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• Commended for Cybils (Nonfiction-Mid Gr/YA) 2008

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From fashion magazines to taboo Web sites, curious girls have access to tons of old wives' tales about the female body - usually misinformation and harmful portrayals that lead to low self-esteem, self-destructive acts and even disturbing plastic surgery procedures. Here is a healing, reassuring response to damaging myths from former Miss Virgina, Nancy Redd. She addresses the issues that most girls are too ashamed to raise, from body hair to bras and from weight to acne.

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a Body Drama should be center stage in every young woman's life. It will make you love every little thing about your body: your sags, you tags, your lumps, your bumps. It's a book of liberation and it's fun.a <br> aEve Ensler <br> I love this book! It puts loving (and knowing) your body into words and pictures -- you'll find out yours isn't so different after all. Body Drama has the answers you want to the questions you don't know how to ask. Fun and frank, like talking to a good friend who knows absolutely everything and is willing to dish. <br> aKim Gandy, President of the National Organization of Women <br> aIn Body Drama, Nancy Redd combines the stylishness of Naomi Campbell, the vibe of your best friend, and photos you always wanted to see but were afraid to ask. An empowering, original, funny, and frank book, Body Drama is poised to become the modern girl's Our Bodies, Ourselves, <br> aJennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards, authors of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future and Grassroots: A Field Guide to Feminist Activism, <br> Perfecto. This is just what girlitas need todayaa get-real guide with un- airbrushed photos that allows them to dialogue with their bodies on the most honest levels.a<br> aDeborah Gregory, author, The Cheetah Girls series and Catwalk <br> a Body Drama a]should be on the shelf of every family, school, and doctor in America.a<br> aNancy Brown, PhD, professor of Adolescent Sexuality at Stanford University, Senior Research Associate at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) Research Institute <br> Demystifies female bodies and shows them as they really look: curvy, sometimes pimply and never perfect. <br> a Glamour magazine

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