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* StressVomit: After Cheyenne tells Erin, Grace, and Rosina her story of being raped, she runs into the bathroom and vomits.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Amber Sullivan originally started having sex with almost any boy who asked because she just didn't think sex was that big a deal. Now her reputation for being promiscuous has made her possibly the least popular girl in the entire school.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Amber Sullivan originally started having was molested by her CreepyUncle at age ten. Afterwards, she felt like she wasn't allowed to say no and her body was only good for one thing, so she had sex with almost any boy who asked because she just didn't think sex was that big a deal. asked. Now her reputation for being promiscuous promiscuity has made her possibly the least popular girl in the entire school.
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Sixteen-year-old Grace Salter moves from Adeline, Kentucky to Prescott, Oregon after her family was run out of town over her preacher mom's newfound liberalism. At her new high school she befriends the misfits Rosina Suarez, a lesbian second-generation immigrant who works in her uncle's restaurant, and Erin [=DeLillo=], an aspiring marine biologist with Asperger's. Grace's new friends tell her the story of Lucy Moynihan, the former inhabitant of Grace's house, whose family left town after she was gang raped by three popular boys, none of whom suffered any consequences, and then bullied for being a "slut." The three girls form an anonymous group to fight the misogynistic culture at Prescott High.
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Sixteen-year-old Grace Salter moves from Adeline, Kentucky to Prescott, Oregon after her family was run out of town over her preacher mom's newfound liberalism. At her new high school she befriends the misfits Rosina Suarez, a lesbian second-generation immigrant who works in her uncle's restaurant, and Erin [=DeLillo=], an aspiring marine biologist with Asperger's. Grace's new friends tell her the story of Lucy Moynihan, the former inhabitant of Grace's house, whose family left town after she was gang raped by three popular boys, none of whom suffered any consequences, boys and then severely bullied for being a "slut." trying to report it. The three girls form an anonymous group to fight the misogynistic culture at Prescott High.
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* TextualCelebrityResemblance: Erin notes that her crush Otis somewhat resembles Wesley Crusher. That's a bonus, because ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' is her favorite TV show.
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* CutHimselfShaving: Otis Goldberg overhears two of the rapists talking about the time they raped a drunk girl in another city. When they see him eavesdropping, they chase him down and beat him up. He tells his parents he fell off his bike.
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* PunchAWall: Rosina punches a locker because she's upset about Slatterly's blackmail. Erin asks, "What'd that locker do to you?"
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* DumbStruck: Erin goes nonverbal for two days after her attempted rape.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Slatterly threatens to report Rosina's abuelita as TheIllegal if she doesn't tell her who the other Nowhere Girls are. Rosina holds firm.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Slatterly threatens to report Rosina's abuelita as TheIllegal if she doesn't tell her who everything she knows about the other Nowhere Girls are. Rosina holds firm.Girls.
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* AngryCollarGrab: Rosina's mami angrily grabs the front of her shirt after Principal Slatterly falsely accuses her of being a drug addict.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Slatterly threatens to report Rosina's abuelita as TheIllegal if she doesn't tell her who the other Nowhere Girls are. Rosina holds firm.
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* SelfHarm: After Erin is almost raped, she runs home, bangs her head against the wall, and hits herself. Spot puts himself between her head and the wall, gently tugs her hand away from her head, and sits on her.
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* AttemptedRape: Eric Jordan, one of the rapists, pins Erin against the lockers and roughly grabs her crotch. She wants to resist, but is unable to move or cry out. Then Eric hears a security guard's walkie-talkie and lets go for fear of being caught.
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* SpitefulSpit: After Lucy's rape, Rosina spat on the nose of Eric Jordan, one of the perpetrators. He just laughed, called her a spic dyke, and walked away. After that, Rosina decided caring was a waste of time.
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* SpitefulSpit: After Lucy's rape, Rosina spat on the nose of Eric Jordan, one of the perpetrators.Eric's nose. He just laughed, called her a spic dyke, and walked away. After that, Rosina decided caring was a waste of time.
