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It's the first day of school and almost sixteen-year-old Kat Evans wants to organize a bit of activism on campus. Her attempt at feminism brings hilarious results. Her friends help her along the way. Kat tries to get the attention of a new student, Hot Josh, but she wonders if that might be an unfeminist thought.


What worked: Hilarious romp with BFFs who want to smash the Patriarchy and bring awareness to feminism. I laughed so hard while reading Kat's journal entries.


Kat also shares her feelings of anxiety when her friends get boyfriends and she doesn't. There's Mean girl Trudy and her group who go out of their way to make Kat's life miserable. The author does a great job showing Kat's struggles with feeling less than and anxiety that builds to panic attacks.

There's mention of struggles with menstrual periods, exams, betrayals, and body awareness. Mental illness is shown in a very realistic way. The one scene where she can't breathe after one incident rang very real. As a teen, I also dealt with similar issues.

The scenes of the girls going to a yoga class are seriously funny! What I really loved was the friendship between the girls and how they stuck together even when things at school seemed to be going in the wrong direction.

Derry Girls meets Louise Rennison's Confessions of Georgia Nicolson for a whole new generation.

Fast-paced contemporary story of friendship at a UK school where readers are introduced to a group of friends whose antics will stay with you long after you turn the last page.