Sex Ed in YA Fiction (8 books)

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This list is for young adult or upper middle grade novels that are all about sex education

Not just for novels about sex - sexual education (in a class, blog, etc.) should be a main theme of the work

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1	On the Subject of Unmentionable Things by Julia Walton 3.98 avg rating — 1,268 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me by Olivia Hinebaugh (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 828 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Ask Me Anything by Molly E. Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 518 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Sex Education by Jenny Davis 3.96 avg rating — 194 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden 3.69 avg rating — 586 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	How Girls Are Made by Mindy McGinnis (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 617 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Expecting the Unexpected by Mavis Jukes 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Planning the Impossible by Mavis Jukes 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

8 books · 3 voters · list created July 28th, 2023 by Holly (votes) .

Tags: abstinence-only, education, fiction, middle-grade, sex, sex-ed, sex-education, sex-positivity, sexual-education, sexuality, teen, teens, ya, young-adult

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message 1: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jun 09, 2025 01:03PM

How do you feel about upper middle grade being added to this list?

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message 2: by Holly (new)

Jun 09, 2025 01:59PM

Rainbowheart wrote: "How do you feel about upper middle grade being added to this list?"

That's fine with me!

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message 3: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jul 13, 2025 10:07PM

I added some!

It's crazy how few books about sex education seem to exist. I thought there would be a lot more of them! I did find several titles with more of an educational focus, but not sex ed in the traditional sense.

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message 4: by Holly (new)

Jul 17, 2025 11:57AM

I was really surprised at how few exist too! It's been such a hot-button issue for decades now, that I would have thought there would be more fiction about it.

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message 5: by Rainbowheart (new)

Jul 17, 2025 12:21PM

I know, right? I came across a handful that were just slightly too far afield to add, like Officially Losing It, The Most Dangerous Thing, and Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl. Definitely focused on teenage sexuality and sexual health, but not organized sex ed per se.

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message 6: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

Jul 28, 2025 02:22PM