Johnston, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Exit Pursued By a Bear “With a story that’s equal parts heart and instruction manual, Mathieu has captured the movement of a generation-warts and all-and shone a light forward for the next one.” -E. Read this and then join the fight." -Amy Poehler Moxie is a book about high school life that will make you wanna riot! 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. She's just blowing off steam, but other girls respond. 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. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment, and gross comments from guys during class. Fed up with an administration at her high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Read this and then join the fight."-Amy PoehlerĪn unlikely teenager starts a feminist revolution at a small-town Texas high school in this novel from Jennifer Mathieu, author of The Truth About Alice. Now a Netflix Original Film directed by Amy Poehler!
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