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Sixteen-year-old Grace Salter moves from Adeline, Kentucky to Prescott, Oregon after her family was run out of town over her preacher mom's newfound liberalism. At her new high school she befriends the misfits Rosina Suarez, a lesbian second-generation immigrant who works in her uncle's restaurant, and Erin [=DeLillo=], an aspiring marine biologist with Asperger's. Grace's new friends tell her the story of Lucy Moynihan, the former inhabitant of Grace's house, whose family left town after she was gang raped by three popular boys, none of whom suffered any consequences, and then bullied for being a "slut." The three girls form an anonymous group to fight the misogynistic culture at Prescott High.
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* GoToYourRoom: Trista's father punishes her for her involvement with the Nowhere Girls by installing a new doorknob on her room that locks from the outside. She's only allowed out once every two hours to go to the bathroom. Her mother brings her meals and prays with her.
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* CharacterTics: Erin rubs her hands together to relieve anxiety. Her mother nags her to have quiet hands, but Erin knows that if she couldn't relieve pressure that way, she'd have a meltdown.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Amber Sullivan originally started having sex with almost any boy who asked because she just didn't think sex was that big a deal. Now her reputation for being promiscuous has made her possibly the least popular girl in the entire school.
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* PosterGalleryBedroom: Rosina decorates her room with vintage posters of bands from TheNineties. Her favorite is Music/SleaterKinney.
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* InternetJerk: Grace makes the mistake of reading the blog "The Real Men of Prescott," which sends her down a rabbit hole of manosphere websites full of men who anonymously trade rape tips.
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* InternetJerk: Grace makes the mistake of reading the blog "The Real Men of Prescott," a blog run by one of Lucy's rapists, which sends her down a rabbit hole of manosphere websites full of men who anonymously trade rape tips.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Principal Slatterly questions Erin about who stole the other students' email addresses, thinking Rosina put her up to it. Slatterly is talking down to Erin, so Erin goes along with it, pretending not to know what an email address is and asking Slatterly if she can wear a [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} shiny red cape]] when Slatterly says she can be "a hero." Slatterly leaves in frustration.
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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Rosina's abuelita has rapidly advancing dementia. She thinks Rosina is her daughter Alicia, who never made it out of Mexico.
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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Rosina's abuelita has rapidly advancing dementia. She thinks Rosina is her daughter Alicia, who never made it out of Mexico. At one point she repeatedly {{bitch slap}}s Rosina because she looks like Alicia, but is not her, and Abuelita thinks she's a demon.
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* LysistrataGambit: The Nowhere Girls organize a strike on all sexual activity, from intercourse to kissing, until the boys at Prescott High start behaving better. The strike is meant to get the attention not of the rapists, but of the boys who allow the rapes to continue through their silence. Enough of the girls go along with it to make the popular boys unhappy.
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* AbandonedWarehouse: The Nowhere Girls hold their first meeting in a school library, but switch to an empty warehouse Rosina found after a girl suggests via email that they pick someplace more private.
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* YouGotSpunk: Eric sexually harasses Rosina in the cafeteria, and she tells him to go away. Eric says, "You've got spunk, I'll give you that. And I like a challenge."
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Sixteen-year-old Grace Salter moves from Adeline, Kentucky to Prescott, Oregon after her family was run out of town over her preacher mom's newfound liberalism. At her new high school she befriends the misfits Rosina Suarez, a queer lesbian second-generation immigrant who works in her uncle's restaurant, and Erin [=DeLillo=], an aspiring marine biologist with Asperger's. Grace's new friends tell her the story of Lucy Moynihan, the former inhabitant of Grace's house, whose family left town after she was gang raped by popular boys, none of whom suffered any consequences, and then bullied for being a "slut." The three girls form an anonymous group to fight the misogynistic culture at Prescott High.
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Sixteen-year-old Grace Salter moves from Adeline, Kentucky to Prescott, Oregon after her family was run out of town over her preacher mom's newfound liberalism. At her new high school she befriends the misfits Rosina Suarez, a queer second-generation immigrant who works in her uncle's restaurant, and Erin [=DeLillo=], an aspiring marine biologist with Asperger's. Grace's new friends tell her the story of Lucy Moynihan, the former inhabitant of Grace's house, whose family left town after she was gang-raped gang raped by popular boys, none of whom suffered any consequences, and then bullied for being a "slut." The three girls form an anonymous group to fight the misogynistic culture at Prescott High.
