Baker is slated to be the valedictorian and has been accepted to Stanford, but then she meets Wiley.

Baker had no experience, Wiley was wily, lured her in, got her pregnant, and then left.

Baker was left with the consequences.

At least her parents didn’t throw her out.

Her mother made secret arrangements because she didn’t want Baker to run away if she found out what she had planned.

The arrangements weren’t too bad, but will Baker have any say about the baby and her future?

WHERE THE GIRLS WERE is a familiar book topic, but Ms. Schatz puts a twist and take on it with a little bit of mystery about the girls in the home for unwed mothers.

The mystery involves a letter one of the girls left asking for help and what helped Baker make a decision she should not have had to make.

Her book leaves the reader with thoughts about how this time in the lives of these girls affected their entire life.

Find out what happens while Baker is in this all-too-familiar scene during the 1960s where education could have prevented girls from going through this ordeal. 5/5

Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.