Will Puberty Last My Whole Life?: REAL Answers to REAL Questions from Preteens About Body Changes, Sex, and Other Growing-Up Stuff

This is perfect for the age group. Really well written in a style that appeals to the target audience

This is a really wonderful book for young teens (age 12-15). The book is a series of questions submitted by children who are curious about puberty, and this device is likely to be appealing to other children. There are no really controversial topics, and it has a boys and girls section (so you can re-use it for other kids!). This is the book I recommend for curious mid-adolescent children, due to the mostly-accurate information and detailed answers.

Great book from a great educator. I do not agree with people who say this is from a liberal point of view. The author (I've seen her talk) is someone who advocates for developing in kids great decision making skills and believes that by arming them with good information that normalizes puberty is 100% consistent with her view that have sex is a big big big decision that is best left to adulthood/marriage. There is a great article about her in the nytimes (march 25, 2015) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/magazine/lets-talk-frankly-about-sex.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 to get better insight into her approach.

This book is 2 in one. You have one side for boys, then flip it over and it's for girls.It straight up answers a lot of the questions I had as a pre-teen. I got it for my son, and I read it all. Have not given it to him. There are questions on the boy side that say, "refer to the girl side for more information." I didn't care for that. The girl half is much more descriptive with drawings as far as the acts of sex and all that if you are wondering about that. The boy side has some vague information, but it's funny and I don't think too terribly embarrassing.

This book has everything your child needs to know about puberty. I gave this book to my oldest son who is now 17 and just offered it to my 10 year old. She declined because she did not want to read about the sex part and only wanted to know about what is starting to happen with her body. I will give the book to her next year when she is in 6th grade. I agreed with her that it was a bit much for her at this age, however when my son was her age, he wanted more answers so it was perfect.

My 10 year old son found this very helpful. I read it as well and thought it did a good job of explaining things for both boys and girls. I would recommend this to a friend.

Recommended by our pediatrician, this book is a huge hit with my 9-yr-old son. Is has short sections for each actual kid-asked question. The questions are often humorous and at times make you curious about the response, which is educational. Can browse through in any order. Girl questions on one side and boys on the other. So curious minds can check out both sides.

Bought for my 10 yr old boy. I love that one half is for boys and the other for girls. Gives him a chance to read up on girl things he might be curious about, but afraid to ask.

My granddaughter enjoyed this book so much she is still sharing it with friends...

I bought this for my granddaughter who is ten. Is is well written and informative and can be very amusing.