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* In ''Ginger Pye'', Jerry and Rachel's mother married their father at the age of seventeen, at a time when such marriages were unusual but not unheard of. (The novel was the recipient of the 1952 [[UsefulNotes/NewberyMedal Newbery Medal]], and is set in 1919.) Their grandmother is still quite young, and they have a three-year-old uncle, affectionately referred to as "Uncle Benny" by everyone in the neighborhood.
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* In ''Ginger Pye'', Jerry and Rachel's mother married their father at the age of seventeen, at a time when such marriages were unusual but not unheard of. (The novel was the recipient of the 1952 [[UsefulNotes/NewberyMedal Newbery Medal]], MediaNotes/NewberyMedal, and is set in 1919.) Their grandmother is still quite young, and they have a three-year-old uncle, affectionately referred to as "Uncle Benny" by everyone in the neighborhood.
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* ''Literature/CasteelSeries'': In the setting -- deep poverty of the Appalachia in the 60s -- it's completely ubiquitous. Leigh and Sarah both married Luke at 14, and grandparents Annie and Toby apparently met at that age too. Granny urges Heaven to wait a bit -- like 15, rather than 14.
-->'''Granny:''' Ya jus make sure t'marry t'right one, like I did, that's all. An wait till yer old enough t'have good sense. Say fifteen.
-->'''Granny:''' Ya jus make sure t'marry t'right one, like I did, that's all. An wait till yer old enough t'have good sense. Say fifteen.
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* Several examples in the works of Creator/VCAndrews. Notably, Dawn in the Literature/CutlerSeries was 17 when she gave birth to Christie; in Literature/TheCasteelSeries, Leigh Casteel had Heaven at age 13-14 (the books waver on this since the last two were finished by a Series/GhostWriter), and Literature/{{Celeste}} is around fifteen when her daughter is born.
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* ''Literature/{{Inkmistress}}'': Ina is seventeen like Asra, and it turns out she's pregnant from her fiance Garen.
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* In the Creator/MaeveBinchy novel ''Evening Class'', after realizing that her [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo older sister is actually her mother]], a girl realizes that she was the result of this--she's 16, her mother is 32.
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* The Creator/MaeveBinchy novel ''Evening Class'' has a young girl realizing that [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo her older sister is actually her mother]] and that all of her "cool big sister" gestures were actually her going all out to be the best mother that she could possibly be despite her limits. She's the result of a teen pregnancy.
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* ''Literature/TheDiamondGirls'':
** Sue had Martine at the age of sixteen, Jude at about eighteen and Rochelle at about nineteen.[[note]]Sue states she was sixteen when she had Martine, who is currently sixteen, while Jude is currently fourteen and Rochelle is almost thirteen[[/note]]
** [[spoiler:Martine herself is revealed to be pregnant at sixteen]].
** Sue had Martine at the age of sixteen, Jude at about eighteen and Rochelle at about nineteen.[[note]]Sue states she was sixteen when she had Martine, who is currently sixteen, while Jude is currently fourteen and Rochelle is almost thirteen[[/note]]
** [[spoiler:Martine herself is revealed to be pregnant at sixteen]].
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* Creator/JacquelineWilson often features this subject in her books, usually from the perspective of a child whose parent had them young, or a child dealing with an older sibling getting pregnant young.
** A plot point in ''Amber'' is that the title character thinks she's pregnant, although it turns out [[PregnancyScare she's not]].
** ''Literature/BabyLove'' focuses around this and the typical reaction of the 1960s. All of the girls at the house Laura is sent to are teenage mothers, all of whom are expected to give up their baby to be adopted.
** ''Literature/TheDiamondGirls'':
*** Sue had Martine at the age of sixteen (resulting in her dropping out of school), Jude at about eighteen and Rochelle at about nineteen; Sue states she was sixteen when she had Martine, who is currently sixteen, while Jude is currently fourteen and Rochelle is almost thirteen.
*** [[spoiler:Martine herself is revealed to be pregnant at sixteen; her mother is initially angry and disappointed, as she'd tried to warn Martine about being careful with her boyfriend due to her own experiences, but she later promises to help support Martine and her baby]].
