Doing It Right: Making Smart, Safe,
and Satisfying Choices About Sex
by Bronwen Pardes

    DOING IT RIGHT by Bronwen Pardes
    Category:  Non-Fiction
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  3/6/07
    Publisher:  Simon Pulse
    Reviewed by:  Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Bronwen Pardes, a sexual-health educator, has put together a truly informative book for teens--both male and female--
    on sex and sexuality.  Using her years of teaching as a background, Ms. Pardes provides information that many teens
    want to know, but are too embarrassed to ask about.

    Subjects include:
    What is Sex?
    The Lowdown on Down Below: Reproductive Anatomy
    Puberty
    Am I Ready?
    No Glove, No Love: Protecting Against STDs
    Planning, Not Parenthood: Birth Control
    Doing It Right
    Adam and Eve, or Adam and Steve?: Sexual Orientation
    Boys Will Be Boys...or Will They?: Transgender and Intersex
    DIY: Masturbation
    Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    What the Heck Does That Mean?: Some Definitions
    Oh is for Orgasm
    Rape and Sexual Abuse
    Where Can I Go for More Information?: A Resource Guide

    This is an informative, highly intelligent look at a teen's changing body, sexuality, and actual physical intimacy.  
    However, it's very frank in language and the information it gives, so parents may want to read DOING IT RIGHT
    themselves before discussing it with their teens.  For fact-based information, though, this is a wonderful guide for those
    going through adolescence and wondering about what all the changes in their bodies means, and especially for those
    contemplating having sex for the first time.