Author: Kelly Jensen
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers

We all experience the world in a body, but we don’t usually take the time to explore what it really means to have and live in one. Just as every person has a unique personality, every person has a unique body, and every body tells its own story. In Body Talk, 37 writers, models, actors, musicians and artists share essays, lists, comics and illustrations about subjects including: Size and Shape – Scoliosis – Eating Disorders – Cancer – Sexuality and Gender Identity – Makeup as Body Armor. Together, they contribute to a broad variety of perspectives on what it’s like to live in their particular bodies – and how their bodies have helped inform who they are and how they move through the world.

Body Talk is a compilation of unique and interesting stories by a plethora of authors that provides insight and perspective to many of the issues that children, teens and adults face when talking about body development, diseases and differences. The authors provide personal stories about their lives that speak to various issues related to the human body. Concepts such as deformities, puberty, sexual function, body stereotypes, weight management, hormones, etc., are discussed in ways that allow readers to relate to, and take away something special and informative from, the experiences of the authors.