Not Here to Be Liked

A smart romance with heart and guts and all the intoxicating feelings in between.Maureen Johnson,New York Timesbestselling author of13 Little Blue EnvelopesEmergency ContactmeetsMoxie in this cheeky and searing novel that unpacks just how complicated new love can getwhen 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 Lenwho is tall, handsome, and malejust seems more like a leader.When Elizas frustration spills out in a viral essay, she finds herself inspiring a feminist movement she never meant to start, caught between those who believe shes a gender equality champion and others who think shes 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 realizationshe 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 Selection* 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 *