What Girls Are Made Of

When I was growing up, I always loved books that allowed me to learn about things that the adults in my life didn't think I should know. This is a book like that. It's not an easy read. The main character volunteers at a high-kill animal shelter, punishment for something horrible she did to another s......more

What Girls are Made Of is a great example of how empathy should work in literature and, in particular, that genre we call Young Adult literature. Empathy is not just an identification with, or a “stepping into the shoes of”, nor is it our simple “liking” of the fictional character. Empathy may conta......more

If you’re looking for something that is going to push boundaries, and not hold back on much of the goriness of being a girl, this could well be the kind of book you’re after. In What Girls Are Made Of, Nina Faye journeys from obtaining birth control through to the gory details of going through a medi......more

Explicit but in a more educational way. Reminds me of Forever by Judy Blume. Depressing and blunt and to the point. I enjoyed the author’s note at the end more than the book. But I’m 20 years too late to gain much from it.......more

A very serious book. but must read for all the girls & women out there.......more