The First Part Last Themes

Family might be non-traditional in The First Part Last, but that doesn't mean there isn't love, protection, and responsibility from it throughout the story. Bobby's parents clearly love him, and ev...

This isn't your usual teen book about love, one in which two star-crossed lovers overcome all obstacles and run toward each other through a flower-filled field. The love in The First Part Last has...

In The First Part Last, Bobby is trying to figure out what it means to be a man. And boy oh boy, is it difficult for him. So what if Bobby has some pretty good role models in his father, his brothe...

There are tons of dilemmas in The First Part Last. There's the choice that Bobby and Nia made to have unprotected sex, and once the pregnancy test is positive, the choices come fast and furious. An...

Duty is a source of conflict in The First Part Last and provides much of the tension in the book. Bobby struggles between doing right by Nia and the unborn baby in the then chapters, and in the now...

A lot of YA lit is about kids moving toward adulthood, but not many take the theme as literally as The First Part Last does. Bobby is a father, responsible for a child and able to make life-alterin...

In The First Past Last, Bobby gives up pretty much everything he's known to become a father. And while he gets tired of the responsibility and the sleepless nights, his daughter is infinitely more...

Bobby may fear change in The First Part Last, but he realizes that his life has to change after he decides to raise Feather on his own. He loves his daughter so much that, though he fears the unkno...