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Moxie

By: Jennifer Mathieu
Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
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Publisher's summary

Punk rock zines inspire a feminist revolution at a small-town Texan high school in the new novel from Jennifer Matheiu, author of The Truth About Alice.

Moxie girls fight back!

Vivian Carter's mom was a Riot Grrrl in the 1990s, but now she and Viv live a pretty quiet life in a small Texas town. When Viv witnesses a series of sexist incidents at her high school, she takes a page from her mom's past and makes a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. Viv is just blowing off steam, but before she knows it she's started a revolution.

The latest novel from Jennifer Mathieu offers everything fans love about her writing - a relatable protagonist with a distinct voice, a conflict relevant to current events, and, ultimately, a story that is both heartbreaking and hopeful.

©2017 Jennifer Mathieu (P)2017 Recorded Books

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<strong>Loved it!</strong>

It was a little forced with the messaging, but all together this was a great book. The message is important and valid... I just wish it had blended into the story a little better. The character of Seth was awesome, but felt almost like a caricature of a male feminist supporter. Still, it was nice of the author to show what a healthy relationship looks like in a YA novel. Audible 20 Review Sweepstakes Entry

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The story I wish I had

This is a story I wish I had in high school when I was struggling with these issues. I am still processing all of the things that happened (hello 13 years later), and how it has impacted my life and what I did accomplish then and how it may have helped others.

However, I have to say, I was disappointed with the mom character and I hope the movie corrects for this. For a woman who went through the 90's rebelling against "the man" and "the system" for much of her youth, she was surprisingly bland about what her daughter ended up standing for and how difficult it was to make that stand as a female who began her journey just trying to blend into the wallpaper (so to speak). I think there was too much emphasis on her being a "good" kid and that ultimately the stand she made out her on the fringes of that status.

I am a mother now to a 2yo girl and if she does something like this to stand up for social justice in her school/town, I would be be jumping up and down for freaking joy that my girl had the guts, the MOXIE, to call out what was wrong with society and shine a damn light on those issues and force people to confront the uncomfortable truths of their unjust behavior.

So. I loved the protagonist, she was great and I think the writer caught a lot of the nuance of what it means to be a high schooler and still want to make things better under the pressure of fitting in. I also liked how the issues with explaining feminism were brought up and handled. It's not a bad word. It's my second favorite F word. Go read the book.

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Perfect way to start 2021

Wow! This was incredible, my only wish was to get through it faster and simultaneously hope it would never end. This book has a little bit of everything for everyone. And I for one know through and through I’m a Moxie girl! There is a Moxie movie coming out in March on Netflix and I can’t wait for that either! Thank you Jennifer Matthieu. Thank you.

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A must read!!!

I really enjoyed this book. I was literally hooked from the first chapter. It's more of a young adult book but adults will enjoy it too. Totally relevant with the Me Too movement today.

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Irony

It was a well told well read story and I don’t want to discourage folks for listening. However the irony of this girl power story and the hypocrisy it f the girl telling the sorry stood out. While in their high school they are judged, belittled, not believed and put in their place, this gal is doing the very same to her mother’s new boyfriend. She sees a bumper sticker on his car and without even asking if it’s sticker or perhaps a left over on a used car she judges him and puts him in a box of disgust and almost hate. She is 16 years old and the only thing she knows based on this bumper sticker is what her Mom has taught her and it’s the same
mom who is dating this man. It put me off and I really wanted to leave a nasty review and stop listening but I was enjoying the rest of the story. The girl does soften and see things differently eventually but she displayed the classic I’m doing what’s right based on my feelings and you are wrong based on not knowing you at all. It’s too bad because it’s a nice little story otherwise although a bit too long.

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WOW!

This book is amazing! I feel like every boy should read this book to truly understand the BS that girls everywhere have to endure on a daily basis. It’s funny, beautiful and heartwarming. Girls, never forget how amazing you are!

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Great book

This book is a great read. It very empowering for girl and women alike. It's a great representation of young women advocacy. I love how its also inspired by the riot girrrrl movement from the 90s. Great book and great message.

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Fabulous Feminist YA Fiction

LOVED this! This and Amy Reed’s Nowhere Girls are the books I needed in high school. Highly recommended! The reader is also really wonderful.

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A great book about being a girl in high school

This book was so well done and the narration fits the book perfectly. Many of the examples in this book are what girls experience in high school everywhere. Moxie gives hope and a voice to that experience.

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I loved this audiobook!
The narrator does a fantastic job at differentiating between characters voice. This is the first Suzy Jackson book I've read and from the samples I've heard of the others seems a lot more tame and light hearted.
Viv is a teenage girl going to a very southern Texas school, its racist and sexist and all about football. Her mother used to be a rebellious feminist teen but Viv didn't think she inherited any of that until events at school pushes her over the edge.

There are a few mentions of assault but the book doesn't go into detail.

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