**Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching --and ultimately uplifting--novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates. ** For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school b
He must like you
β Scribed by Danielle Younge-Ullman
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group; Viking
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 251 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 1984835726
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
An authentic, angry, and surprisingly funny and romantic novel about sexual harassment, from award-winning author Danielle Younge-Ullman.
Libby's having a rough senior year. Her older brother absconded with his college money and is bartending on a Greek island. Her dad just told her she's got to pay for college herself, and he's evicting her when she graduates so he can Airbnb her room. A drunken hook-up with her coworker Kyle has left her upset and confused. So when Perry Ackerman, serial harasser and the most handsy customer at The Goat where she waitresses, pushes her over the edge, she can hardly be blamed for dupming a pitcher of sangria on his head. Unfortunately, Perry is a local industry hero, the restaurant's most important customer, and Libby's mom's boss. Now Libby has to navigate the fallout of her outburst, find an apartment, and deal with her increasing rage at the guys who've screwed up her life--and her increasing crush on the one guy who truly gets...
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