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Jumping Off Swings

By: Jo Knowles
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Jo Knowles’ Jumping Off Swings (2009) is an emotional and realistic depiction of the struggles of teen pregnancy. Told from the perspectives of four alternating narrators Jumping Off Swings gives a full circle and multidimensional look at teen sexual activity and how the decision to be sexually active is not as one sided as it may seem.