** April in ''Literature/DustbinBaby'' believes that her mother was a young teenager who could not take care of a baby and was thus driven to abandon April [[spoiler:though it's not confirmed as April never finds her birth mother]].
** ''Falling Apart'':
*** Tina's mother accuses Tina of being pregnant in without even asking her first. Tina reacts defensively.
*** Louise is 18 years old and already married with a baby. This was more common at the time of the book's release, but Simon is shocked when Tina tells him her sister is a teenage mother. This might be one of the reasons Tina's mother jumps to conclusions about why she's acting strangely, even though Tina is only fifteen.
** In ''[[Literature/TheGirlsSeries Girls Under Pressure]]'', Anna suspects that Ellie's WeightWoe is due to this, but this isn't the case.
** In ''Lily Alone'', Lily’s mother was 15 when she had her.
** In ''Literature/{{Little Darlings|Literature}}'', Kate had Destiny when she was eighteen, which is part of the reason she [[StrugglingSingleMother struggles financially]] now as she left school with no qualifications.
** In ''Literature/LolaRose'', Nikki was only seventeen when she had Jayni. It's implied her young age and her parents' lack of support is part of the reason she initially stayed with Jay, despite his abuse of her.
** In ''The Lottie Project'', Charlie mentions her mother Jo is a lot younger than the other mums and was still in school when she had her; her parents initially wanted her to give Charlie up for adoption, but Jo refused to do so and seems to still rather resent her parents for this suggestion.
** In ''Literature/{{Secrets}}'', Treasure's aunt Loretta is a fifteen-year-old mother, and it is hinted that Treasure's mother was a teenager when she had Treasure.
** In ''Literature/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Tracy Beaker's mother had her at 16, with the latter stating in the film that she "was hardly a child herself when she had [Tracy]". Tracy says that in her children's home, baby Wayne is sometimes visited by his mother who is even younger than Adele, a sixteen-year-old also living at the home.
** A plot point in ''Amber'' is that the title character thinks she's pregnant, although it turns out [[PregnancyScare she's not]].
** ''Literature/BabyLove'' focuses around this and the typical reaction of the 1960s. All of the girls at the house Laura is sent to are teenage mothers, all of whom are expected to give up their baby to be adopted.
** ''Literature/TheDiamondGirls'':
*** Sue had Martine at the age of sixteen (resulting in her dropping out of school), Jude at about eighteen and Rochelle at about nineteen; Sue states she was sixteen when she had Martine, who is currently sixteen, while Jude is currently fourteen and Rochelle is almost thirteen.
*** [[spoiler:Martine herself is revealed to be pregnant at sixteen; her mother is initially angry and disappointed, as she'd tried to warn Martine about being careful with her boyfriend due to her own experiences, but she later promises to help support Martine and her baby]].
** April in ''Literature/DustbinBaby'' believes that her mother was a young teenager who could not take care of a baby and was thus driven to abandon April [[spoiler:though it's not confirmed as April never finds her birth mother]].
** ''Falling Apart'':
*** Tina's mother accuses Tina of being pregnant in without even asking her first. Tina reacts defensively.
*** Louise is 18 years old and already married with a baby. This was more common at the time of the book's release, but Simon is shocked when Tina tells him her sister is a teenage mother. This might be one of the reasons Tina's mother jumps to conclusions about why she's acting strangely, even though Tina is only fifteen.
** In ''[[Literature/TheGirlsSeries Girls Under Pressure]]'', Anna suspects that Ellie's WeightWoe is due to this, but this isn't the case.
** In ''Lily Alone'', Lily’s mother was 15 when she had her.
** In ''Literature/{{Little Darlings|Literature}}'', Kate had Destiny when she was eighteen, which is part of the reason she [[StrugglingSingleMother struggles financially]] now as she left school with no qualifications.
** In ''Literature/LolaRose'', Nikki was only seventeen when she had Jayni. It's implied her young age and her parents' lack of support is part of the reason she initially stayed with Jay, despite his abuse of her.
** In ''The Lottie Project'', Charlie mentions her mother Jo is a lot younger than the other mums and was still in school when she had her; her parents initially wanted her to give Charlie up for adoption, but Jo refused to do so and seems to still rather resent her parents for this suggestion.
