Jennifer Mathieu – författare

From Jennifer Mathieu, the acclaimed author of Moxie - now a Netflix film - and Bad Girls Never Say Die, comes a bold novel about two young activists who find love and themselves as they tackle the threat of climate change. After Eliza’s home in Houston is destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, she is forced to transfer to Southwest High School. Traumatized by the floods and anxious in her new surroundings, Eliza throws herself into environmental activism, even if it''s against the wishes of her Big Oil dad.But when she meets Javi – a boy who has experienced climate-related trauma of his own – she''s finally able to connect with someone over the devastating mental effects of ecological disaster. Filled with nuanced themes of mental health, classism, and eco-anxiety, Down Came the Rain is a riveting and moving tale of friendship, first love, and what it means to grow up in an ever-changing world.

Winner of the Children''s Choice Book Awards'' Teen Choice Debut Author AwardEveryone knows Alice slept with two guys at one party. When Healy High star quarterback, Brandon Fitzsimmons, dies in a car crash, it was because he was sexting with Alice. Ask anybody. Rumor has it Alice Franklin is a slut. It''s written all over the "slut stall" in the girls'' bathroom: "Alice had sex in exchange for math test answers" and "Alice got an abortion last semester." After Brandon dies, the rumors start to spiral out of control. In this remarkable debut novel, four Healy High students tell all they "know" about Alice--and in doing so reveal their own secrets and motivations, painting a raw look at the realities of teen life. But in this novel from Jennifer Mathieu, exactly what is the truth about Alice? In the end there''s only one person to ask: Alice herself.This title has Common Core connections.

Now a Netflix Original Film directed by Amy Poehler. "Sweet, funny, and fierce. Read this and then join the fight."—Amy Poehler An unlikely teenager starts a feminist revolution at a small-town Texas high school in this novel from Jennifer Mathieu, author of Down Came the Rain and The Truth About Alice. Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with an administration at her high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment, and gross comments from guys during class. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules. 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. She''s just blowing off steam, but other girls respond. 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.Moxie girls fight back!

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1964, Texas. Det finns duktiga, snälla flickor. Evie Barnes är inte en av dem. Det är inte hennes kompisar heller -- de är högljudda, klär sig utmanande och hänger med killar. Framför allt skyddar de varandra i alla lägen, speciellt mot dem som anser sig vara lite finare. En dag är Evie med om någonting fruktansvärt -- och den som då skyddar henne är någon Evie aldrig trodde skulle stå på hennes sida.