Read Online The First Part Last (Heaven, #2) Documented By Angela Johnson Formatted As Audio Books

First Part Last, by Angela Johnson, is a story told through the eyes ofyear old Bobby as he learns how to raise a child when he is not yet and adult himself.
On Bobbysth birthday, his girlfriend, Nia, brought him a red balloon and told him she was pregnant, In the nine months or Nias pregnancy, she and Bobby stay together and eventually come the agreement that their child will be adopted because at their age they know that neither of them can support a child.
It wasn't an easy decision for either of them but they felt it was the best option, When the baby was born something went wrong while Nia was giving birth and she ended up in a persistent vegetative state meaning she was unconscious and wouldn't wake up.
This meant Bobby was on his own with his new daughter, He named her Feather. With Nia not there to help him sign the adoption paperwork, Bobby couldn't do it and decided to keep his daughter because she was the only piece of Feather he had left.
You dont find all of this out until the end of the book though because it is told in chapters of “now” and “then” so it goes back and forth between whats happening currently and everything that happened leading up to the day of Feathers birth.
In the “now” part of the book,

you learn about the struggles Bobby is going through to take care of feather and go to school and do things he needs to do for himself.
I like that is does the back and forth because it isn't how books are normally written so the difference is cool, The chapters and book as a whole are really short and easy to read but in that short amount of writing there is a really good story and its definitely worth a read.
Haunting would be the best way to describe the tone of this book, Even though its pretty clear what has happened in the “then” part, it still was a gut punch when it collided with the “now, ” Reminded me a little of Orbiting Jupiter though this came out way before that book and Id be shocked if Johnsons work didnt actually have some influence on Jupiter.
First thought after finishing was that shortness of the story left some character development missing for me, but yet on second thought the brevity worked beautifully for the overall story and I didnt need anotherpages of plot.
Umm

I read this book at work today, so it's obviously a quick read, I was definitely underwhelmed. It's a Printz award winner, but that must be for the concept because I didn't find the actual story or writing to be very compelling,

The novel is told from the point of view of a teen dad, but it's completely superficial and I found no real depth to it.
Bobby, the father, is doing the responsible thing by "raising" his infant daughter after his girlfriend goes into a permanent vegetative coma during laborbut this book lacks insight that I think it would have had if it were told by a female narrator.
Essentially, all the reader sees is him hold the baby and change diapers, The story barely touches the surface as to how his life has changed after becoming a father other than to comment several times that he is tired or looks tired.


Meh.

I DO think that female tweens and teens would like this book, but not so sure that a male reader would be all that interested.
Definitely high interested low level, I'd recommend accordingly. There's a bit of Benjamin Button at the very start of this book: "I figure if the world were really right, humans would live life backward and do the first part last.
They'd be all knowing in the beginning and all innocent in the end, "

I think that's when I had decided that I would like this story, I listened to the book, and I'm sure that this made a big difference as well, There was something very sincere and very true about Khalipa Oldjohn's rendition of the story, He embodied the narrator and the story quite perfectly with just the right pauses, just the right intonations, and a perfect empathy,

As for the storytelling itself this short novel is somehow able to keep perfect balance between the tumult of a teenaged father having to care for his newborn infant, named Feather, and the way things were, which begins with Bobby and Nia finding out that they are pregnant.
That aspect of looking back feels a bit slower, feels a bit meditative, and yet there is no sentimentality in the past or the present, There is a sense that despite Bobby's desperation and the ups and downs he feels, he will find a way to make things work, His and Feather's "happy endings" have to do with being together and living from one day to the next, making things work in an imperfect world, Some part of me wished that certain aspects of the story could have been fleshed out a little more Bobby's relationship with teachers at school, or that of his friends or family.
However, the brevity of this novel does focus your attention on Bobby's story, and the sharply new path his life has taken with Feather, Bobby's a classic urban teenager, He's restless. He's impulsive. But the thing that makes him different is this: He's going to be a father, His girlfriend, Nia, is pregnant, and their lives are about to change forever, Instead of spending time with friends, they'll be spending time with doctors, and next, diapers, They have options: keeping the baby, adoption, They want to do the right thing,
If only it was clear what the right thing was, This book is about a teenage boy, Bobby, Him, and his girlfriend, Nia realize they are going to become parents and become "adults" with such responsibilities that come with it, Bobby and Nia both face a difficult situation of giving it up for adoption, With much thinking, they decide to keep it, Nia goes into a coma after giving birth, leaving Bobby to care for the baby all alone, His parents help out occasionally, only because they want to teach Bobby responsibility, He faces so many challenges and responsibilities that help become a better father everyday,

This book was a good pick, I was stuck to the book amp couldn't put it down, I encourage people to read this, Angie Thomas and Nic Stone recommended this book in a recent Instagram live, so of course I picked it up,
When I started this, I was naïve in thinking that such a short book would not have much of an impact, I'm happy to report that it totally did, I teared up multiple times,
Our main character, Bobby, is a teenage single father a perspective I've never read from, There are no stereotypes or stigma placed on him, Instead, this is a tenderhearted look into his life before and after his daughter is born,
It's told nonchronologically as you could probably decipher from the title, switching between before and after the birth, This allows us to see Bobby's internal battle of wanting to stay a carefree kid but also wanting to be there for his baby, whom he has come to fiercely love.

I love that this young father's relationship with his child was at the forefront, but we were still given snapshots of the rest of his life.
This was a perfect example of showing the important aspects rather than telling,
I feel really satisfied after reading this book, which doesn't often happen, Recommend!.