** In ''Literature/{{Secrets}}'', Treasure's aunt Loretta is a fifteen-year-old mother, and it is hinted that Treasure's mother was a teenager when she had Treasure.
** In ''Literature/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker'', Tracy Beaker's mother had her at 16, with the latter stating in the film that she "was hardly a child herself when she had [Tracy]". Tracy says that in her children's home, baby Wayne is sometimes visited by his mother who is even younger than Adele, a sixteen-year-old also living at the home.
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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'':
** In ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'', Ayla is '''eleven''' when she has her son Durc - her sister Uba isn't much off that when she gets pregnant. Justified in-universe in that the Clan have a lifespan of about thirty and go through menopause in their early twenties, and so have children early, and Ayla was held to their standards. In Ayla's case, being pregnant and giving birth at such a young age [[DeconstructedTrope nearly kills her though]].
** In ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'', Ayla is '''eleven''' when she has her son Durc - her sister Uba isn't much off that when she gets pregnant. Justified in-universe in that the Clan have a lifespan of about thirty and go through menopause in their early twenties, and so have children early, and Ayla was held to their standards. In Ayla's case, being pregnant and giving birth at such a young age [[DeconstructedTrope nearly kills her though]].
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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'':
''Literature/EarthsChildren'': In the setting, it isn't unusual for teenage girls to become mothers for both Cro-Magnon and the Clan (Neanderthals), both because girls are considered adults after they experience menarche and because people don't tend to live as long due to the Stone Age setting. Jondalar mentions that for Cro-Magnon, it's generally more typical for girls in their late teens to become mothers as some people think that anything younger than fifteen is still too young. As the Clan reach physical maturity faster than Cro-Magnon, it's common and socially acceptable to have teens and even ''preteens'' get pregnant.
** In ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'', Ayla is '''eleven''' when she has her son Durc - her sister Clan Uba isn't much off that when she gets pregnant. Justified in-universe in that the Clan have a lifespan of about thirty and go through menopause in their early twenties, and so have children early, and Ayla was held to their standards. In Ayla's case, being pregnant and giving birth at such a young age [[DeconstructedTrope nearly kills herthough]].though]]; when Jondalar finds out how young she was, he's shocked and says he's never heard of a girl that young having children (though has known thirteen-and-fourteen mothers) and says she was just a child herself.
** In ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'', Ayla is '''eleven''' when she has her son Durc - her sister Clan Uba isn't much off that when she gets pregnant. Justified in-universe in that the Clan have a lifespan of about thirty and go through menopause in their early twenties, and so have children early, and Ayla was held to their standards. In Ayla's case, being pregnant and giving birth at such a young age [[DeconstructedTrope nearly kills her
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** Iza is nineteen when she gets pregnant with and gives birth to Uba; she's also the same age when she adopts five-year-old Ayla as her daughter. Notably, due to the Clan physically maturing faster than Cro-Magnon, Iza is well into adulthood and is actually considered unusually ''old'' to be having her first child (Iza had been secretly taking contraception for years, only for it to fail recently).
** Cavoa of the S'Armunai is implied to be quite young and is heavily pregnant, though this is normal in her cultural setting. Her biggest concern is that her tyrannical, man-hating leader has threatened to kill her and her unborn child if she gives birth to a son; she already killed Cavoa's teenage boyfriend for trying to escape with her.
** Janida of the Zelandonii is said to be only around thirteen years old and is already expecting her first child. Although she's regarded as quite young to be having a baby, she's unconcerned and considers herself blessed (though it is mentioned part of this could be due to pregnancy hormones).
** Cavoa of the S'Armunai is implied to be quite young and is heavily pregnant, though this is normal in her cultural setting. Her biggest concern is that her tyrannical, man-hating leader has threatened to kill her and her unborn child if she gives birth to a son; she already killed Cavoa's teenage boyfriend for trying to escape with her.
** Janida of the Zelandonii is said to be only around thirteen years old and is already expecting her first child. Although she's regarded as quite young to be having a baby, she's unconcerned and considers herself blessed (though it is mentioned part of this could be due to pregnancy hormones).
