Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing!: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self [Paperback]

Claire Mysko (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2008

You've heard it all before: Get good grades. Keep your room clean. Wear the right clothes. Try new extracurricular activities. And why don't you have a boyfriend? All these demands can be mind-boggling! What's a girl to do?

Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing! is a guide to help you deal with the amount of pressure you endure to be "perfect."

In this fun and enthusiastic, not-your-mother's book, you'll get advice on not-so-easy topics, including how to:

• Deal with stereotypes and cliques
• Figure out the best way to balance school and a social life
• Navigate the crushes and dating world
• Find a place in your family

Packed with guidance from older teens, female role models, and activities from Girls Inc., this fun to read book is truly a guide to being your very best-and happiest-self.

Girls Inc. (www.girlsinc.org) is a nonprofit organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Through Girls Inc., girls can get together to be themselves and reach their dreams.

Claire Mysko is a writer, media consultant, and the co-founder of Inside Beauty (www.insidebeauty.org), a Web site and outreach program designed to give girls a healthy fashion and beauty reality check. She has served as the assistant director of communications at Girls Inc., the executive editor of SmartGirl, and the director of the American Anorexia Bulimia Association. Claire holds a master's degree in gender studies from The New School for Social Research. For more about the author, please visit www.clairemysko.com. She lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Claire Mysko (New York) is the former Assistant director of Communications at Girls Inc. and is a freelance writer and consultant. She has appeared on television shows including 20/20 and Inside Edition, and has written on self esteem issues for publications such as YM, Girls' Life, and PBSKids.org. Ms. Mysko holds a Master's degree in gender studies from New School University.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (July 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598697137
• ISBN-13: 978-1598697131
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,837 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Teens > Health, Mind & Body > General
  • #61 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Girls & Women > Nonfiction

More About the Author

Claire Mysko is an award-winning author and an advocate for girls and women. She has served as the director of the American Anorexia Bulimia Association, the Executive Editor of SmartGirl and the Assistant Director of Communications at Girls Inc. She lives in New York City. Visit her website: www.clairemysko.com

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book For Girls, September 11, 2008

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Karen Macklin (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing!: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self (Paperback)

This book is great for tween and teen girls. It speaks to modern society's way of putting pressure on girls to be perfect all the time. You're Amazing makes a distinction between the "Supergirl" (the stressed-out girl who is afraid to fail and always trying to impress everybody) and the "Amazing Girl" (the girl who tries her best, stays confident, asks questions, and makes space for herself and her opinions in the world). It's a great read, and has lots of fill-in section where girls can journal about their own thoughts and experience, and create positive and affirming text messages to send to each other. Very empowering! -- Karen Macklin (author of "Indie Girl")

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "You're Amazing" is the perfect gift to any stressed out teenager., September 3, 2008

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This review is from: Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing!: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self (Paperback)

Society asks so much of its teenagers, so what is a teenager to do? "You're Amazing: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self" is a guide aimed at teenage girls to better deal with the stress that is being a teenage girl. It tackles the problems with sound advice, touching on topics such as high school, balancing family, friends, and yourself, young romances, and so much more. "You're Amazing" is the perfect gift to any stressed out teenager.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book that Doesn't Talk Down to Girls!, August 14, 2008

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Jessica Anya Blau, author, DRINKING CLOSER TO... (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Girls Inc. Presents: You're Amazing!: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self (Paperback)

I bought this book for my two daughters. It's smart, interesting and insightful. A wonderful tool to help girls navigate the sometimes overwhelming experience of simply growing up.