Molly’s older brother vapes, and it’s treated by everyone like a drug addiction, with cheesy lines spoken by his family members that sound like they’re straight from an after-school special. But there was a background story that honestly made me laugh out loud when I first read about it. This is the first juvenile fiction book I’ve read in years, so I tried to be forgiving of the books faults. It was really powerful reading a young adult book where the characters were so determined and their methods inspirational to make their voices heard. Reading about the teacher’s remarks to the students angered me, and brought back my own memories of being body shamed by school officials. Unlike Molly however, I didn’t have the courage to rally my classmates to demand change, and it’s something I still regret not doing. I could strongly relate to the subject matter, because when I was in high school I was often reprimanded violating the dress code, and would address many of the same arguments that Molly and her friends make regarding the hypocrisy of it & the sexualization.
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