Maybe He Just Likes You

Maybe He Just Likes You

<b>A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book</b><BR> <b>A <i>Washington Post</i> Best Children’s Book of 2019</b><BR> <BR><b>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. </b><BR><BR>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?<BR> <BR>But the boys don’t leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice—the one place Mila could always escape.<BR> <BR>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.<BR> <BR>From the author of<i> Everything I Know About You</i>, <i>Halfway Normal</i>, and <i>Star-Crossed </i>comes this timely story of a middle school girl standing up and finding her voice.”