Despite The Title, We Bet You'll Like This YA Novel — A Lot
Michelle Quach's immensely lovable YA debut Not Here to Be Liked centers on Eliza, who's just been done out of her dream job as editor of the high school paper by an unqualified but very charming boy.
Have you ever had the feeling that, despite all the good, hard work you've done, there's always someone else getting more accolades by accomplishing less? If you identify as a woman, it's far more likely that you've experienced such a thing in your lifetime. If you're Eliza Quan, you've just walked in on this exact scenario.
Eliza, the Chinese Vietnamese American heroine, is managing editor of the Willoughby High School and has worked tirelessly on the newspaper's staff for years. She's running unopposed for Editor in Chief until the last minute, when Eliza is notified of another candidate: Leonard "Len" DiMartile, an impossibly charming, half-white half-Japanese former basketball player.