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** SexMagic-themed fourth-year Ophelia Salvadori, whose main claim to fame is breeding chimeras in her own womb, is known for a fact to have had one ordinary human child (sired by an unnamed male student she seduced in order to carry on her family's bloodline).
** {{Discussed}} in volume 4. The mage aristocracy is [[BlueAndOrangeMorality constantly trying to push the limits of sorcery to the point of utter amorality]], and as a consequence it's so common for them to try to [[SuperBreedingProgram breed new traits into their bloodlines]] that students third-year and older at [[WizardingSchool Kimberly Magic Academy]] are permitted to have children while still at school. This leads to Oliver and Chela having TheTalk with their friends after Nanao and Pete are approached by other students attempting to court them for Nanao's [[PowerDyesYourHair Innocent Color]] and Pete's [[GenderBender Reversi]] abilities; Chela estimates that approximately eighty percent of Kimberly students will at least have had sex for the first time by the time they graduate, if not had at least one child.
** {{Discussed}} in volume 4. The mage aristocracy is [[BlueAndOrangeMorality constantly trying to push the limits of sorcery to the point of utter amorality]], and as a consequence it's so common for them to try to [[SuperBreedingProgram breed new traits into their bloodlines]] that students third-year and older at [[WizardingSchool Kimberly Magic Academy]] are permitted to have children while still at school. This leads to Oliver and Chela having TheTalk with their friends after Nanao and Pete are approached by other students attempting to court them for Nanao's [[PowerDyesYourHair Innocent Color]] and Pete's [[GenderBender Reversi]] abilities; Chela estimates that approximately eighty percent of Kimberly students will at least have had sex for the first time by the time they graduate, if not had at least one child.
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** SexMagic-themed fourth-year Ophelia Salvadori, whose main claim to fame is breeding chimeras in her own womb, is known for a fact to have had one ordinary human child (sired by an unnamed male student she seduced in order to carry on her family's bloodline).
bloodline). Volume 3 reveals she was basically made a BreedingSlave for her mother's eugenics experiments from the moment she hit puberty, through the simple expedient of putting her in proximity to a male donor and [[SmellsSexy letting the pheromones from the Salvadoris' succubus ancestry do the rest]].
** {{Discussed}} in volume 4. The mage aristocracy is [[BlueAndOrangeMorality constantly trying to push the limits of sorcery to the point of utter amorality]], and as a consequence it's so common for them to try to [[SuperBreedingProgram breed new traits into their bloodlines]] that students third-year and older at [[WizardingSchool Kimberly Magic Academy]] are permitted to have children while still at school. This leads to Oliver and Chela having TheTalk with their friends after Nanao and Pete are approached by other students attempting to court them for Nanao's [[PowerDyesYourHair Innocent Color]] and Pete's [[GenderBender Reversi]] abilities; Chela estimates that approximately eighty percent of Kimberly students will at least have had sex for the first time by the time they graduate, if not had at least onechild. child.
** [[spoiler:Oliver Horn was drugged into raping his cousin Shannon Sherwood as a young teenager, at the behest of his great-grandfather in hopes of producing a child with her aunt Chloe's SuperpowerfulGenetics. Oliver hoped that a child would mean something worthwhile came of that horrible experience for them both, but the pregnancy ended in a stillbirth.]]
** {{Discussed}} in volume 4. The mage aristocracy is [[BlueAndOrangeMorality constantly trying to push the limits of sorcery to the point of utter amorality]], and as a consequence it's so common for them to try to [[SuperBreedingProgram breed new traits into their bloodlines]] that students third-year and older at [[WizardingSchool Kimberly Magic Academy]] are permitted to have children while still at school. This leads to Oliver and Chela having TheTalk with their friends after Nanao and Pete are approached by other students attempting to court them for Nanao's [[PowerDyesYourHair Innocent Color]] and Pete's [[GenderBender Reversi]] abilities; Chela estimates that approximately eighty percent of Kimberly students will at least have had sex for the first time by the time they graduate, if not had at least one
** [[spoiler:Oliver Horn was drugged into raping his cousin Shannon Sherwood as a young teenager, at the behest of his great-grandfather in hopes of producing a child with her aunt Chloe's SuperpowerfulGenetics. Oliver hoped that a child would mean something worthwhile came of that horrible experience for them both, but the pregnancy ended in a stillbirth.]]
