cover image Sexpectations: Sex Stuff Straight Up

Sexpectations: Sex Stuff Straight Up

Leissa Pitts and Craig Murray. Allen & Unwin (Trafalgar Sq./IPG, dist.) $19.95 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-74175-143-7

This sex education book for teens has a novel format: it's divided in half by gender; by flipping the book, readers can switch between Pitts's girl-oriented section and Murray's writeup for boys. Topics include anatomy, body image and health, relationships, personal beliefs about sexuality, pornography, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections. Photographs, diagrams, q&as, sidebars, and teens' firsthand accounts keep things lively. Making the entirety of the advice accessible to both boys and girls in one book (even while keeping the information separate) underscores Pitts's and Murray's message about open communication. Ages 13%E2%80%93up. (June)