find in. Hannah is an insecure teenage girl who is desperate to feel loved - which eventually leads to some pretty controversial decisions she makes. Just like Lobsters, Salvage and Goose, Trouble follows the perspective of two very different characters. It seems like the British writers are big on giving their readers more than one perspective. As you read about their year of loss, regret, and hope, you’ll remember your first, real best friend-and how they were like a first love. Told in alternating perspectives between Hannah and Aaron, Trouble is the story of two teenagers helping each other to move forward in the wake of tragedy and devastating choices. Even more unbelievable, Hannah hears herself saying “yes.” Wishing to make up for his own past mistakes, Aaron does the unthinkable and offers to pretend to be the father of Hannah’s unborn baby.

Confused and scared, Hannah needs someone to be on her side. The one witness (besides the rest of the world): Aaron Tyler, a transfer student and the only boy who doesn’t seem to want to get into Hannah’s pants. When the entire high school finds out that Hannah Shepard is pregnant via her ex-best friend, she has a full-on meltdown in her backyard. In this dazzling debut novel, a pregnant teen learns the meaning of friendship-from the boy who pretends to be her baby’s father.

Trouble by Non Pratt