Margot Mertz Takes It Down
(Sprache: Englisch)
Veronica Mars meets Moxie in this hilarious and biting YA contemporary novel following Margot Mertz, a girl who runs an internet cleanup business and embarks on a quest to take down a revenge-porn site targeting the girls in her school.
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Veronica Mars meets Moxie in this hilarious and biting YA contemporary novel following Margot Mertz, a girl who runs an internet cleanup business and embarks on a quest to take down a revenge-porn site targeting the girls in her school.Margot Mertz is a secret sleuth--okay, not really, but she does run an internet cleanup business helping students and teachers alike clear their internet presence of anything they don't want anyone else to see. From secret embarrassing DM's to viral videos and more, Margot cleans it all. After her parents foolishly lost her college fund, this is the only way she can make it to Stanford.
But when a fellow student comes to her asking her to take down a website that's gathering nude pics of fellow Roosevelt High girls, things get personal. Margot must delve into the depths of her school to take down the culprit. The seedy underbelly of Roosevelt High is not unfamiliar to Margot--but somehow this case is stumping her at every turn--until she figures out that the only way to reach her suspects is to get close to perfect boy Avery Green. His access to every club, volunteer opportunity, sports team, and popular party is the key to solving her case.
When the case takes a shocking turn, Margot's ready to burn the whole world down. No one targets the Roosevelt High girls on Margot's watch. Mertz Clean Your Filth is on the case.
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"I mean . . . he was in such incredible shape. There wasn t an ounce of body fat on him. His shoulders, his arms, you should have seen his - Mrs. Blye - I interrupted, hoping to steer this conversation away from . . . wherever it was going.Sorry. I was just trying to give you context but . . . you re right. That s not important. Nor does it excuse what I did. Or the damage it could do if it got out! Margot . . .
Mrs. Blye looked down at her drink, as if her gin and tonic were somehow going to save her. Clearly she was embarrassed and a little confused. This must have been weird for her. The random brunette she had once given a B+[1] suddenly had a lot of power over her.
Josh was one night. It was just sex. Great sex, yes, but -
Mrs. Blye, again, I really, really don t need to know -
I still love my husband. Sure, we have our problems. I can be distant. And he s gotten very into role--playing board games. She cringed. But that doesn t excuse what I did! And I don t want one stupid, drunken night to . . . She started to tear up. I believe we can make this marriage work if you can just, please, help me.
And that s when she really lost it. We re talking heaving, loud, ugly crying. Normally, Mrs. Blye was pretty attractive. For a teacher. Her white skin was a little too tanned, especially for winter. But she dressed okay and knew her way around a Sephora. If you passed her on the street you wouldn t be like, Daaammn. But if you had to stare at her for forty--one minutes while she described oxidation--reduction reactions, you might find yourself thinking, Huh, she s kinda pretty. But right now? She looked like wet garbage. And she was starting to attract attention.
You okay over here? The ancient cocktail waitress, who I assumed was named Rhonda or Nancy, had appeared beside our booth.
We re okay, thanks, I answered confidently for both of us. Rhonda/Nancy hobbled back to
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the bar.
I never worried about being carded at Petey O Taverns. Petey s was a seedy bar for serious drinkers who didn t require ambiance or natural light. The floors were sticky, there was a cigarette machine (?!) by the bathroom, and behind the bar hung a poster for a movie from the 80s called Ski School. (This exceptionally misogynistic poster features a giant pair of bikini--clad boobs with two tiny cool guys skiing down the cleavage. The tagline: Curves ahead and behind. I feel like this movie hasn t aged well.[2])
Anyway, I wasn t there to score booze. The only drink I ever ordered was a club soda with lime. I just needed a place to bring clients. Petey s was gross, sure, but it allowed my adult clients to be anonymous, order a drink, and forget that they were about to Venmo a teenager thousands of dollars.
