I know this is another nonfiction book but it is the BEST one I have found so far on type 1 diabetes written specifically for teens. It is written in their language and very easy to understand. This book provides ideas and strategies on how to manage everyday life with type 1 diabetes. There are lots of pragmatic tips with a particularly down-to-earth chapter called 'My (So-Called) Friends'. It feels like the author is talking directly to the reader and could even be in the same room! Fantastic for the troubled teenager who does not know how to cope with diabetes in front of friends.
There is also a chapter on Relationships and Sex. Wow. A must read for any teenager who as the author says 'It maybe more interesting because these are topics you are thinking about or because, for some reason or another, no one has talked to you about these things( Hood, 2010, p.115).
The author is humourous but provides sensible advice.I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I'm 'old'! I hope every young adult ( and perhaps anyone) with type 1 diabetes will read this book and be encouraged and reassured that diabetes can be managed effectively and life can be lived to the full in spite of it.
Interestingly the title of the book and the boy on the cover are illustrated in blue - the symbol of World Diabetes Day 2009 - 2013.
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