Top of Your Game:
  A Guy's Guide to Looking & Feeling Good
   Daniel Eshom
  2000 The Rosen Publishing Group. NY USA
   ISBN: 0823930831


There are things that boys are supposed to do - play sports, get girls, try to find ways to get beer. But guess what? Some of us just aren't like that ... we're into drawing comics, programming computers, writing new-school funk music, volunteering, even cooking.

About this Book tells us how it isn't easy being a Guy when you're expected to be buff, studly & masculine yet sensitive, thoughtful & un-macho all while trekking through middle school! So while you're dealing with bursting hormones, callow cliques, grungy geeks & a body that's become a stranger, you're also supposed to be a Good Guy. How's a Guy to do this? It's all so complicated, right?

Here comes the Excellent News in which things are looking up! Your body is about to kick into high; school is getting interesting & your mind is thinking a whole bunch about dating & sex. How exactly are you going to fit into it all? You can see high school on the horizon & college, the military or work gather like smog behind that. Are you ready? Do you know how to fuel yourself?

You Got Game is all about sweating - nagging, exercise & being a sofa slug. Are there any alternatives to organized team sports? Is dancing only for sissies? What about kickboxing? How bad do you want to be? How bad do you want it?

Make A Clean Break of it: On the road to Guyville you'll crash into all sorts of things like body odor, pimples & hair in strange places. Know how to shave yet?

Keep It Real: What you wear has an affect on how people see you. Clothes also have a lot to do with how you feel about yourself. Fashion 101 may not be rocket science, it sure is an acquired skill though! Check it out.

Life Happens to the worst & the best of Guys & in much the same ways: you all got to deal with stress, stereotypes & peer pressure. Check out The Guy's Guide Bill of Rights - it's cool!

It's a Guy's World lists websites to visit for tips on healthy things to do, eat & think about & for those who like old-fashioned hardcopies, check out Get Booked.

An interesting primer for boys becoming teenagers, useful without being heavy; funny without being rude & instructive without lecturing. A cool gift idea for a Guy's birthday!

More in series: Chillin':A Guy's Guide to Friendship; Dating and Relating: A Guy's Guide to Girls; The Real Deal: A Guy's Guide to Being a Guy; Stay Cool: A Guy's Guide to Handling Conflict; Your Ought To Know: A Guy's Guide to Sex.
(03/25/01)

Rebecca