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From the editors of the bestselling book The Care & Keeping of You comes an insightful, age-appropriate guide to boys, the number one topic of conversation for girls ages 10 and over. Here?s straight talk on what to do when everyone?s wondering "who likes who?" The book explores being friends, going out, getting dumped, being yourself, and much more. Letters from girls and advice on boys, along with quizzes and tips, help a girl get her brain back on track when her heart?s in a wreck.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 5-8-This upbeat title travels familiar ground, dispensing good advice to girls who are experiencing the first twinges of romance. The book is organized into five main sections: "Brave New World," covering crushes; "Who Likes Who" or how to let a boy know you are interested; "Life in the Fishbowl" on balancing friends and boyfriends; and "Going Together," which offers some ideas for hanging out and advice on the first kiss. The final topic, "Taking Care of You," features a quiz aimed at evaluating how girls are handling themselves in the arena of life with boys. The lively text is interspersed with quick tests and letters from girls. The overall theme, that of developing self-confidence, comes through loud and clear. The comic-book graphics, friendly fonts, and use of color will be appreciated by teens. While none of the information presented here is new, the book does a good job of covering the basics, and readers who are searching for an answer to "Does he like me?" will find help in this text.-Elaine Baran Black, Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
A Smart Girl's Guide to Boys: Surviving Crushes, Staying True to Yourself, & Other Love Stuff! by Nancy Holyoke, illus. by Bonnie Timmons, gives advice in sections called "How to tell him you like him," "Competition & jealousy" and "How to break up." Teens can read letters from girls and advice from boys as well as trying the "pop" quizzes sprinkled throughout. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
Gr. 4-6. This book offers helpful advice to girls who are suddenly seeing boys as something other than an annoyance. Topics range from balancing friends and boyfriends, and chaste but fun suggestions for what to do when "going out" to surviving the inevitable rejection. The focus is on social, not sexual, aspects of those first opposite-sex relationships (these youngsters have just about gotten around to first kisses). The book is sprinkled with "letters" purported to be by real kids, but no acknowledgments are included. There are also several quizzes of the teen-magazine, pop-psychology variety. Cartoon illustrations (some with hard-to-read hand-printed dialogue bubbles) will either amuse or annoy. Although youngsters spend a sadly brief time at the training-wheels stage in their relationships, it's a confusing period; the advice offered in this book is conservative, age-appropriate, and reassuring. Catherine Andronik
Table of Contents
| Brave New World | |
| Crushes | p. 8 |
| A typical day | p. 10 |
| Hormones | p. 12 |
| Staying normal | p. 13 |
| Who Likes Who | |
| "Liking" a boy | p. 18 |
| Getting to know a boy | p. 19 |
| Conversation starters | p. 20 |
| What boys want | p. 21 |
| Should you tell him you like him? | p. 24 |
| What's he thinking? | p. 25 |
| How to tell him you like him | p. 28 |
| Mistake o' the day | p. 31 |
| Getting no for an answer | p. 32 |
| Unattainable boys | p. 34 |
| Turning down a boy | p. 35 |
| Pop quiz: Are you feeling reshed? | p. 37 |
| Pop quiz: Are you boy crazy? | p. 39 |
| So, what are the rules? | p. 41 |
| Talking to parents | p. 43 |
| Life in the Fishbowl | |
| Boys and friends | p. 47 |
| Changing interests | p. 48 |
| Rx for an ailing friendship | p. 50 |
| Secrets | p. 52 |
| How to keep a secret | p. 56 |
| Competition and jealousy | p. 57 |
| Boy buds | p. 60 |
| Boys vs. buds | p. 64 |
| Boys online | p. 68 |
| Parties and dances | p. 70 |
| Popularity | p. 72 |
| Teasing and harassment | p. 76 |
| Pop quiz: Peer pressure | p. 80 |
| Going Together | |
| Twosomes | p. 84 |
| Pop quiz: Why pair off? | p. 85 |
| Things to do when you go out | p. 86 |
| Touching | p. 88 |
| Kissing basics | p. 91 |
| Trouble-starters | p. 92 |
| Solving problems | p. 94 |
| Problem boyfriends | p. 96 |
| Pop quiz: Problem girlfriends | p. 98 |
| Pop quiz: Time to break up? | p. 101 |
| How to break up | p. 103 |
| Getting dumped | p. 105 |
| Taking Care of You | |
| Pop quiz: How are you doing? | p. 108 |
| Happy ever after? | p. 112 |
