Wisely, the publisher has kept the British slang terms for sexual acts and body parts, rather than using the American four-letter words, a factor that will make the book less of a hot potato for librarians and teachers, but not diminish the reading pleasure for the inevitable hordes of young male readers. This book is my go at trying to bring young male sexual culture into writing.' The result is surprising but educational for female readers. The contrast here is striking-as Burgess said in an interview, 'I wrote Doing It because I do believe that we have let young men down very badly in terms of the kinds of books written for them. Nearly all YA novels about love and sexuality are told by and for girls, like Judy Blume's groundbreaking classic, Forever. And Ben is living every teenage boy's dream, an affair with a lusty teacher-but somehow it's getting to be too much of a good thing. Jonathan fancies sensible, sexy Deborah but can't admit it to his friends, even after several steamy grope sessions, because she is.ump. Gorgeous Dino thinks that equally gorgeous Allie should realize that they belong together and is puzzled and frustrated when their passionate lovemaking always ends with her refusing him. Fun, peppy and unusually frank (but ultimately sweet-natured), British author Burgess's ( Smack My Life as a Bitch ) novel starts out with an attention-grabbing scene in which the central. But here's the catch: the story is told from the point of view of the hormone-sodden young males, naughty bits and all. In Doing It-a muy controversial book in the U.K.-Burgess tells the saucy story of a group of teens and their sexual f1escapades. Doing It is an honest and funny book about three teenage British boys learning about themselves and life through their sexual experiences. (And thankfully-beneath the smut-they actually do have feelings.' -Seventeen 'According to Brit novelist Melvin Burgess, teenage sex is like pre-school calculus: confusing, awkward, and full of funny shapes.

Melvin Burgess, author of Smack, has written what is potentially the most controversial young adult novel ever.

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