Every teenage girl wants to be sexy, wants to be noticed, to be attractive. But what is "sexy," really? Do you know what you're saying about yourself by the way you dress? Popular author Hayley DiMarco wants to help you figure it out.

Sexy Girls is an honest and provocative look at everything sexy--from clothes and self-presentation to body image. With her approachable style and wit, Hayley shows:

• Why little things called hormones affect the way guys look at girls
• What girls are really saying by the way they dress
• What God thinks about teens trying to be sexy

With quizzes, sidebars, and questions for reflection, Sexy Girls is the perfect opportunity for you to figure out who you are and how you are going to present that image to your peers.

Are you wondering why worldly guys act interested in you, but the really godly guys don't? Is your daughter struggling over how to fit in with her friends while not making you and her dad go ballistic? Are you looking for material to help the girls in your youth group understand their responsibility to the guys around them when it comes to clothing? Hayley DiMarco's Sexy Girls may be just what you need.

Don't let the cover turn you off. It's a sexy girl in a halter (at least I think it's still called a halter) top and low-cut jeans with lots of skin showing. DiMarco's take on the issues of modesty and our feminine responsibility to God and the men around are much overdue.

DiMarco's goal is to "help you figure out your image--who you are, who you want to be, and who you want others to thing you are." (13) To do that, she starts with what seeing lots of female skin does to guys, even icky guys, even old guys. She recommends humility over self-esteem and developing character by losing weight through exercise and diet rather than liposuction. She tries to get girls to understand the dangers of alcohol and of bad friends based on the Bible. She then encourages them with ideas for forming a fashionable affordable wardrobe.

DiMarco writes in a frank, hip, conversational style that should appeal to young readers, but she doesn't play fast and loose with the Scripture. She includes quotations, startling statistics on alcohol, liposuction, and male vs. female items in bathrooms. She also provides letters from young readers and her answers. Certain sections of the book provide working areas for the readers to respond to her questions. DiMarco, the author of Mean Girls and Dateable and the founder of a think tank called Hungry Planet, seeks "to give practical answers for life's problems and encourage girls to form stronger spiritual lives." (141)

Her approach to the problem of immodesty impressed me. I disagreed with only one small section of what she wrote. "Modesty is about looking normal. Not drawing tons of attention to yourself so that you shock people or cause them to stumble." (117) She spends the majority of the book letting girls know about the importance of not showing too much skin. Yet in some settings, such as on a beach, "looking normal" could mean showing lots of skin. This statement weakened her argument in my mind.

Would I recommend Sexy Girls to young women? Oh, yes, I already have some in mind! – Debbie W. Wilson, Christian Book Previews.com

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Reviewed by Tracy (Bakersfield, CA), June 30, 2010

My 17 year old loved the book. And I didn't even think she'd READ IT! It's written in a way that they don't find offensive to THEM. :)

Reviewed by Sheila Brower (Medford, OR), June 25, 2010

This book was tastefully written and very helpful in making God's standards concerning christian modesty and thoughtfulness understood without feeling judgmental. I liked the author's straight-forward but humorous approach to some sensitive areas, especially in explaining how we as young women effect the male population by the way we dress and conduct ourselves. It was refreshing to learn how to make responsible choices without giving up our personal style. Since it is our main goal as christians to honor God in all we do, it is important to remember that we say a whole lot about our relationship with God and the respect we have for others by the way we dress and relate. It was nice to be reminded and encouraged concerning this issue. Thank you for such an awesome and needed book!

Reviewed by Jo Baca (Seatac, WA), June 25, 2010

I really like how this was written, and my 12 year old daughter said she learned things about how boys think and wanted to share the book with her friend.

Reviewed by Edith Clark (San Benito, TX), June 25, 2010

I have three girls that spend Saturday's here. They all three were very intrested in this book and the first thing they all three did was take the test. They are now all reding this book.

Reviewed by Jeanean (Shreveport, LA), June 24, 2010

Excellent book to read and discuss with your daughters about modesty, purity and where their true beauty should come from! I would even recommend it to be used as a bible study with women of all ages.

Reviewed by Nicole (Texas), November 22, 2009

I highly recomend this book to anyone who is a female! The stuff she brought to light was amazing. What I like about it is she was extremely blunt and didn't beat around the bush. So many authors and christian people have beaten these poor bushes to death and the girls I'm around still don't get it! So yes I do recomend this book at the top of my list!

Reviewed by Nancy Hartley (Cicero, IN), December 03, 2008

I was very impressed with the content of this book. I think every young teen girl should read it to get a better understanding of the male perspective on how girls present themselves. It doesn't preach about what a girl should do, just makes them aware of how boys and men view things.

Reviewed by James & Denice (Boerne, TX), September 27, 2008

Our daughter read it in 1 day. It helped her notice things she hadn't before.

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