Harris, R. 2009. It's perfectly normal. Boston, MA: Candlewick Press.
An excellent resource for children, parents, educators and anyone who is concerned about young individuals and what their bodies are about. A book of accurate information to any and all possible questions wondering in each ones mind. A good read that offers anatomy education for the curious mind of a child and possibly adults.

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      Ness, P. 2008. The knife of never letting go. Boston, MA: Candlewick Press Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that all make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee- whose thoughts Todd can hear too, whether he wants to or not, stumble upon an area of complete silence.

Quintero, I. 2014. Gabi: a girl in pieces. TX: Cinco Puntos. 

A narrative told in diaries, Gabi is a high school senior , a young girl who worries about weight and boys.  Gabi writes on the labeling and good and bad when it comes to sexual behavior. She describes herself being too heavy to be a beautiful girl. But as she responds to things happening to her and around her, she is filled with humor and witty and her voice is unapologetically fierce.

Sartrapi, M. 2014. Persepoli. NY: Pantheon.

An autobiograhical graphic novel, at the age of ten year old, her life story takes place during the Islamic Revolution. A memoir of constant repression, warfare and loss. She describes her daily home life compared to public life and describes the history of her country through black and white cartoon strips. 

Woodson, J. 2014. Brown girl dreaming. NY: Nancy Paulsen Books.    Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In poems she shares what it was like to grow up as na African American in the 1960s during the Civil Rights movement.