New Book, Very Sad

A new book will be hitting some book store shelves titled Rainbow Party.

Rainbow Party (Simon & Schuster, $8.99) is about a group of teens who plan an oral-sex party at which each of the girls wears a different color of lipstick.

Ruditis says the book was never meant to sensationalize sex parties. "We just wanted to present an issue kids are dealing with," he says.

Bethany Buck, Ruditis' editor at Simon & Schuster, came up with the idea for the book and says she hopes it will "scare" young readers.

Suzanne Kelly, a buyer for the Chester County Book and Music Co. in West Chester, Pa., which will stock a limited number of Rainbow, agrees. She says the book's message that oral sex "really is sex" and that teens can contract STDs through such sexual practices far outweigh the controversial story line.

"I can't imagine anyone reading this book and saying, 'Hey, what a great idea. Let's send out invitations,' " Ruditis says.

Gillian Engburg, an editor at the American Library Association's Booklist magazine, says her publication will not review Rainbow. But the reason, she says, has nothing to do with the subject matter. "We just didn't feel the book had enough literary merit to justify purchase."

This book is not going to be on the girl’s summer reading list. (like there was a doubt)

If the purpose of the book is to show teens that oral sex is sex, I would read it at the bookstore to see if that is the real message it delivers.

What a sad statement for our society when our teens feel oral sex isn’t sex. But then again what type of examples do they have to go by? There are many to blame Magazines, TV, Movies, A former President, but mostly parents for not doing their job and educating their children.

It may be uncomfortable to talk about but just like smoking and drugs we need to let our children know the dangers of sex and exactly what constitutes as a sexual act.