Look, it s always a mistake to sleep with a man named Josh, I said, trying to lighten the mood. It wasn t clear if she found this funny. But . . . I might be able to help.
Mrs. Blye looked up at me, searching my pale, pale (so pale) white face for a glimmer of hope.
Over the past two years, I had sat across from teachers, students, parents, and one time a state legislator. I listened to the details of their affairs, their embarrassing tweets, their shameful videos -and then I d make it all go away. That was the job. For the right fee, I would go to the ends of the internet to clean up their mistakes.
In this case, Mrs. Blye, a tenured chemistry teacher at Roosevelt High, cheated on her husband with Josh Frange, a chemistry teacher at Br
I never worried about being carded at Petey O Taverns. Petey s was a seedy bar for serious drinkers who didn t require ambiance or natural light. The floors were sticky, there was a cigarette machine (?!) by the bathroom, and behind the bar hung a poster for a movie from the 80s called Ski School. (This exceptionally misogynistic poster features a giant pair of bikini--clad boobs with two tiny cool guys skiing down the cleavage. The tagline: Curves ahead and behind. I feel like this movie hasn t aged well.[2])
Anyway, I wasn t there to score booze. The only drink I ever ordered was a club soda with lime. I just needed a place to bring clients. Petey s was gross, sure, but it allowed my adult clients to be anonymous, order a drink, and forget that they were about to Venmo a teenager thousands of dollars.
Look, it s always a mistake to sleep with a man named Josh, I said, trying to lighten the mood. It wasn t clear if she found this funny. But . . . I might be able to help.
Mrs. Blye looked up at me, searching my pale, pale (so pale) white face for a glimmer of hope.
Over the past two years, I had sat across from teachers, students, parents, and one time a state legislator. I listened to the details of their affairs, their embarrassing tweets, their shameful videos -and then I d make it all go away. That was the job. For the right fee, I would go to the ends of the internet to clean up their mistakes.
In this case, Mrs. Blye, a tenured chemistry teacher at Roosevelt High, cheated on her husband with Josh Frange, a chemistry teacher at Br
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Autoren-Porträt von Carrie McCrossen, Ian McWethy
Carrie McCrossed and Ian McWelty are a husband-and-wife comedian/writing duo. Ian McWethy is a prolific playwright, having written forty plays that are immensely popular with high schools, where his one-acts are routinely among the top ten most produced in the US. Carrie McCrossen is a regular writer/performer at UCB, a contributor to Funny or Die, and an actor on shows like Divorce and Adam Ruins Everything. This is their debut novel.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Carrie McCrossen , Ian McWethy
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2021, Internationale Ausgabe, 384 Seiten, Masse: 14 x 20,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0593464001
- ISBN-13: 9780593464007
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.11.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"The ultimate horror story for Extremely Online People. In their engrossing debut, Carrie McCrossen and Ian McWethy have crafted a twisty-turny narrative that had me laughing one minute and screaming the next. Margot Mertz is the hero we all need!"--Adam Sass, award-winning author of Surrender Your Sons"A laugh out loud, heartfelt mystery starring a hilarious, spiky, and lovable heroine. Margot takes on the two most gut-churning institutions: patriarchy and high school. What can I say? Margot Mertz Takes My Heart!"--Ash Parsons, author of You're So Dead
"A thoughtful, funny, righteously angry take on a serious subject."--Kirkus Reviews
"McCrossen and McWethy don t pull punches (the victims distress, and the fact that no one thinks the school administration will intervene, are realistically rendered), while making Margot a sympathetic, fury-propelled narrator with a winningly noir-inflected voice."--Publishers Weekly
"In their debut novel, McCrossen and McWethy have tackled a pertinent and sensitive topic and buoyed it with the hilarious awkwardness characterizing the teenage years...The witty first-person perspective and Margot's self-assuance will have readers breezing through the story."--Booklist
"Margot s righteous fury will resonate with many readers, who will cheer her efforts to protect victims, gain justice, and enact revenge."--BCCB
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