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Girl Stuff 13+

Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years
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Girl Stuff 13+ by Kaz Cooke is a comprehensive guide for girls navigating their teenage years. It covers topics like friendships, body changes, emotions, and self-confidence. The book offers practical advice and tips with humour and understanding, ensuring teens feel supported and informed.
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You might like this book if you're a young teenager looking for fun, friendly advice on everything from friendships and body changes to school life and self-esteem. It's packed with practical tips, real-life anecdotes, and humorous illustrations to help navigate the ups and downs of growing up.

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With more than 600 pages and heaps of cartoons, Girl Stuff has everything girls need to know about: friends, body changes, shopping, clothes, make-up, pimples (arrghh), sizes, hair, earning money, guys, embarrassment, what to eat, moods, smoking, why diets suck, handling love and heartbreak, exercise, school stress, sex, beating bullies and mean

The must-have girls' guide for the teen years, fully revised and updated edition 2019/2020.

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Girl Stuff 13+ by Kaz Cooke is the ultimate guidebook for teenage girls navigating the tumultuous waters of adolescence. Packed with nearly 600 pages of invaluable advice, hilarious cartoons, and heaps of practical tips, this book serves as a trustworthy companion through the many changes and challenges that come with growing up.

Kaz Cooke leaves no stone unturned in addressing the myriad topics that matter most to teenage girls. Readers will find comprehensive chapters on making and keeping friends, understanding body changes, mastering the art of shopping and dressing stylishly, and applying make-up. The book also tackles sensitive issues like dealing with pimples, understanding different body sizes, and styling hair. Money matters, relationships with boys, and the all-important topic of managing embarrassment are also thoughtfully covered.

Further, Cooke offers sage advice on maintaining a healthy diet, understanding and managing moods, and why dieting can be harmful. Her candid discussions on exercise, handling school stress, and navigating the complexities of sex, love, and heartbreak are particularly enlightening. The book also provides strategies for dealing with bullies, coping with mean girls, and making new friends. There is frank talk about the dangers of smoking, drugs, and alcohol, as well as tips on how to cheer up when feeling down, and foster better relationships with family members.

Embedded throughout the book are factual insights, handy hints, and inspiring lists. Readers will also find hundreds of quotes from real girls who share their own experiences, making the advice more relatable and authentic. Additionally, Cooke includes references to over 350 websites, books, and other resources, offering a wide array of information for further exploration.

This completely revised edition is the product of extensive consultations with more than 70 medical and practical experts, guaranteeing that the information it provides is both up-to-date and highly beneficial. For more details and resources, readers can visit www.girlstuffbook.com.au.

Whether it's about building confidence, getting on with your family, or finding new friends, Girl Stuff 13+ stands out as an indispensable guide for teenage girls everywhere, combining wisdom, wit, and warmth to tackle the everyday issues that truly matter.

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Girl Stuff 13+ by Kaz Cooke has been praised for its engaging and informative approach to the challenges and changes that come with adolescence. Reviewers highlight its practical advice, humour, and the way it addresses real-life issues with honesty and sensitivity. It's often recommended as a must-read for teenage girls navigating this stage of their lives.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780670076666

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 January 2013

Country: Australia

Imprint: Viking Australia

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 187.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 1238g

Pages: 576

About the Author

Kaz Cooke is the number one go-to advisor for Australian girls and women. Her best-selling books include Girl Stuff, Women's Stuff, Up the Duff, Kidwrangling, and a series of ebooks on women's health issues from sex to mental health and menopause. Kaz's funny, friendly style is backed by research and professional consultants- she's been a best friend to at least two generations. (Her children's book The Terrible Underpants is not quite autobiographical.)

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