Bunk 9's Guide To Growing Up

Bunk 9's Guide To Growing Up

Juvenile/YA nonfiction
"But take it from us: while there are a whole lot of changes
that happen on the road to womanhood, they're all leading somewhere
completely wonderful. (And once you get the hang of it, tampons
aren't scary at all.) So that's where the BOOK comes in. We're here
to walk you through the process, head to toe, all of these changes
called puberty. And while we're at it, we'll throw in some tips and
advice on how to take care of yourself now that you're growing older,
so that you'll not only survive puberty; you'll completely, totally,
100 percent own it."
If there was a book I wish had been around when I was a late
blooming pre teen or, even more, when I had daughters, it's Bunk 9's
Guide To Growing Up. It is, by far, the most comprehensive book about
puberty I've ever read. I've read many more than the average blogger
or human being.
[As told to] author Adah Nuchi gets the need for peer connection
for girls in and approaching the first great gendered life change.
She got almost all her info in a camp setting. She created the
fictional Camp Silver Moon to pass this knowledge on.
Bunk 9, a group of 16-year-old counselors in training, recreates
the summer when they were twelve and at all different stages in the
process. Readers will get to know them as individuals, quirks and all
from Briana "social butterfly*night owl*raccoonaphobe" to Lea
"chocolate connoisseur*foreign correspondent*ropes course avoider".
Chapters correspond to weeks at camp. The first four cover the
stages of puberty; the last three revolve around comprehensive topics:
boys, health, and feelings. Much of the text is told in a collective
narrative.
"The summer we were twelve may have been our fourth one at Camp
Silver Moon, but it was clear from the moment the camp bus pulled into
the parking lot that this summer WOULD BE DIFFERENT..."
But there are plenty of individual comments in colorful asides.
Meg Hunt's illustrations give the book the comfortable coziness
of popular series books for this age group. Think Dork Diaries. In
addition to pictures of the girls and a rather menacing looking
raccoon, there are stickers and other cool things.
If you are a parent or significant person in the life of a girl
entering or about to start puberty, run, don't walk, to your local
bookstore to pick up Bunk 9's Guide To Growing Up. Read it before
passing it on. Make sure your public library has a copy.
What I want to know is when someone will put out a similar book
on that other big gendered life change called menopause. Much of
what's around now looks like you'd need a PhD in endocrinology to get
it.
You know I'm right.
On a personal note,


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