Who is Dorie from It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, a True Story from Her Diary and what is their importance? It_Happened_to_Nancy:_By_an_Anonymous_Teenager English & Literature "Dorie | It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager

One of the girls in "the gaggle," Dorie is one of Nancy's closest friends. Dorie gets pregnant with her boyfriend Fred who then decides that he will take no part in the baby's life. Dorie struggles with teen pregnancy and bonds with Nancy over their struggles. She has to consider whether to have an abortion but decided to have her baby and give it up for adoption.