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It's a Girl Thing: How to Stay Healthy, Safe and in Charge (It's a Girl Thing) by Mavis Jukes; illustrations by Debbie Tilley is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>the Highly Acclaimed Girls' Guide To Adolescence By A Newbery Honor-winning Author Is Now Available In A Rack-sized Paperback Edition. Reviewers Were Unanimous In Their Praise For This Useful And Important Book.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>it's Difficult To Imagine An Adolescent Girl Who Wouldn't Benefit From This Candid, Supportive And Often Genuinely Funny Guide To Surviving-and Enjoying-those Awkward Pre- And Early-teen Years. Newbery Honor Author Jukes Bares Her Soul About Her Own Sometimes Misguided Experiences Growing Up In The 1950s, When Typical Parental Strategy Was To Withhold All Facts About Sex From Kids Until The Kids Got Old Enough To Be So Embarrassed By The Topic That They Would Refuse To Talk About It. A Rich Supply Of Personal Anecdotes Lightens Up Her Explicit, Thoroughly Accessible Discussion Of Puberty And Sexuality; Tilley's (riddle-icious) Breezy Cartoons Also Put Readers At Ease. The Author Fills Her Text With Sage Advice Adolescents Can't Hear Often Enough, Stressing The Importance Of Resisting Peer Pressure, Respecting And Taking Good Care Of One's Body, And Communicating With And Seeking Help From Parents And Other Responsible Adults (looking Like

Author

Mavis Jukes; illustrations by Debbie Tilley

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679873921

Subjects

Sociology, Gender Studies, Literary Fiction