My First Day

Book excerpt: I wrote this book to help girls learn more about the transition from girlhood to womanhood. I realised it is taboo even to mention a girl's menstrual cycle in some countries, and I want to change that by writing this book. In this book, you will find chapters that will help to answer your burning questions and an excellent period tracker at the end; you will also get a few bonus chapters and some more knowledge about your amazing female body, so you can learn more about your menstrual cycle and some changes you might go through, and how to deal with them. In my secondary school, many girls started their periods without knowing what was happening to their bodies. I remember a girl saying she drank cranberry juice, and it came out again later. Another girl started her class cycle, finding a blood stain on her seat and uniform. I genuinely believe that my book could help girls learn about what is happening to their bodies and reassure them that it is all part of the natural process of becoming a woman. I dream of empowering girls, so they do not have to be taken by surprise on their first day. In my family, my mother, sister and grandmother talked to me to prepare me for my first day, and I pray that my book will help you to understand more about your amazing female body.