Bunk 9's Guide to Growing Up: Secrets, Tips, and Expert Advice on the Good, the Bad, and the Awkward

by Adah Nuchi, Meg Hunt (Illustrator)

Overview

CONGRATS! YOU HAVE FOUND “THE BOOK”!

Filled with facts, tips, advice, and illustrations, BUNK 9’S GUIDE TO GROWING UP is the girl-powered puberty book you’ll actually want to read. Written in the voice of the counselors in training at the fictional Camp Silver Moon, it’s like having your best friend or older sister share everything there is to know about being comfortable in your changing body. From periods, bras, and hormones to nutrition, exercise, and sleep—to crushes, that first kiss, and ALL the feels—it’s the head-to-toe guide to not only surviving puberty but totally, 100% owning it!

GUARD THIS BOOK WITH YOUR LIFE AND USE ITS SECRETS WISELY.

• The Top Three Tips for the Best Puberty Ever
• A Field Guide to Breasts
• Acne: Self-Care and Skin Care
• The ‘No-Smell’ Basics
• Rocking Your First Period
• Why Sleep?
• Boys: They’re Changing, Too
• Crushing It

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761193593
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	12/19/2017
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	138,142
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Adah Nuchi grew up in New York City and spent her summers at camp, where she learned (almost) everything she needed to know about being a woman. She worked for many years as a children’s book editor, and now divides her time between writing and going on adventures, which mostly occur on the beach.

Meg Hunt is an illustrator and maker of things. When she’s not reading, exploring, or learning, Meg is discovering the world through her illustrations. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
 

Editorial Reviews

★ 09/25/2017
The enticing conceit behind this guide to puberty is that it’s written by nine girls who spend their summers at Camp Silver Moon. Left behind to educate future campers, the book covers topics that include breasts, menstruation, deodorant, hair removal, and hygiene; a scrapbook layout on lined-paper pages smartly underscores the “found notebook” idea. Hunt’s comics-style portraits of the girls include Polaroid-like snapshots of them through the years, along with a breast growth chart, a model of the reproductive system, and illustrated how-to sequences for using tampons and pads. The girls share anecdotes throughout, emphasizing how bodies develop differently. Channeling the girls’ realistic and reassuring voices, Nuchi captures the uncertainty and excitement of growing up while delivering needed information in a safe, sympathetic, and nurturing manner. Ages 8–12. Illustrator’s agency: Scott Hull Associates. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

"Nuchi captures the uncertainty and excitement of growing up while delivering needed information in a safe, sympathetic, and nurturing manner." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) 

"With an engaging premise, lively design, and comprehensive, inclusive content, this has sure-fire appeal—especially to girls who have been to summer camp or dreamed of going. A fresh approach to a subject of perennial interest." —Kirkus

"A fantastic addition to the realm of puberty books...will break down the walls put up by even the shyest of tweens...this book deserves a place on the shelf in every library and classroom where young women gather...will be devoured by tweens." —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2017-10-01
The 16-year-olds at Camp Silver Moon look back at their 12-year-old selves to offer advice to girls facing puberty.The nine tightly bonded girls form a consciously diverse group of tall and short, skinny and curvy, athletic and dramatic counselors-in-training whose range of skin tones, hair textures, and experiences allows for advice for preteens and young teens of all sorts. They've organized their guide into chapters about puberty, hygiene, breasts, menstruation, puberty in boys (written by their male counterparts), health, and feelings (including romantic ones). Presented as if handwritten in a lined notebook, it's appealingly decorated. Besides the customary physiological details, they offer advice on such topics as choosing and using brassieres and menstrual supplies, what to do about both head and body hair, and crushes of all sorts. The older girls are frank about variations in maturation (not limited to age of onset), sexual orientation, and gender identification. They often advise turning to an adult (not necessarily a parent) for information and support, but their comments make clear how much they have supported one another during these years of change. With an engaging premise, lively design, and comprehensive, inclusive content, this has sure-fire appeal—especially to girls who have been to summer camp or dreamed of going. A fresh approach to a subject of perennial interest. (Nonfiction. 8-14)

Kirkus Reviews

10/01/2017
Gr 4–7—Some of them have periods, some shave their legs, and others wonder when they'll confront these rites of passage. Faced with the monumental changes that one goes through in puberty, where can a girl turn for answers? Told in a scrapbook style, "curated" by the denizens of one camp cabin, this title is a fantastic addition to the realm of puberty books. Beautifully illustrated by Hunt, the book is full of information presented in a chatty, amiable fashion that will break down the walls put up by even the shyest of tweens. While some of the illustrations could be considered graphic by some, this book deserves a place on the shelf in every library and classroom where young women gather. VERDICT A companion to such classics as Valorie Schaefer's The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls, Nuchi's deep dive into puberty will be devoured by tweens.—Erinn Black Salge, Morristown-Beard School, NJ

School Library Journal