Girlwise: How to Be Confident, Capable, Cool, and in Control

Every teenager should read this book!

I just got this book for early Christmas. I cant put it down.Its really good! Ive been reading it for 2 days. My sisters 17 and she got a copy too and totally loves it too. its all out straight up the truth. My friends and I have been sitting in the lunch room reading the book out loud to know all this new stuff like fashion and like doing laundry and giving a speech in school. Theres nothing out there like it.

Where was this book when I was growing up? If your are uncomfortable with yourself, find yourself in awkward situations or just don't know what to do in quasi-emergencies as, I admit, happened to me more than once, Girlwise is the book to go to. Not only is it full of advice on such diverse topics as self confidence to creating your own web site to, my favorite, what to do about a clogged toilet, but it is witty and a great read. Situations are dealt with by not only professionals in the field but by teens themselves.This grandmother is giving Girlwise to all the girls she knows from preteen (be prepared) up.

GirlWise covers just about any situation I might be in where I need to be cool and calm and make a good impression. From job interviews to party planning, this book has it all. My fave is "How to write a poem." Very inspiring. All the women who give advice in this book are so cool and amazing. Awesome role models. It's like getting 100 mentors for different parts of life that are so important, all in one.

I always said I would never want to relive my teenage years. Now that I have read this book, I would love to go back. This book could have saved me from a lot embarassment and depression. It is a must have for any teenage girl today. It's like having a user manual for teens. If you are a parent of a teen girl, you have to get this for her. She will love you for it. It answers the question every teen has, "Am I the only one that feels this way?" or "Does this only happen to me?".

School is the place to learn vocabulary words like efficacious, why the Battle of Gettysburg was fought, and how you find the circumference of a circle. But many of the most practical things you need to know in life are things aren't taught at school. If you're lucky, you just pick up this everyday wisdom from conversations with people who've "been there and done that," and learn the rest by trial and error. The solution to this educational gap is Girlwise. The goal of this book is not only to keep you from stumbling and bumbling, but to get the upper hand on life. This positively awesome book is filled with advice from women and girls who have the real scoop on feeling food in your skin, taking care of yourself, surviving socially, conducting your life with grace and elegance, and becoming whomever you most truly aspire to be. No girl's backpack should be without a copy!