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Maybe he just likes you / Barbara Dee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Aladdin, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First Aladdin hardcover editionDescription: 286 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781534432376
  • 153443237X
  • 9781534432383
  • 1534432388
Other title:
  • Maybe he just likes you : how do you know when someone crosses the line?
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: When boys in her class start touching seventh-grader Mila and making her feel uncomfortable, she does not want to tell her friends or mother until she reaches her breaking point.Summary: For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school blacktop. A few days later, at recess, one of the boys (and fellow trumpet player) Callum tells Mila it's his birthday, and asks her for a "birthday hug." He's just being friendly, isn't he? But Callum's hug lasts a few seconds too long, and feels... weird. Soon the boys won't leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice. Mila needs to learns how to stand her ground-- and she can't battle this on her own. -- adapted from jacket
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Dee Barbara Checked out 05/28/2024 33111009556016
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A 2020 ALA Notable Children's Book
A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2019

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 blacktop. A few days later, at recess, one of the boys (and fellow trumpet player) Callum tells Mila it's his birthday, and asks her for a "birthday hug." He's just being friendly, isn't he? And how can she say no? But Callum's hug lasts a few seconds too long, and feels...weird. According to her friend, Zara, Mila is being immature and overreacting. Doesn't she know what flirting looks like?

But the boys don't leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice--the one place Mila could always escape.

It doesn't feel like flirting--so what is it? Thanks to a chance meeting, Mila begins to find solace in a new place: karate class. Slowly, with the help of a fellow classmate, Mila learns how to stand her ground and how to respect others--and herself.

From the author of Everything I Know About You , Halfway Normal , and Star-Crossed comes this timely story of a middle school girl standing up and finding her voice."

Ages 9-13.

When boys in her class start touching seventh-grader Mila and making her feel uncomfortable, she does not want to tell her friends or mother until she reaches her breaking point.

For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school blacktop. A few days later, at recess, one of the boys (and fellow trumpet player) Callum tells Mila it's his birthday, and asks her for a "birthday hug." He's just being friendly, isn't he? But Callum's hug lasts a few seconds too long, and feels... weird. Soon the boys won't leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice. Mila needs to learns how to stand her ground-- and she can't battle this on her own. -- adapted from jacket

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