{"product_id":"maybe-he-just-likes-you","title":"Maybe He Just Likes You","description":"\u003cp\u003e2019 The Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Year (Erin Entrada Kelly Pick)\u003cbr\u003eA 2020 ALA Notable Children's Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The novel's all-too-familiar scenario offers a springboard for discussion among middle schoolers...Easily grasped scenarios and short chapters help make this timely #MeToo story accessible to a wide audience.\" --Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\"Realistic and heartbreaking.\" --BCCB\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the boys don't leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice--the one place Mila could always escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aladdin Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45061649793071,"sku":"9781534432383","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/8122\/0143\/files\/9781534432383.jpg?v=1773781547","url":"https:\/\/highfivebooks.org\/products\/maybe-he-just-likes-you","provider":"High Five Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}