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* ''Literature/AThousandSplendidSuns'': Mariam is fifteen when she marries Rasheed and miscarries a total of seven pregnancies in four years. [[spoiler: Laila, on the other hand, gets pregnant her first time with Tariq, and has a second child with Rasheed four years later.]] Rasheed also mentions at one point that his mother was fourteen when she had him.
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** Mariam is fifteen when she marries Rasheed and miscarries a total of seven pregnancies in fouryears. years.
** [[spoiler:Laila, Laila]], on the other hand, gets pregnant her first time with Tariq, [[spoiler:Tariq]] at the age of fourteen, and has a second child with Rasheed four years later.]] ]]
** Rasheed also mentions at one point that his mother was fourteen when she had him.
** Mariam is fifteen when she marries Rasheed and miscarries a total of seven pregnancies in four
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** Rasheed also mentions at one point that his mother was fourteen when she had him.
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* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'':
** Bella gets pregnant with her daughter at age eighteen and gives birth days before her nineteenth birthday. It's not explicitly stated, but Renesmee may have been conceived the first time Bella and Edward had sex, which the first time for both of them.
** Bella gets pregnant with her daughter at age eighteen and gives birth days before her nineteenth birthday. It's not explicitly stated, but Renesmee may have been conceived the first time Bella and Edward had sex, which the first time for both of them.
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**''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'': Bella gets pregnant with her daughter at age eighteen and gives birth days before her nineteenth birthday. It's not explicitly stated, but Renesmee may have been conceived the first time Bella and Edward had sex, which is the first time for both of them.
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* ''Literature/TheAnderssons'':
** Elin must have been only 17 years old when her oldest daughter Rebecka was born.
** Judith is the same young age when her daughter Maria is born.
** Elin must have been only 17 years old when her oldest daughter Rebecka was born.
** Judith is the same young age when her daughter Maria is born.
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* In ''Literature/TheInheritanceCycle'', Katrina becomes pregnant by Roran shortly after her rescue from Helgrind, no older than 19. She and Roran marry almost as soon as Eragon returns from dealing with some unexpected aftereffects from said rescue some days later, which preserves her honor.
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** Bella gets pregnant with her daughter at age eighteen.
** It's not explicitly stated, but Renesmee may have been conceived the first time Bella and Edward had sex, which the first time for both of them.
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* ''Literature/UglyLove'': [[spoiler:Rachel]] was 18 and months away from graduating high school when she got pregnant with [[spoiler:Miles]]' child; he was also 18. Despite the challenges that came with this - and the added complication of them being [[spoiler:stepsiblings]] - they decided to keep the baby and do their best to raise him together while attending college. Sadly, they never got the chance to be parents together as [[spoiler:their baby [[OutlivingOnesOffspring died]] days after his birth]].
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': This is implied with Moth Flight as she's repeatedly mentioned as being young. Estimates show that she is around the age of a modern apprentice. Before it's revealed that she's pregnant, it's even mentioned by other characters that she's too young to know much about childbirth and kittens. With her mate dead, Moth Flight couldn't raise her kits on her own, both due to her youth and her job as a medicine cat. She ended up regretting her kits and the Clans inacted a law that medicine cats couldn't have children.
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** Elin must have been only 17 years old when her oldest daughter Rebecka was born.
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* In ''Literature/AcidRow'', Melanie is an exaggerated example; she was fourteen when she had her daughter Rosie, sixteen when she had her son Ben, and is currently nineteen and pregnant again.
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* [[spoiler: [[DarkChick Diana]]]] from ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' gets pregnant by [[spoiler: [[BigBad Caine]]]] when she's fourteen, leading to her [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]].
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* [[spoiler: [[DarkChick Diana]]]] [[spoiler:Diana]] from ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' gets pregnant by [[spoiler: [[BigBad Caine]]]] when she's fourteen, leading to her [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]].
