Read the pregnancy project online by gaby rodriguez and jenna. Gaby rodriguez made national headlines in 2011 when, as a seventeenyearold high school senior from toppenish, washington, she revealed she had faked a pregnancy for a class project. When high school senior gaby faked a pregnancy as a project to challenge stereotypes, she also changed her life. Gaby walks a fine line of understanding the issue of teenage pregnancy. Jan 25, 2012 last year, high school senior gaby rodriguez tucked a faux baby bump under her shirt and went to class. Recommended by unshelveds friday book recommendations, gaby rodriguez grabbed headlines with her senior project. Everybody was just shocked, like speechless, rodriguez said. Gaby rodriguez was tired of stereotypes that were projected on her and those around her. In this initially slowpaced account, the honor stude.
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Her grades were in the top 5% of her graduating class, and she was a commencement. Gaby rodriguez, 17, shocked her friends, teachers and family when she said she was pregnant. I had to read this book for a grade in my spanish class. A memoir, by american activist gaby rodriguez and cowritten by american author jenna glatzer, is based on the teenage experiences of rodriguez, who engaged in an elaborate hoax and social experiment where she faked a pregnancy while in high school, intending to chronicle how she was treated differently by her peers and. She was raised by her single mom and has seven brothers and sisters. She came up with the idea for this project because she was told repeatedly by her brothers and sisters that she would end up getting pregnant as a teen just like all of them. A memoir by gaby rodriguez with jenna glatzer takes place in a high school full of judgemental teens. Every senior had to chose a project to accomplish throughout the whole year. A memoir is a first hand account of a girl who wanted to change the way people think about one another. Her books have been featured on the oprah winfrey show, the today show, good morning america. The true story of a high school senior whose faked pregnancy rocked her community and made. Jan 17, 2012 gaby rodriguez made national headlines in 2011 when, as a seventeenyearold high school senior from toppenish, washington, she revealed she had faked a pregnancy for a class project.
Gaby rodriguezs memoir about faking her own pregnancy for a high school project is a quick and inspirational read that can act as a selfhelp book to many youth of today. It was written by gaby rodriguez and jenna glatzer. Growing up, gaby rodriguez was often told she would end up a teen mom. Im the girl who faked her own pregnancy as a senior project, declares gaby rodriguez on the opening page of this story behind the 2011. She then took her notes and parlayed them into a book, the pregnancy project, and a lifetime movie of the same name that premieres on jan. Her experience inspired a lifetime movie, also titled the pregnancy project. Discover this compelling memoir from an inspirational teenage activist, now a lifetime movie. The pregnancy project gaby rogriguez is both the protagonist and narrator of the book. The book the pregnancy project was published on january 17, 2012. Gaby rodriguez s memoir about faking her own pregnancy for a high school project is a quick and inspirational read that can act as a selfhelp book to many youth of today. In april 2011, 17yearold rodriguez attracted widespread media attention when she revealed that she had faked a pregnancy for her senior project. It was a really good book and im glad we had to read this book because i. Apr 30, 20 gaby rodriguez made national headlines in 2011 when, as a seventeenyearold high school senior from toppenish, washington, she revealed she had faked a pregnancy for a class project. A studentmade book trailer for the pregnancy project by gaby rodriguez.
Apr 22, 2011 gaby rodriguez, 17, shocked her friends, teachers and family when she said she was pregnant. At first gabbi chose to do her project on the life of a foster kid. Toppenish high school senior gaby rodriguez reveals to the school her preganancy is a fake, having used padding to simulate the pregnancy. The senior class is assigned a project where they have to do research and find out a lot about a certain subject. Gaby rodriguez talks new book the pregnancy project. In this book, rodriguez shares her experience growing up in the shadow of low expectations, reveals how she was able to fake her own pregnancy, and reveals all that she learned from the experience. Her story made national headlines and inspired her to publish her memoir, the pregnancy project, with cowriter jenna glatzer.
It was a really good book and im glad we had to read this book because i probably wouldnt have even know about this. Her grades were in the top 5% of her graduating class, and she was a commencement speaker. She is an honor student and is known to be a good girl. The pregnancy project the author of this book is 21 year old gaby rodriguez. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jan 23, 2012 gaby rodriguez talks new book the pregnancy project by breia brissey updated january 23, 2012 at 12. Gaby decided to make her senior year project at toppenish high school in washington a social experiment where she pretended to be.
But more than that, gaby s story is about fighting stereotypes, and how one girl found the strength to come out from the shadow of low. The money made from the book and the movie would be used for her family and going to a good college. For her senior project, gaby faked her own pregnancy but did not let everyone in on the secret. Its the mother of an adolescent girls worst fearher daughter coming home pregnant. The pregnancy project is a look back at the project, what gabby learned about herself, her family, her school and society as a whole and her reaction to her postreveal fifteen minutes of fame.
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