Maybe He Just Likes You, Barbara Dee
Maybe He Just Likes You, Barbara Dee
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Maybe He Just Likes You

Author: Barbara Dee

Narrator: Emily Rankin

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/04/2020


Synopsis

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."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katy O.

(free review copy) MUST READ. I can only think of one other middle grade book that hit me as hard as this one did, albeit on a different subject matter, but MAYBE HE JUST LIKES YOU is the most universally important and timely book that I have read in a long, long time. It's important for my daughter......more

An incredibly important book. Speaks to relevant topics without being pedantic. I wish I’d had this when I was a kid. Please hand this to young readers of ALL genders.......more

3.5 STARS SPOILERS When Mila is sexually harassed, she finds little support and understanding from her friends and the school. At home, she protects her stressed-out, single mom from the pain. Barbara Dee has written an important, yet often unrealistic, middle grade novel about middle school sexual har......more