Perfect Family

Jerrie Oughton

Houghton Mifflin, 2000 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 196 pages

Welcome Marie O'Neal is finally starting to enjoy her 15th year and can't wait to turn 16. She meets Nicholas Canton and, though her parents don't approve, the two start dating. Soon Welcome is head over heels in love and she can't believe it won't last forever. But the romance ends with the summer and when things fall apart, Welcome finds herself confused, heartbroken, and...in trouble. There aren't many people Welcome can turn to for help or advice in her small Southern town in 1955, especially not in her "perfect" family. The decisions Welcome has to make will change her life forever.

About the author

Jerrie Oughton has written several novels for young adults. Her first, Music From a Place Called Half Moon. was awarded the Bank Street College Children's Book Award. She lives with her husband in Lexington, Kentucky.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Perfect Family
• Author: Jerrie Oughton
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2000
• ISBN: 0395986680, 9780395986684
• Length: 196 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / General; Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Pregnancy