History Literature / Bumped

* MultiEthnicName: Almost everybody. Zen Chen-Chavez, Shoko Weiss, the Ruiz-Lees.

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Subverted with cases like Melody's friend Malia, who had a mental breakdown after her child was taken away, or with [[spoiler: Harmony]], whose pregnancy by [[spoiler: Jondoe]] opens up a whole new can of worms - hopefully to be addressed in the sequel.

* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Melody's friend Shoko narrowly escapes this fate. Melody is horrified, not only by almost losing her friend, but by Shoko's complete indifference afterward.]]

* HiddenDepths: Jondoe reveals to Harmony that he has his own Christian beliefs, and that he chose his profession out of a genuine wish to help would-be parents. [[spoiler: Those depths get even deeper when Harmony eavesdrops on a conversion which implies Jondoe may have been lying all along.]]
* HolierThanThou: Harmony, though it is revealed that [[spoiler: she is seen as a sinner in Goodside for not wanting to consummate her marriage.]]

* MirrorCharacter
** Harmony and Melody discover this gradually throughout the book, as the "innocent Church girl" [[spoiler: gets pregnant by her sister's intended sperm donor]] and the "perfect Surrogette" [[spoiler: decides to remain a virgin]], both trying to follow their hearts and make their own choices instead of following orders.

* TheirFirstTime: [[spoiler: Harmony blissfully gives it up to Jondoe.]]

---> "No, it's the third sister, Symphony. And I've got two others at home called Rhythm and Tempo."

{{Sexbot}}: In order to get teenagers ready to have sex and get pregnant, they are often given sex robots, with one model being called "Boo Boo." After a certain age, it becomes frowned-upon to use one of these instead of having real sex.

%%* {{Dystopia}}

%%* FreeLoveFuture: For teenagers at least; adults are implied to be more traditional.

%%* HappilyAdopted: The family model of the future.

%%* SexAsRiteOfPassage: Granted, the sex is so you can get pregnant.

%%* TeenPregnancy: All pregnancies.

%%* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture

%%* VirginPower: Zen claims it makes him a better table tennis player.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Harmony and Melody discover this gradually throughout the book, as the "innocent Church girl" [[spoiler: gets pregnant by her sister's intended sperm donor]] and the "perfect Surrogette" [[spoiler: decides to remain a virgin]], both trying to follow their hearts and make their own choices instead of following orders.
** In a broader view, Goodside and Otherside - they seem like polar opposites (religion vs. science, arranged marriage vs. free love), but the scary thing is that neither of them takes individual choices much into account.

* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: The Cheerclones.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Harmony's husband Ram.

* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: China is said to be on its way there.

* DotingParent: Jondoe's parents.
* {{Dystopia}}

* FreeLoveFuture: For teenagers at least; adults are implied to be more traditional.

* HappilyAdopted: The family model of the future.

* JustFriends: Melody and Zen.

* NotSoDifferent: Harmony and Melody discover this gradually throughout the book, as the "innocent Church girl" [[spoiler: gets pregnant by her sister's intended sperm donor]] and the "perfect Surrogette" [[spoiler: decides to remain a virgin]], both trying to follow their hearts and make their own choices instead of following orders.

* SeparatedAtBirth: Melody and Harmony are identical twins.
* SexAsRiteOfPassage: Granted, the sex is so you can get pregnant.

* TeenPregnancy: All pregnancies.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
* TwinSwitch: Harmony pulls this so she can convert Melody's match Jondoe.
* VirginPower: Zen claims it makes him a better table tennis player.

* WideEyedIdealist: Harmony

''Bumped'' is a 2011 novel by Megan [=McCafferty=]. When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents must pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children, making teens the most prized members of society. Sixteen-year-old identical twins Melody and Harmony were separated at birth and had never met until the day Harmony shows up on Melody’s doorstep. Until now, the twins have followed completely opposite paths. Melody has scored an enviable conception contract with a couple called the Jaydens. Harmony has spent her whole life in religious Goodside, preparing to be a wife and mother. She believes her calling is to convince Melody that "pregging" for profit is a sin. But Harmony has secrets of her own that she is running from.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: A security guard at the hospital, who has slanted green eyes, brown skin and a blond Afro. This is said to be very common among older people.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Melody and Zen. Shoko teases her about making him her "everythingbut"; Harmony mistakes him for Melody's sperm donor; even her parents are suspicious.

* FutureSlang: All slang relates to pregnancy or reproduction, like "ectopic" meaning "lame", "terminated" meaning annoyed and "pregg" meaning baby.

* MandatoryMotherhood: Most teenagers are paid top dollar to have children for wealthy couples after the virus makes anyone over the age of 18 infertile. In fact, any form of birth control is illegal. Motherhood is celebrated by everyone, with girls being told that they are born to breed and are even able to wear "practice" bumps as accesories.

-> "No, it's the third sister, Symphony. And I've got two others at home called Rhythm and Tempo."

* WellDoneSonGuy: Melody's adopted parents have raised her to be the "perfect" Surrogette: athletic, creative, intelligent and ambitious. She finds the pressure difficult to cope with.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: In full effect with most teenage boys, especially Jondoe. Subverted with Zen, who is considered an inferior specimen because of his height ("only" five foot seven) and, in some circles, his Chinese/South American DNA. [[spoiler: He's also saving himself for Melody.]]

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Melody meets a pregnant surrogate mother who is eleven years old.

* OyVey: Shoko's {{Catch Phrase}}.

* MemeticSexGod: Jondoe, in-universe, the most sought-after sperm donor in the U. S. or possibly the whole world.

A sequel titled ''Thumped'' is planned to be released April, 2012.