November Blues

Sharon M. Draper

May 2009 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

When November Nelson loses her boyfriend, Josh, to a pledge stunt gone horribly wrong, she thinks her life can't possibly get any worse. But Josh left something behind that will change November's life forever, and now she's faced with the biggest decision she could ever imagine. How in the world will she tell her mom? And how will Josh's parents take the news? She's never needed a friend more.

Jericho Prescott lost his best friend when he lost his cousin, Josh, and the pain is almost more than he can bear. His world becomes divided into "before" and "after" Josh's death. He finds the only way he can escape the emptiness he feels is to quit doing the things that made him happy when his cousin was alive, such as playing his beloved trumpet, and take up football, where he hopes the physical pain will suppress the emotional. But will hiding behind shoulder pads really help? And will his gridiron obsession prevent him from being there for his cousin's girlfriend when she needs him most?

This sequel to The Battle of Jericho is a no-holds-barred look at what happens when life doesn't go as planned, by the acclaimed author of the 2007 Coretta Scott King Award winner Copper Sun.

Ratings and reviews

Good book but it ended too soon. I felt like it left me hanging. It would've been nice to see how senior year played out for November as well as Sunshine's progress

This Book Is Called November Blues And It Is About A Girl Name November and she don't have a boyfriend or a dad in ur life and she just found out that she is pregnant but her baby's daddy is not here and he can not see the baby when the baby is borning and that is killing November and she only told ur friend adn one day she was in the restroom at school and she was not feeling good and this girl named Olivia had walked in the restroom and she was asking November do she need help and November had told her no that she was okay and then Olivia had leave and then she came back in there and then they was talking.But November didn't tell her mother that is was pregnant but then one day she had when to the doctor and the doctor was telling November that she need to tell her mother that she was pregnant but November didn't know how to tell her mother that was about to have a baby but she had told Jericho that she was pregnant for Josh and Jericho didn't know what to say about November being pregant for his dead cousin and he was thinking about Josh and then he was like November what are u going to do what the baby and she was telling that she is going to keep it and then she had leave and she had when home.And then that day her mother was sitting at the kitchen table drink coffee and working in a word puzzule book and then she had told her mother that she is pregnant for Josh and her mother was mad and she was crying and then later her mother was happy and she had when to the doctor when November and see what she was having and she is having a little girl and her mother is so happy for her because she is having a little girl.One Day November was getting on the bus and she had saw a 12 year old girl that was pregnant and that 12 year old girl was big and she said that she is having a little boy and November had asked the girl what is her boyfriend age and the girl was like the same age of me and November could'nt beleive that and at the end November names her baby Sunshine.

This book is about a girl named November Nelson getting pregnat by her boyfriend Josh. Josh died in a pledging accident. He jumped from a 2 story window.Josh's cousin and best friend Jerico offered to take care of the baby girl.Once Josh died Jerico had givin up his Trumpet that he loved to play for football. He thought football was a way for him to burn off his memories of Josh. Her friends Olivia and Dana take care of her along with Dana's boyfriend Kofi. November named her daughter Sunshine. Sunshine was due on November 2nd. The baby was born 2 months early on September 5th. She was in critical condition and couldn't breathe on her own. She was born prematurly but Sunshine is ok. In the end Jerico got back to his trumpet and got a request from Julliard.

About the author

Sharon M. Draper is a three-time New York Times bestselling author for Out of My Mind, Blended, and Out of My Heart. She’s also won Coretta Scott King Awards for Copper Sun and Forged by Fire and multiple honors. She’s also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. Sharon taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. She now lives in Florida. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.