A Handbook for Rebel Girls: Discovering Your Changing Body

The age of pubescence, as we know, begins ever earlier and brings with it physical and emotional upheavals that affect girls increasingly early in their lives. This “handbook for rebel girls” is a sort of instruction manual for puberty. Through introductory boxes, information and practical advice, it helps young readers feel less alone and unprepared for the sudden transformation of their bodies and the discovery of their sexuality. All linked by an underlying thread: freedom. Freedom to choose whether to live this period serenely or to express all one’s discomfort, and to recognise oneself as of one gender or another. Above all, the freedom to say “no”. The subject of consent – which has been rather neglected until now with adolescents – is treated naturally but clearly, stressing that it is a right to be acquired in a period packed with fleeting moments. Otherwise, as the book itself says: “Don’t worry, give your body time to find its own equilibrium, and trust it: it knows exactly what the final goal is and it knows how to get there!” Guida per bambine ribelli. Alla scoperta del corpo che cambia Various authors Mondadori Ragazzi, 2020