Last Reviewed: August 2006

Reference Books on Boys and Young Men

Bell, Ruth. (1998). Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition: A Book For Teens on Sex and Relationships. Three Rivers Press: New York, NY.

Bourgeois, Paulette and Martin Wolfish. (1994). Changes in You & Me: A Book About Puberty Mostly For Boys. Andrews and McMeel: Kansas City, KS.

Green, Rebecca and Elizabeth Verdick. The Teenagers’ Guide to School Outside the Box. Free Spirit Publishing Inc.: Minneapolis: MN.
Gurian, Michael. (1997). The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do To Shape Boys into Exceptional Men. Penguin Putnam Inc.: New York, NY.

Gurian, Michael. (1999). A Fine Young Man: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do To Shape Adolescent Boys into Exceptional Men. Penguin Putnam Inc.: New York, NY.

Gurian, Michael. (1999). From Boys to Men: All About Adolescence and You. Price Stern Sloan: New York, NY.

Gurian, Michael. (2000). The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of Our Boys and Young Men. Penguin Putnam Inc.: New York, NY.

Gurian, Michael. (1999). Understanding Guys: A Guide for Teenage Girls. Price Stern Sloan: New York, NY

Gurian, Michael. (2005). The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, CA.

Isler, Charlotte. (1996). The Watts Teen Health Dictionary. Franklin Watts: London.

Harris, Robie H. (1996). It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health. Candlewick Press: Cambridge, MA.

Hipp, Earl. (1995). Fighting Invisible Tigers; A Stress Management Guide For Teens. Free Spirit Publishing Inc.: Minneapolis, MN.

Madaras, Lynda. (2000). The What's Happening To My Body Book For Boys. 3rd ed. Newmarket Press: New York, NY.

Madaras, Lynda and Area Madaras. (2002). My Body, My Self For Boys. 2nd ed. Newmarket Press: New York, NY.

Mayle, Peter. (2000). "What's Happening To Me?" Lyle Stuart: New York, NY.

Pollack, William. (1999). Real Boys. Henry Holt and Company: New York, NY.

Pollack, William and Todd Shuster. (2001). Real Boys’ Voices. Penguin Books: London, England.

Pruitt, David B. (2000). Your Adolescent: Emotional, Behavioral and Cognitive Development from Early Adolescence through the Teen Years. Harper Collins Publishers: New York, NY.

Wolf, Anthony E. (2002). Get Out of My Life; but first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall? Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, NY.

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