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November Blues is the sequel to The Battle of Jericho, the award winning book of the Coretta Scott King Award, written by Sharon M. Draper in 2007. November Blues is a book that is geared for teens and young adults. The book tackles and discusses the issue of teen pregnancy, as well as making the readers aware that actions always have consequences and that taking responsibility for those actions is always very important.

Plot
November Nelson, a sixteen year old girl, ends up finding out she is pregnant with her boyfriend's baby, Josh Prescott. Josh ended up dying due to a pledge stunt gone horribly wrong. After the loss of her boyfriend, November has to try and deal with the struggle, heart ache, and pain of losing him forever. Just as she doesn't think anything can get worse in her life, November realizes that Josh left something behind that will change November's life forever; she finds out that she is pregnant with Josh's baby. November faces the pressures of telling her family and friends that she is pregnant, being talked about and laughed at by her classmates at school, and even dealing with the pressures of reality as she tries and figures out how to provide for her unborn child.

Awards
In 2008, November Blues won the Coretta Scott King Literature award, 2008 New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age, as well as the 2008 Young Adult Choice Books --International Reading Association