A Steep Mountain to Climb : 9780615151205 : 09 Feb 2008 : First, meet Jasmine, a teenage girl that lives with her single mother. Jasmine has some issues about her looks and the tragedies that surround her. She learns many valuable life lessons by escaping into her poems and asking her mother for advice. Next meet Monica, a teenage girl that feels like a baby will get her out of her destitute situation. Monica sets her plan into action only to find out that a baby does not make a situation better. Monica realizes that she has made a mistake and life is more complicated than it originally was at first.