Not Here to Be Liked

Emergency ContactmeetsMoxiein 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.

Michelle Quachis a graphic designer and writer living in Los Angeles. She’s Chinese Vietnamese American and a graduate of Harvard University, where she studied history and literature. You can find her online at www.michellequach.com.

• Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (September 14, 2021)
• Language: English
• Hardcover: 384 pages
• ISBN-10: 0063038366
• ISBN-13: 9780063038363
• Reading age: 13 – 17 years
• Grade level: 8 – 9
• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.21 x 8.25 inches