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    <body><![CDATA[This book is on the bibliography of books challenged, restricted, removed or banned in 2007-2008 put out by Robert P. Doyle and the American Library Association.  More info at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ila.org/pdf/2008banned.pdf">http://www.ila.org/pdf/2008banned.pdf</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the best book to give anyone who is suffering the times of change that most adolescents go through. Filled with great illustrations and real-world information, this book holds nothing back. Is it too graphic? I don't think so. Is it too much for younger kids? You bet it is, but for those who...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41114827">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So this book was really interesting. On one hand I was kind of embarrassed looking at all the nude people and rather graphic though cartoon-y images(granted it was in a library) and on the other hand, I thought it was funny and really well done. Now I wish they had something like this when I was a k...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48054994">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Michael Emberley (Illustrator)<br/>Publication Date: 2004<br/>Publisher: Candlewick Press, Summerville, MA<br/><br/>Publishers Weekly<br/>( January 29, 1996 ; 1-56402-159-9 )<br/><br/>In a starred review, PW said, &quot;this intelligent, amiable and carefully researched book... frankly explai...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32792797">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[read this at home, embarrassed by the thought of reading it on the train. i like that it is careful to devote exactly the same detail, length and depictions to both male and female issues. sort of just turned through the last few pages. can totally see why this wasn't in any of the libraries i reque...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52082609">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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