It's a Girl Thing: How to Stay Healthy, Safe and in Charge

by Mavis Jukes

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679873929
• ISBN13: 9780679873921
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

It's A Girl Thing...How to stay healthy,safe, and in charge

This book came at a time of necessity for my daughter whose body is now changing. It is all put in a way as girlfriend-to-girlfriend advice and very helpful for the young. Jukes gives life experience moments, which make the acceptance part of puberty easier. I love the humor and of course that opens you up to talk about your experiences with your daughter. I think it should be included with the fourth and fifth grade school supplies. No surprises! Buy it, you'll be glad you did!

This is a great book!

My friend and I read this book together and we both thought it was great. Even though we had already studied human sexuality that year, it still told us some things we would have to know that our teacher didn't tell us, such as bra sizes.

My Bible

It's a Girl Thing is the best book I have ever read. It explains about the body as well as other things, such as buying your first bra to birth control, in a funny sort of way. It will leave girls feeling safe and in control. Great for both mothers and daughters!

Way to go!

Yowsers!!! How could I not discover this book before? It has everything, and more. I think that every pre-teen chica should read this book. It cleared up a lot of confusion for me! It has information about breasts, pubic hair, your period, and a whole bunch of other stuff. I can't imagine any girl who wouldn't be helped by it. I know it helped me a lot (for example: when I had to ask my mom for my first bra, I had no idea how to, until I read this book.). It's definitley a must-have (just get it out of the way when your dad comes around...)

Reassuring, helpful: What many preteen girls need to hear.

If you give your pre-teen daughter one book this year, give her this one. This is the wise older friend, the "aunt" so many of us wished for. In a gentle, friendly, unassuming way, Mavis Jukes tells girls about their maturing bodies and the issues they'll face as they grow up. Jukes tells it like it is, from the trivial-but-important (e.g. how to get that first bra) to the vitally important (sexual assault, harassment, HIV, peer pressure and dangerous choices). Jukes never talks down or belittles the seriousness of adolescent feelings. At the same time, she never soft-pedals the consequences of making adult choices when you're still a child: "You're a kid: breasts, new body hair and having a period doesn't change that." Reassuring, well-written and engaging, *It's A Girl Thing* packs a lot of information into a very readable package. Share this book with a girl you love.