{"id":4474,"date":"2019-10-28T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=4474"},"modified":"2019-10-23T17:32:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T21:32:03","slug":"nerd-blast-maybe-he-just-likes-you-by-barbara-dee-spotlight-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/nerd-blast-maybe-he-just-likes-you-by-barbara-dee-spotlight-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerd Blast: Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee (Spotlight + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the Maybe He Just Likes You<\/em> nerd blast!!\u00a0 Read on to find out more about the book and author, plus follow along with the rest of the tour and enter a giveaway for a print copy of Maybe He Just Likes You<\/em>!!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\"NerdMaybe He Just Likes You<\/strong> by Barbara Dee<\/a>
Published on<\/strong> October 1, 2019 by Aladdin<\/a>
Genres:<\/strong> Middle Grade<\/a>, Contemporary<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 304
Add to <\/strong>Goodreads<\/a>
Author Links:<\/strong> Website<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Goodreads<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>

Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching\u2014and ultimately uplifting\u2014novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates. <\/b><\/p>\n

For seventh-grader Mila, it starts with some boys giving her an unwanted hug on the school blacktop. A few days later, at recess, one of the boys (and fellow trumpet player) Callum tells Mila it\u2019s his birthday, and asks her for a \u201cbirthday hug.\u201d He\u2019s just being friendly, isn\u2019t he? And how can she say no? But Callum\u2019s hug lasts a few seconds too long, and feels\u2026weird. According to her friend, Zara, Mila is being immature and overreacting. Doesn\u2019t she know what flirting looks like?<\/p>\n

But the boys don\u2019t leave Mila alone. On the bus. In the halls. During band practice\u2014the one place Mila could always escape.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t feel like flirting\u2014so what is it? Thanks to a chance meeting, Mila begins to find solace in a new place: karate class. Slowly, with the help of a fellow classmate, Mila learns how to stand her ground and how to respect others\u2014and herself.<\/p>\n

From the author of Everything I Know About You<\/i>, Halfway Normal<\/i>, and Star-Crossed <\/i>comes this timely story of a middle school girl standing up and finding her voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t