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The Secret Lives of Boys
Malina Saval
Inside the Raw Emotional World of Male Teens
Basic Books
April 2009
On Sale: April 13, 2009
272 pages
ISBN: 0465002544
EAN: 9780465002542
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
This unprecedented look into the lives and social groups of
boys across America is a parent and teacher's key to
understanding the hidden hopes, fears, pains, and passions
of their sons and students.
Male teenage cliques have come a long way since the days of
the Breakfast Club and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, when
most adolescents could be lumped together as either Jocks,
Druggies, or Nerds. After crisscrossing the country--
meeting with boys from varying cultures, creeds and socio-
economic backgrounds, and geographic regions ranging from
Seattle to Miami, Boston to Chicago--investigative
journalist Malina Saval introduces readers to the next
generation of male teens by creating a new series of
archetypes and redrawing the ever-expanding social map. The Secret Lives of Boys is an uncensored look into boyhood
culture and reveals with unabashed honesty spine-tingling
confessions, heartrending sadness and isolation, unbridled
optimism and seemingly boundless resilience. By listening
without judging, Saval has created an authoritative entrée
into the clandestine culture of boyhood, lending a voice to
a demographic undeservedly jilted. This book asks the
pertinent questions: Who are these boys? What do they think
of themselves? How can we advise them properly in a way
that they will not resist? Saval digs deep to uncover what
binds these boys, what makes them different, what they want
you to know.
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