The unmissable first book in the Intersection series, Proof Positive is the debut YA novel by bestseller Lucy V Hay.
'I’d literally had to try my hardest at everything I’d ever done before now … Study like mad for tests? Check. Take three separate auditions for the netball team? Check. It had even taken me about twenty goes to climb the rope ladder into our old tree house! But this? First time: score!'
On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Lizzie finds herself pregnant: she’s literally days away from her exam results and university beckons around the corner.
The bright Lizzie has big plans, but can she have the life she wanted, with a baby in tow? What will her family and friends say? And what will the baby’s father choose to do ... Stay out of it, or stand by her?
Proof Positive is powerful, pro-choice YA that is perfect for fans of John Green, Judy Blume and Sarah Dessen. Book 1 in the Intersection Series, a teenage character is presented with a dilemma and then ALL the potential ways the situation *might* work out. You, the reader, have the final say ... What would YOU choose, in Lizzie's place?
PRAISE FOR PROOF POSITIVE:
‘Proof Positive is a powerful and utterly absorbing YA book from author Lucy V Hay, which deals with teen pregnancy in a sensitive and thought-provoking way. This is unexpected, and creative storytelling from someone who is expert at plot and pacing. I was gripped from the first page.’
- Rebecca Denton, author of This Beats Perfect and The Punk Factor
‘Proof Positive that Lucy V Hay is an author of our time. Teenage pregnancy needs to be discussed, and this book places it under the spotlight. A from-the-heart story, told with alternative narratives, this would be a perfect book choice for mother and daughter book groups, or high schools, and would guarantee a lively debate.’
- Ruth Dugdall, author of My Sister And Other Liars and The Things You Didn’t See
‘A beautiful, sensitively-written YA novel where Hay effortlessly captures the voice of eighteen-year-old Lizzie, who finds herself pregnant on the eve of her eighteenth birthday. Though aimed at young adults, I defy anyone of any age to read this and not be moved, not learn something, and not have their eyes opened a little wider. I loved the alternative futures in the narrative, so that there was no judgement or suggestion of what Lizzie should or shouldn't do. And the ending was perfect.’
- Louise Beech, author of Maria In The Moon and How To Be Brave
‘If you enjoy teen fiction then you need to read this book. If you don’t enjoy teen fiction, you still need to read this book. I have, and felt every frustrated, tense, joyous, heart-rending, angry, gleeful moment along with Lizzie and her parents, family and friends.’
– Jenny Kane, author of Abi’s House and Another Cup of Coffee
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
'I’d literally had to try my hardest at everything I’d ever done before now … Study like mad for tests? Check. Take three separate auditions for the netball team? Check. It had even taken me about twenty goes to climb the rope ladder into our old tree house! But this? First time: score!'
On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Lizzie finds herself pregnant: she’s literally days away from her exam results and university beckons around the corner.
The bright Lizzie has big plans, but can she have the life she wanted, with a baby in tow? What will her family and friends say? And what will the baby’s father choose to do ... Stay out of it, or stand by her?
Proof Positive is powerful, pro-choice YA that is perfect for fans of John Green, Judy Blume and Sarah Dessen. Book 1 in the Intersection Series, a teenage character is presented with a dilemma and then ALL the potential ways the situation *might* work out. You, the reader, have the final say ... What would YOU choose, in Lizzie's place?
PRAISE FOR PROOF POSITIVE:
‘Proof Positive is a powerful and utterly absorbing YA book from author Lucy V Hay, which deals with teen pregnancy in a sensitive and thought-provoking way. This is unexpected, and creative storytelling from someone who is expert at plot and pacing. I was gripped from the first page.’
- Rebecca Denton, author of This Beats Perfect and The Punk Factor
‘Proof Positive that Lucy V Hay is an author of our time. Teenage pregnancy needs to be discussed, and this book places it under the spotlight. A from-the-heart story, told with alternative narratives, this would be a perfect book choice for mother and daughter book groups, or high schools, and would guarantee a lively debate.’
- Ruth Dugdall, author of My Sister And Other Liars and The Things You Didn’t See
‘A beautiful, sensitively-written YA novel where Hay effortlessly captures the voice of eighteen-year-old Lizzie, who finds herself pregnant on the eve of her eighteenth birthday. Though aimed at young adults, I defy anyone of any age to read this and not be moved, not learn something, and not have their eyes opened a little wider. I loved the alternative futures in the narrative, so that there was no judgement or suggestion of what Lizzie should or shouldn't do. And the ending was perfect.’
- Louise Beech, author of Maria In The Moon and How To Be Brave
‘If you enjoy teen fiction then you need to read this book. If you don’t enjoy teen fiction, you still need to read this book. I have, and felt every frustrated, tense, joyous, heart-rending, angry, gleeful moment along with Lizzie and her parents, family and friends.’
– Jenny Kane, author of Abi’s House and Another Cup of Coffee
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
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