But when her financial aid falls through, she enters the race to become prom queen because it comes with a scholarship. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson follows Liz Lighty who is counting down the days until she can go to an elite college and can join their prestigious orchestra. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson With no other options, she has to find the killer of the girl so her brother can come home.ģ. She protests, sends letters to The Innocence Project so they can take his case, and visits her father as much as she can.īut when her brother is accused of murdering a white girl, she has another problem on her plate. It follows Tracy Beaumont who is doing everything she can to get her father out of prison and off of death row. And after you watch that, PLEASE read her book This is My America. If you don’t know Kim Johnson, PLEASE watch this video. It’s honestly one of the most satisfying reads I’ve had in a long time!
That’s right, instead of fighting the patriarchy, Mariana and her friends protest her father’s policies and the rich people who support him. It’s nothing Mariana hasn’t dealt with before, but through her friends, she begins to see her father and his campaign in a new light. It features Mariana, the teenage daughter of Senator Anthony Ruiz who is running for President. If you’re looking for Moxie but with a Cuban American teen girl instead of a white girl, Running by Natalia Sylvester is for you. We shared a list of seven books to read if you liked Moxie on Netflix below.
There are plenty of other books out there that feature teen girls from all different backgrounds fighting for what they believe in. If you watched and loved the new movie or loved the book and are looking for something similar to check out next, you’re in luck! Moxie, a book by Jennifer Mathieu, came out in September of 2017 and is now a Netflix film starring Hadley Robinson, Amy Poehler, Lauren Tsai, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Nico Hiraga, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Marcia Gay Harden.
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