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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Rosina's abuelita has rapidly advancing dementia. She thinks Rosita is her daughter Alicia, who never made it out of Mexico.
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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Rosina's abuelita has rapidly advancing dementia. She thinks Rosita Rosina is her daughter Alicia, who never made it out of Mexico.
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* InternetJerk: Grace makes the mistake of reading the blog "The Real Men of Prescott," which sends her down a rabbit hole of manosphere websites full of men who anonymously trade rape tips.
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* FlippingTheBird: A girl tells her friend, "Don't get too close to the freak table" as they walk past Rosina, Erin, and Grace's table. Rosina flips them off and says, "Fuck off, pod people."
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* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Erin is sick of talking to Grace about what happened to Lucy, so she says, "Did you know that otters rape baby seals?"
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* EyesAlwaysAverted: Erin never looks people in the eye. When she has to look someone in the face, she looks just below their eyes so they can't tell she's not actually making eye contact.
* LimitedWardrobe: Every day Erin wears a flannel shirt, a T-shirt, and soft baggy pants. Her mom doesn't understand why she sets out tomorrow's outfit every night before bed when her outfits are all the same.
* LimitedWardrobe: Every day Erin wears a flannel shirt, a T-shirt, and soft baggy pants. Her mom doesn't understand why she sets out tomorrow's outfit every night before bed when her outfits are all the same.
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* SpitefulSpit: After Lucy's rape, Rosina spat on the nose of Eric Jordan, one of the perpetrators. He just laughed, called her a spic dyke, and walked away. After that, Rosina decided caring was a waste of time.
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''The Nowhere Girls'' is a 2017 young adult novel by Creator/AmyReed.
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''The Nowhere Girls'' is a 2017 young adult novel by Creator/AmyReed.
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''The Nowhere Girls'' is a 2017 young adult novel by Creator/AmyReed.
Sixteen-year-old Grace Salter moves from Adeline, Kentucky to Prescott, Oregon after her family was run out of town over her preacher mom's newfound liberalism. At her new high school she befriends the misfits Rosina Suarez, a queer second-generation immigrant who works in her uncle's restaurant, and Erin [=DeLillo=], an aspiring marine biologist with Asperger's. Grace's new friends tell her the story of Lucy Moynihan, the former inhabitant of Grace's house, whose family left town after she was gang-raped by popular boys, none of whom suffered any consequences, and then bullied for being a "slut." The three girls form an anonymous group to fight the misogynistic culture at Prescott High.
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!!''The Nowhere Girls'' contains examples of:
* {{Dedication}}: "For us."
* EatingLunchAlone: Before the Salters left Adeline, Grace became as much of a pariah at school as her mom was at church. Her "friends" refused to sit with her, so she ate lunch in the gym bathroom.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: Rosina's abuelita has rapidly advancing dementia. She thinks Rosita is her daughter Alicia, who never made it out of Mexico.
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Sixteen-year-old Grace Salter moves from Adeline, Kentucky to Prescott, Oregon after her family was run out of town over her preacher mom's newfound liberalism. At her new high school she befriends the misfits Rosina Suarez, a queer second-generation immigrant who works in her uncle's restaurant, and Erin [=DeLillo=], an aspiring marine biologist with Asperger's. Grace's new friends tell her the story of Lucy Moynihan, the former inhabitant of Grace's house, whose family left town after she was gang-raped by popular boys, none of whom suffered any consequences, and then bullied for being a "slut." The three girls form an anonymous group to fight the misogynistic culture at Prescott High.
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!!''The Nowhere Girls'' contains examples of:
* {{Dedication}}: "For us."
* EatingLunchAlone: Before the Salters left Adeline, Grace became as much of a pariah at school as her mom was at church. Her "friends" refused to sit with her, so she ate lunch in the gym bathroom.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: Rosina's abuelita has rapidly advancing dementia. She thinks Rosita is her daughter Alicia, who never made it out of Mexico.
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