Maybe He Just Likes You, Barbara Dee 
Book
Children's
Young Adult
Book
Children's
Young Adult
Updated: 30 August 2025
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned in passing (in discussion and/or implied)
Sexual harassment (e.g. verbal or non-consensual touching/grabbing)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sexual abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape strongly implied/details surrounding a rape discussed in detail (i.e. the events before/after)
Detailed/vivid description of rape

Description

From the book's blurb: "Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching--and ultimately uplifting--novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates." Throughout the book, a group of boys targets the protagonist for harassment as a kind of game. They touch her and make inappropriate comments to her, and when she tells them to stop or gets upset, they say she's overreacting. Much of the book deals with her struggling to interpret what is happening to her and to tell friends, teachers, and parents about it because she is unfamiliar with the concept of sexual harassment and does not know how to explain it to them.

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