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|title=Doing It
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|reviewer=Jill Murphy
|genre=Teens
|summary=A funny and truthful peek into the minds of sex-obsessed teenage boys. And girls aren't left out, either. Parents might find it shocking but the kids will find it real. Melvin Burgess popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Melvin Burgess|chat to us]].
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
|date=August 2014
|isbn=1783440635
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But Melvin Burgess didn't write ''Doing It'' for me. He wrote it for my kids. So what I think doesn't matter anyway. Even so, I'll carry on telling you. From the dim and distant memories of my own salad days and from my observation of my sons and their friends and their girlfriends, I think ''Doing It'' has everything just perfect. Bravado and willy-waving from the boys. Girls who are a bit more in touch with the common sense warnings going on in their heads but whose hormones keep frustratingly winning the day. The clocking-up of experience that is both joyful and painful in equal measure.
It might well frighten a few of the parental horses but I think ''Doing It'' is fabulous. It's truthful, funny, even terrifying sometimes, but it has a heart the size of a plantplanet. And to my mind, the truth is always the best thing.
Highly recommended. We also have a review of Burgess's [[The Cry of the Wolf by Melvin Burgess|The Cry of the Wolf]].
You might also look at [[Losing It by Keith Gray]] - a collection of short stories about losing one's virginity. And we love [[Apples by Richard Milward]], a vivid and poetic look at Britain's urban youth with its binge-drinking, drug -taking and seemingly ubiquitous teen pregnancy. You might also enjoy [[The Hit by Melvin Burgess]].
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