Margot Mertz Takes it Down

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Veronica MarsmeetsMoxiein this hilarious and biting contemporary YA novel about Margot Mertz, a girl who runs an internet cleanup business and is hellbent on taking down a revenge-porn site targeting the girls in her school.

For the right price, high school studentMargotMertz will go to the ends of theinternet to remove your virtual skeletons or mortifying DMs. But when a fellowstudent hires her to take down some leaked nudes,Margotdiscoversa secret revenge porn site featuring her classmates.

Margotis hellbent on taking the site down and the mastermind (read: asshole) who created it.So with the help of an unwitting ally,Margotstarts to dig. But as the case becomes darkerand the feels get deeper,Margotrealizes some jobsare so dirty, no-one comes away clean.

Even her.

A hilarious and biting contemporary novelabout making the dirtbags pay.

Reviews

'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 ofSurrender Your Sons

'A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt mystery starring a hilarious, spiky, and loveable 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 ofYoure So Dead

'A thoughtful, funny, righteously angry take on a serious subject.' Kirkus Reviews

'McCrossen and McWethy dont 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 characterising the teenage years The witty first-person perspective and Margots self-assurance will have readers breezing through the story.'Booklist

'Margots righteous fury will resonate with many readers, who will cheer her efforts to protect victims, gain justice, and enact revenge, and its during her undercover capers that the novel is at its best ... a realistic alternative to recent angry-girl revenge-fantasy novels.' BCCB

Author Bio

Carrie McCrossenis a regular writer/performer at UCB, a contributor to Funny Or Die, and has acted on shows including Divorce and Adam Ruins Everything.

Ian McWethyis a prolific playwright, having written 40 plays that are immensely popular with high schools, where his one-acts are routinely among the top ten most produced in the US.