Books

= = **Books** 

This page is dedicated to a selection of books on or about teen sex. Please do not substitute the resources on this page for seeking information and advice on sex from parents, teachers, physicians, and/or mentors. Before purchasing any of these books online or at a bookstore, check out your local public or school library to see if the resources you seek are available there for free.



//A Case for Chastity: The Way to Real Love and True Freedom for Catholic Teens// by Heather Gallagher and Peter Vlahutin  Liquori Publications, 2004

This book presents a case for the practice of chastity and gives teens the knowledge and wisdom needed to say yes to chastity. This resource is intended to provide an additional viewpoint in the quest for answers about sex.

//What Are You Waiting For? The One Thing No One Ever Tells You About Sex//  by Dannah Gresh  Publisher Waterbrook Press, 2011 This book provides various insights about sex and also talks about sex in regards to religious beliefs. This is a resource that gives real answers to real issues that are important to teenagers.

//Teenage Survival Manual//  <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">by H. Samm Coombs <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> Publisher Halo Books, 5th Edition, 1999

This book is a how-to, why-to, and when-to book about sex. It is important to note that this is not a workbook. Without boring teens with lectures, this resource presents an overview of sex for teens who resist growing up and listening to what they perceive as know-it-all adults.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">//The Full Spectrum// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">by David Levithan & Billy Merrell <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> Publisher Knopf Books for young readers, 2006

This book talks about the new generation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered teens. It also provides information for teenagers who are questioning, exploring, and/or discovering their sexual identity. Above all, this resource gives teenagers facts about being different.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">//Changing Bodies, Changing Lives// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">by Ruth Bell <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> Three Rivers Press, 3rd Edition, 1998

This is a book for teens about sex and relationships. It discusses many topics relating to the issues teens face. There are twelve chapters within this resource that present multiple topics and answers regarding teen sex. The titles to the twelve chapters in this book are the following: Changing Bodies, Changing Relationships, Changing Sexuality, Emotional Health Care, Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse, Living with Violence, Physical Health Care, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Protecting Yourself, Safer Sex and Birth Control, So You Think You Might be Pregnant, and Changing Things.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">//Deal With It: A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a Gurl// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">by Esther Drill, Heather McDonald, and Rebecca Odes <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> Publisher Gallery; original edition, 1999

This book is for girls that explains what happens to the female body during the teenage years. The resource aims to help teenage girls understand their bodies in order to become comfortable with themselves, their sexuality, their sex lives, and the changes occurring within.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">//Girl Force: A Girl's Guide to the Body and Soul// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">by Nikki Goldstein <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> Bloomsbury USA Children; 1st edition, 2009

This is a book for girls as well that helps girls learn how to look and feel their very best. There are tips to naturally improve one's body, mind, and spirit. This resource intends to help young girls embrace a more confident, radiant, and beautiful self.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">//101 Questions About Reproduction// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">by Faith Hickman Brynie <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> 21st Century, 2004

This book answers questions about the unseen realities of reproduction and discusses the reproductive outcome of sexual activity.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">//The Under Ground Guide to Teenage Sexuality// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">by Michael J. Basso <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> Fair Press, 2nd edition, 2003 <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> This book contains eighteen chapters detailing sexuality. Each chapter provides answers to questions that teens frequently ask regarding teen sexuality. The chapters in this resource are the following: Sexual Anatomy, Things to Expect During the Teen Years, Love! Love! Love!, Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships, How to Make Love, How Babies Are Made, Contraception (Birth Control), Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS, Abortion, How to Say No to Sex, Drinking, Drugs and Rape, Preventing Adult Sexual Contact and Harm, Being gay, Dealing with Sadness and Depression, How to Make it Through Tough Times, How to Raise Happy and Successful Parents, and How to Be Your Best.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">//101 Questions About Sex and Sexuality// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">by Faith Hickman Brynie <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;"> 21st Century, 2003

This book presents questions that teens frequently ask and that adults find difficult to discuss. These questions are answered one-by-one with facts and opinions supported by facts. This book supports the notion that the subject of teen sex is too important for questions to go unanswered due to adult discomfort.