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The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!!

by Grace Barrett
Natasha Devon
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With a foreword by Zoella
Sometimes being a teenager can seem like a relentless merry-go-round of people telling you how to dress and behave, who to be friends with, what grades you must get in order to avoid a destiny of failure and, most importantly, why you're spectacularly effing it all up.
The Self-Esteem Team know this - because they were teenagers once. Obvs. In fact, they were teenagers enduring bullying, chronic skin issues, 'puppy fat' that refused to budge and 'I'm different from everyone else'-related angst. Later, they battled self-harm, depression and an eating disorder.
That's why the Self-Esteem Team started travelling the UK: to give teenagers the tools they need to navigate life on their own terms. Natasha Devon, Grace Barrett and Nadia Mendoza - now a successful journalist, singer/ songwriter and showbiz editor respectively - have worked with more than 50,000 young people helping them tackle mental health, self-esteem and body-image issues.
This book contains everything you really want to know, but are too embarrassed to ask your teachers, from 'How do I know if I'm healthy?' to 'What's it like to take drugs?'
They won't tell you that if you have sex you'll definitely get an STI and die, but they will help you decide if you're ready. They won't tell you never to watch porn, but they will help you decipher what you see. They won't ask you not to embrace fashion, fitness or beauty, but they will give you the info you need to rock your own brand of gorgeous.
This book gives you everything you need to be the best version of you.

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  • Release date

    August 6, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781784187798
      • File size: 2822 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781784187798
      • File size: 2822 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 1, 2016
      The self-described Self-Esteem Team—columnist Devon, singer-songwriter Barrett, and journalist Mendoza—regularly speak with young British audiences about self-esteem and other topics. Here, they address sex, drugs, friends, bullying, and more, while sharing their personal experiences as teenagers (Devon struggled with an eating disorder, Barrett with depression, and Mendoza with self-harm). Adopting a tone they describe as “honest, funny, compassionate, and a bit sweary,” the authors take turns encouraging readers to make their own decisions, sort through confusing circumstances, be themselves, and seek out healthy life balances. While American readers may need to look up some of the British slang, the refreshingly candid discussions—a chapter describing what it’s like to take various drugs, an unimpressed rundown of the rote script most porn films follow—should resonate widely. Ages 12–up.

    • Booklist

      March 15, 2016
      Grades 7-12 The authors and British celebrity personalities who make up the Self-Esteem Team may not be as familiar in the U.S., but their wit and wisdom will resonate with American readers. With an emphasis on healthy bodies and minds, the authors begin with personal statements that reveal their own self-esteem battles as teens and young adults and how they overcame them. Utilizing a no-holds-barred attitude and conversational tone, they discuss and offer no-nonsense advice on such topics as body acceptance, healthy living, eating disorders, self-harm, drug use, depression, bullying, and BFFs. Chapters titled What's the Difference between Porn and Real Sex? and Am I Ready for Sex? give explicit and detailed, yet accurate, information that teens need and many adults are too embarrassed to give. While not all of the abundant Briticisms will be understood, they add more fun to this spirited resource, as does a section of full-color photographs featuring the Self-Esteem Team. The authors conclude with inspirational letters to their teenage selves. Real-world advice for real teens.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)

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