Many studies fail to delineate the distinction between those unintended pregnancies that are indeed unintended versus those that were mistimed. What are often reported as rates of unintendedness may be rates of unwantedness-a. Current information available from available national surveys is not comparable due to different survey questions, inclusion criteria, and timing of interviews. Banks ends with a focus on family and the role they play in self-discovery that pulls the whole story together and leaves the reader satisfied.This article of the past and current measures of unintendedness of pregnancy has been offered in the hope that investigation into this area can be expanded. This story is an interesting and fun read for young readers. Sprinkled throughout this book are illustrations by Stevie Lewis that really help to bring the characters and their stories to life. Banks did an excellent job creating a new type of setting that will draw readers in, as well as developing the character of Tuesday into a likeable and relatable character. This book is a simple read, but it is easy to follow the plot line through to the end. Like Tuesday, many young readers may be struggling to find out more about who they are and what they good at. After she explains her adventure to her parents, Tuesday helps her mother finish her latest book with a promise of more adventure to come.įinding Serendipity is a delightful coming of age story. She and Baxterr say goodbye to their new friend and return back home to Tuesday’s relieved parents. Tuesday then goes up against Mothwood, and comes out victorious. Tuesday ends up back as the library where the librarian explains the potential Tuesday’s words and ideas have, potential that could help her become an author like her mother. Tuesday, alongside Vivienne have to fight Vivienne’s arch enemy, Mothwood, who was brought back to life by Serendipity.

Desperate to help Tuesday, Serendipity starts to interfere. Back home, Serendipity has returned from her journey to find her daughter gone. However, rather than creating her own world, Tuesday enters the one her mother created.

Upon arrival, she meets a librarian, who sets Tuesday on her way. While investigating her mother's writing room, Tuesday starts to type out her story on her mother's typewriter and is carried off to a secret land just for authors. Tuesday, along with her dog Baxterr, set off to solve the mystery of her disappearance. Just as she is finishing the latest book in her famous Vivienne Small series, Serendipity goes missing from her writing room. Finding Serendipity follows Tuesday McGillicuddy on a daring quest to find her mother, famous author, Serendipity Smith.

Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks