Not Here to Be Liked
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Emergency ContactΒ meetsΒ Moxie in this cheeky and searing novel that unpacks just how complicated new love can getβ¦when you fall for your enemy.
Eliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper. That is, until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her. Suddenly her vast qualifications mean squat because inexperienced Lenβwho is tall, handsome, and maleβjust seems more like a leader.
When Elizaβs frustration spills out in a viral essay, she finds herself inspiring a feminist movement she never meant to start, caught between those who believe sheβs a gender equality champion and others who think sheβs simply crying misogyny.
Amid this growing tension, the school asks Eliza and Len to work side by side to demonstrate civility. But as they get to know one another, Eliza feels increasingly trapped by a horrifying realizationβshe just might be falling for the face of the patriarchy himself.
New York Times New and Upcoming Young Adult Book to Watch For * A Junior Library Guild SelectionΒ * Parents Magazine Best Books of the Year * NPR Best Books of the Year * Kirkus Best Books of the Year * Rise: A Feminist Book Project Book of the Year * A CCBC Choices Pick of the Year * Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year *
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Michelle Quach is a graphic designer and writer living in Los Angeles. Sheβs Chinese Vietnamese American and a graduate of Harvard University, where she studied history and literature. You can find her online at michellequach.com.
