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No Brainer

by Lea Beddia

Dress codes, double standards, and speaking up

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Kirkus Reviews starred review

    Starred review praising the book as fearless and highlighting its protagonist’s determination to stand up for he...

AlbakiReads Editorial

Dress codes, double standards, and speaking up

Liv’s conflict begins with unwanted comments from a classmate, but the school’s response shifts the dispute onto what she wears. When she is told to wear a bra despite meeting the dress code, the disagreement expands into a debate over fairness, school authority, and girls’ freedom to choose their clothing. A campaign targeting Liv and her friend Mia’s poster bring that argument into the wider school community. The novel connects a personal boundary to questions of body autonomy and how rules are applied, while keeping its focus on a teen navigating conflict with both a peer and school administrators.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teen readers interested in stories about body autonomy and challenging double standards.
  • Readers looking for a coming-of-age story set around school rules and student advocacy.
  • Teens building reading skills or seeking a short novel, as described by the publisher.

Themes

Body autonomyDouble standardsSchool rules and authorityPeer harassmentStudent advocacy

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Book overview

★" Celebrates a girl's determination to be comfortable with her body, defy double standards, and stand up for her beliefs. Fearless and filled with jubilant moxie; a must-read." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Liv is happy in her joggers, sports T-shirts and no bra.

She doesn't like tight jeans and doesn't feel comfortable in a bra. But one boy in her gym class, Jerry, harasses Liv with rude comments about her breasts. When she stands up to him, Liv is the one who finds herself in trouble. Even though her clothes fit the dress code, her principal insists that Liv wear a bra to gym class. It's unfair and Liv refuses to give in to the demand.

Gossip flies around the school as Liv stands up to Jerry and the school administration. Then a "free the boobs" campaign is started to demean Liv, andshe and her friend Mia decide to take a stand. They create a poster to encourage girls to wear what they want without shame, but Liv is sent to the principal's office once again and is told that her poster will be taken down before the school's open house. But Liv isn't going to stand down. There are no school rules that dictate girls must wear bras. Why can't girls wear what they want without being shamed?

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading-level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read.

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