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

by JUKES, MAVIS

• ISBN13: 9780679873921
• ISBN10: 0679873929
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1996-04-02
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Mavis Jukes is the award-winning author of several books for children and teenagers, including the Newbery Honor Book <b></b><b><i> Like Jake and Me </i></b><b></b>.  Her other titles include <b></b><b><i> No One is Going to Nashville </i></b><b></b>, <b></b><b><i> Blackberries in the Dark </i></b><b></b>, <b></b><b><i> Getting Even </i></b><b></b>, <b></b><b><i> Wild Iris Bloom </i></b><b></b>, and <b></b><b><i> I'll See You in My Dreams </i></b><b></b>.  Mavis taught school for several years -- and was a lawyer -- before becoming a children's book writer.  She volunteers as an attorney in the area of juvenile defense and is presently a language arts speci

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Breasts and Bras	1	(9)
Introducing...Your Period!	10	(13)
Your Period---How to Handle It	23	(10)
General Health---Checkups, Counseling, and Crisis Hotlines	33	(10)
Know the Facts: Drinking, Smoking, and Doing Drugs	43	(9)
Boys and Puberty	52	(6)
Sex and Pregnancy	58	(13)
Crushes, Kisses, and Other Matters	71	(6)
More About Sex	77	(6)
Condoms	83	(5)
More About Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Including AIDS	88	(8)
Birth Control and Unplanned Pregnancy	96	(8)
Staying Safe	104	(12)
``Girl Things''	116	(11)
Farewell	127	(3)
For Further Reading	130	(3)
Index	133