Sex Plus: Learning, Loving, and Enjoying Your Body by Laci Green
Published by HarperCollins on September 25th 2018
ISBN: 0062560972
Pages: 528
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If you have questions, this book has answers! Laci Green, known for her Sex Plus series on YouTube, has been involved in advocacy and sex education work since high school. Knicknamed, the “millennial Dr. Ruth, “ Green is a certified domestic violence advocate and has worked for Planned Parenthood. This book covers it all in a healthy, nonjudgemental, sex-positive tone that will appeal to young adults. There are eighteen chapters with titles like “Clitical” Thinking, Gender Identity, Your Sexual Debut, Safer Sex, Consent and Communication, Relationshipping, and Dating Violence. Green points out many times that she is not a medical professional, however, the book was fact-checked by two doctors and an expert on human sexuality. Resources are listed for each section at the back of the book, as well as an index. Graph, illustrations, and bullet points are used to highlight information and make the text very friendly for teen readers. This is book would be a welcome addition to the 613 section of libraries serving teens. As Green says, “Knowledge is pleasure.” Recommended for grades 9 and up.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Andersen, Librarian, Westbrook High School