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    That's Debatable
    That's Debatable
    That's Debatable
    Audiobook9 hours

    That's Debatable

    Written by Jen Doll

    Narrated by Justis Bolding and Nick Mills

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Millicent Chalmers isn’t here to make friends.

    She’s here to win, and she’s on track to set a record if—no, when—she wins the state debate tournament for the fourth year in a row. Calm, cool, and always in control, Millie doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her, least of all the sexist bullies
    bent on destroying her reputation.

    Taggart Strong couldn’t care less about winning debate, much to the consternation of his teammates, school, and parents. In fact, he might even enjoy losing, as long as the side he believes in wins.

    But when a tournament takes a scary turn, Millie and Tag find themselves unexpectedly working together. Maybe Millie can teach Tag a thing or two about using his head, and Tag can teach Millie a little bit about following her heart.

    In this witty, smart, and feminist romantic comedy, author Jen Doll explores what it means to set boundaries while you’re breaking down barriers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 30, 2022
    ISBN9781705051672
    Author

    Jen Doll

    Jen Doll is the author of the young adult novel, Unclaimed Baggage which was a New York Times Staff Pick, an NPR Best Book of 2018, a Buzzfeed Best YA Book and a Cosmo Best New Book of 2018. She is also the author of the memoir, Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest. She's written for The Atlantic, Elle, Esquire, Glamour, GQ, New York Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, Vice, The Village Voice, The Week, and many other publications. She grew up in Alabama and lives in upstate New York.

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    • 5/5
      teen fiction, highschool debate team competitors fall in love. (CW/TW: active shooter scare/resulting trauma, racist and homophobic language, a whole lot of blatant sexism, misogyny and harassment, including a somewhat scary scene where Millie finds herself locked in a room with the males who've been harassing her.)

      these kids are a little geeky-intense about their forensics tournaments, but also earnest and charming, and the story quickly turns into a super cute teen romance that then transforms into a powerful story about speaking out and reclaiming your narratives. All of it is kickass.
    • 5/5
      We know how much pushback there is when girls want to compete in a traditionally male sport, but what are the dynamics in a non-sport high school activity that is, in theory, coed?
      Meet Millicent Chalmers, high school senior in Alabama. Despite the toxic masculinity so prevalent at debate competitions, she has managed to maintain her composure sufficiently to win the state competition three times in a row. If she wins this year, it will garner her a four year scholarship. Given that she has one parent, her mother who is an RN and often works double shifts to keep them afloat, that scholarship is her brass ring. She's learned to be cool and focused, able to tear apart opponent's arguments on a regular basis.
      Then there's Taggart Strong, almost a complete opposite. His family lacks for nothing, but he has trouble with the concept of debating in support of an issue he finds morally wrong. That mindset drives his best friend and captain of the debate team crazy. It also frustrates his parents who see him as being on track to go to college and become a lawyer like his father. Tag, however loves to cook and the inherent satisfaction in creating new dishes is a much stronger lure than college, but how to get that across to Mom and Dad?
      When there's what at first seems to be a school shooter situation during a debate tournament, Millicent freezes, but Tag responds by pulling her into a storage closet where they remain for nearly an hour. It's the beginning of big changes for both of them. I'll leave it to you to discover them by reading the book, but will say they involve some pretty nasty behaviors toward Millicent, a gradual relaxing on both their parts toward the iron straight paths they see themselves on, and plenty of great information about the whole debate process. In sum, it's a smart, intriguing look at contemporary challenges teens face and will make many of them do some self-reflection.