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Jukes, Mavis

The Guy Book: An Owner's Manual: Safety, Maintenance, and Operating Instructions for

152 pp. | Crown | January, 2002 | Library ISBN 0-679-99028-3 $$18.99 | Paper ISBN 0-679-89028-9 $$12.95
(3) YA The clinical content of this boys' puberty-and-dating primer is softened by the book's ingenious packaging: it resembles a 1950s drivers' ed handbook. Chapters with coy subtitles ("Under the Hood: Parts"; "Sharing the Road: Girls"; "Parking: Sex") feature corny photos of geeky teens from more innocent times. Not a practical question goes unanswered, whether about corsage etiquette or the mechanics of the bra. Ind.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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