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"Moxie is sweet, funny, and fierce. Read this and then join the fight." -- Amy PoehlerAn unlikely teenager starts a feminist revolution at a small-town Texan high school in the new novel from Jennifer Mathieu, author of The Truth About Alice.MOXIE GIRLS FIGHT BACK! Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with an administration at her high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment, and gross comments from guys during class. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules.Viv's mom was a tough-as-nails, punk rock Riot Grrrl in the '90s, and now Viv takes a page from her mother's past and creates a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. She's just blowing off steam, but other girls respond. As Viv forges friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, she realizes that what she has started is nothing short of a girl revolution. Moxie is a book about high school life that will make you wanna riot!



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Jennifer Mathieu

Hi! I'm young adult author Jennifer Mathieu. (It's pronounced Muh-two, but if you speak French you can pronounce it better than that. Sadly, I don't speak French.) I'm a writer and English teacher who lives in Texas with my family. . A native of the East Coast and a former journalist, I enjoy writing contemporary young adult fiction that treats teenagers like real people. My debut novel is The Truth About Alice followed by Devoted, Afterward, and Moxie. I love to eat and hate to cook. For more information about me, visit www.jennifermathieu.com To check out the amazing Moxie Tumblr, visit www.moxiegirlsfightback.com.



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