Someone to Love

By Francess Lin Lantz

Book Overview

Although at odds with her parents over their decision to adopt a baby, fifteen-year-old Sarah finds herself drawn to the birth mother, who is having second thoughts about giving up her child. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380775905
• ISBN13: 9780380775903
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: HarperTrophy
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.1" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Love of a Family

Someone To LoveBy: Francess LantzThis is a fascinating story of a middle class family that wanted to adopt a baby from a poverty stricken unwed mother. This couple had everything to offer a baby. They were strict parents to their fifteen years old daughter Sara. Sara want to adopt Iris baby as much as her parent did but for different reason. She thought if her parents had a baby to look after they would have less time to be in her business. As the story unfolds, the couple's teenage daughter Sara envies the pregnant teenager lifestyle and want to be like her, and Iris wanted to have the life style that Sara had. After overhearing the couple discussing not wanting Iris around, the two girls ran off together. They both realize this was not the thing to do and they need the couple's help to get though the pregnancy and the birth of Iris baby. This is a great story about adoption and the love of a family. This book would be interesting to students in the seventh grade and above. Parents and teacher could use this book to promote the study of social relation, science, art, geography and health.

Someone to Love

In the story "Someone to Love" by Francess Lantz, Sara, on of the main characters who is 15 is an only child. Sara's parents are really strict. Her parents decided that they wanted to adopt a baby. At first Sara feels bad because she thinks that she isn't good enough and thats why her parents want another baby. Later she realizes that maybe that her parents will give all the attention to the baby and they'll stop being so strict. so she agrees with it. Iris is an 18 year old girl who has very little money and is pregnant and decides that giving the baby up for adoption would be the best thing to do. Sara envies the freedom that Iris has and Iris envies the safe home Sara has. This story is written in diary format, Sara isn't writing to her diary, but to the "mystery baby", who is Iris' unborn baby. Even though we only get to hear Saras thoughts, the author still explores all sides of adoption. I would recommend this book to anyone because it keeps you interested and has a vey good plot I rate this book a 5 out of 5.

SomeoneTo Love

This book is truely wonderful. I myself am tryingto become an uthor and Francess Lantz is a great inspiration. This book is about a young girl and her family as they struggle to aopt an unborn child. It is kept a a diary and is extremly discriptive. I definatly recomend it to anyone who reads adoption or teen pregnancy fiction

Informative. Interesting, Definitly worth reading

The reason I gave this book a 5 was because it was different. I would give it 4 and a half if I could. I enjoyed this book because it is informative about adoption but at teh same time it has an intriging story going on at the same time involving a pregnant teenager and her relationship with the adoptive family of her yet-to-be-born child. However, I didn't understand the actions of many of the characters. It wasn't taht the book was confusing, it was just that it was hard to relate to the charcters. They were somewhat unrealistic but overall I think this book is worth reading.

The Struggle of Adopting an Unborn Child

Sara Dewherst is fifteen and has always been an only child. Then, when Janie and Bob, friends of her parents', return from their vacation and come over with their adopted son for dinner. Sara's parents finally decide to adopt a child, which they had been longing for since Sara was born. During the story, Sara explains the joys and concerns of adopting a child, in a journal she keeps.I enjoyed this book because it was very explanatory. This was a wonderful book; if you enjoy books about adoption or teen pregnancy.