Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Sex in YA Lit Part 1

I read 101 Ways to Dance by Kathy Stinson on Saturday morning (I couldn't sleep and read the whole thing sometime between midnight and 5:30 a.m.) and just finished Forever.  I'll write a bit about 101 Ways first and gather my thoughts on Forever for Part 2.

I was expecting the book to be a cheesy romance with a sex scene or two thrown in for good measure, but was pleasantly surprised.  I actually really liked it!  The different ways Stinson finds to approach the subject of teen relationships and sex were so clever, creative, and well done.  I never felt like she was trying to be cool or force the reader to believe that this was a teenager's perspective, and she made me think about situations that I'm sure happen in real life that I had never thought about before. I think this book would be great to encounter as a teen reader.

I laughed, I cried, I cringed, and I enjoyed every minute while reading 101 Ways to Dance.

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