Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a Gurl

Rating:
Summary: For ages 13 and up, I'd say
Review: Keep in mind that this book is not something to read cover-to-cover like a novel - it is much more of a reference book. Basically, it talks about sex, puberty, and changes in the body, as well as drugs, a bit of peer pressure, and certain kinds of mental illnesses. Still, parents need to know what they are buying their girls. My mom bought it for me while I was away at camp and for whatever reason, shipped it to me while I was residing up in the Pocono Mountains. The girls in my bunk went crazy and laughed hysterically over the pictures. Then, they proceeded to pass it around the bunk and read passages out loud. Every once in awhile, a counselor would find the book wide open on her pillow, flipped to a page with some diagram on it.

Yes, THOSE kind of diagrams. Body parts.

This is info every girl ought to know about, however. Nothing really ought to be deemed controversial here. This book basically talks about life, or something like it. What goes on in this book is happening, as I speak, to girls everywhere. If you've got qualms about graphic CARTOON pictures, then do not by this book. And for mothers reading this, I suggest your girl be in the eighth grade. Or if she's 12 and mature...what the hell. They'll find out everything here sooner or later!

Rating:
Summary: deal with it! A whole new approach to your body, brain, life
Review: Ok what really gets on my nerves is all of these mothers coming on here, saying "MY BABY DOESN'T NEED TO READ THIS" if they don't read it, in an informative, factual style, they will either: Hear it off the street, or at school, by totally unfactual reasonings... or B, live it in their own life. Iam a 14 y\o gurl and I know for a fact, this is what we want to read. If we get this sort of excitment from a book, then we'll keep turning to books, and not trying to live it in real life! Ok? I don't care whether your gurl is 10 or 18! Buy this book! You will always learn special things from it!

Rating:
Summary: The shocking truth...I think it's a good book!
Review: I'm the big, bad librarian who pulled it from my collection--boo, hiss. But guess what? I think it's a well-written book with a lot of valuable advice for girls. The section on sex is explicit, and many mothers would be appalled, but the information is accurate, and there is a strong emphasis on girls not letting themselves be pressured into sexual activity. This is not a book for little girls who know nothing; it is for girls who probably know a fair bit but need to learn more from an accurate, unblushing source. I wish there was a less graphic version so I could provide it to my students, but oh, well.
Incidentally, the mother who went straight to a TV news show about it being in another school library gave it enough publicity to cause it to sell out in every bookstore in our large metropolitan area. Kids crave information, and this has it.

Rating:
Summary: MUST have for parents and teens
Review: My daughter lives in the states and her stepmum got her this book. I reviewed it and loved it. I have to admit I was embrassed reading it since it covers all topics. However I am grateful that there is a book that covers from boobs to sex. Especially in the todays age. Trust me parents...my daughter is honest with me. She was not embrassed by the book and she is 12 soon to be 13. She was grateful. Kids her age are having sex. There was even a girl at her school her age that just had a baby. Please buy it! Teach your children. I am buying a second copy to have here with me. I will be honest I learned a few things on what teenagers are dealing with. I suggest you go through the book with your child. Talk with your child about the topics. Like the book states. Deal with it!

Rating:
Summary: For ages 13 and up, I'd say
Review: Keep in mind that this book is not something to read cover-to-cover like a novel - it is much more of a reference book. Basically, it talks about sex, puberty, and changes in the body, as well as drugs, a bit of peer pressure, and certain kinds of mental illnesses. Still, parents need to know what they are buying their girls. My mom bought it for me while I was away at camp and for whatever reason, shipped it to me while I was residing up in the Pocono Mountains. The girls in my bunk went crazy and laughed hysterically over the pictures. Then, they proceeded to pass it around the bunk and read passages out loud. Every once in awhile, a counselor would find the book wide open on her pillow, flipped to a page with some diagram on it.

Yes, THOSE kind of diagrams. Body parts.

This is info every girl ought to know about, however. Nothing really ought to be deemed controversial here. This book basically talks about life, or something like it. What goes on in this book is happening, as I speak, to girls everywhere. If you've got qualms about graphic CARTOON pictures, then do not by this book. And for mothers reading this, I suggest your girl be in the eighth grade. Or if she's 12 and mature...what the hell. They'll find out everything here sooner or later!

Rating:
Summary: Bought it For Myself
Review: I bought this book when I was a junior in High School, and I love it. I've read it a number of times over the years and I think it's the best book of its kind that I've ever read. One of my friends goes as far as saying that this book should be government issue to every girl, and I agree.

That said... This is not a book that you just hand a 12 or 13 year old girl and say "Here, this is all you ever need to know." If you are a parent buying this book for your preteen/early teen daughter, READ IT FIRST. THEN discuss the book with your daughter. The book is about FACTS, and some of them you might not like. But one other fact is that YOU are responsible for telling your child your own values. If the idea of talking to your own child makes you uncomfortable, fine, but you're the one that is going to have to deal with the consequences of your own inaction.

This book is a wonderful tool for parents, if they are willing to open their minds to accept it.

(Most of this review is based on the 'Sex' part of the book. The rest of the book should be "tame" enough by most parents' standards.)

Rating:
Summary: Just Too Much For Me
Review: This book was just a little too much for me.. actually, that's an understatement. As a thirteen-year-old, I have decided to save my virgity until marriage. (This is to "reader from Ohio.") I have felt the pressure, I know what a bj is and tons of other sexual things at that. But, the difference here is, I know that's not normal. I understand that, just because everyone else is doing it, it doesn't mean its normal. If everyone were to start, say, jumping off cliffs, would you do it? According to that logic, it would be normal to, no?

This book made it appear that all teenagers are sexually active by the age of thirteen, and (if you're not) you're just not normal. It didn't support those who have decided to be clean and not share their body with ten boys in one week. (Yes, I realize that is an exaggeration. But so is "kingergarteners having sex.") This is not normal. It's not normal that Maury broadcasts more "Who's My Baby's Daddy?" shows than of any other subject. It's not normal that parents think it okay to give their kids condoms so they don't become pregnant.. and, before you accuse me, my parents would never kick me out if I got myself pregnant. They'd help me, and everything, but they certainly wouldn't start giving me condoms! They'd start giving me a little thing called ADVICE.

This book disgusted me. MTv may as well have made it. Maybe I was too young to read it, or maybe I wasn't. All I know is, smart teenagers don't need to know sexual positions. They need to know how to withstand pressure to have to sex. And gURL! didn't provide any of that for me. I was very displeased.