Revenge of the Red Club by Kim Harrington

This was fantastic!! I LOVE a good girl power story ( Moxie, Ban this Book, Suggested Reading, Maybe He Just Likes You, The Hate You Give, Slay, etc.), and this one is terrific! Riley’s family tells her that her superpower is how she uses her words. And they’ve decide they aren’t going to roll over and take it any more. It’s one more attack on the girls at the school. But because she doesn’t fill it out as well, she’s not dress coded. She was one of the event planners, but her dress was deemed “inappropriate,” and she was barred from the event. The final straw is when one of the girls is dress coded from attending a dance. It’s one of the best parts of Riley’s week. And the girls get to meet in the library every week and encourage one another, answer questions, and help each other when they’re hassled by boys or have embarrassing moments at school. Someone puts supplies in an empty locker as well as several pairs of sweatpants for accidents. The Red Club is a support group for the middle school girls who are getting their periods. Like they don’t have enough self-control to see a bare shoulder and still concentrate in class.īut the biggest disruption is when the Red Club is shut down. Even the boys are finding the rules insulting. But the rules only target the girls and leave them feeling like they should be ashamed of their bodies. Then the school starts cracking down on dress code violations. She writes one article about the cafeteria’s “gluten free” chicken nuggets – which aren’t actually gluten free and make her friend sick – and the principal shuts it down indefinitely. First, her middle school newspaper is shut down.

Riley Dunne’s school life seems to crumble overnight.

Revenge of the Red Club by Kim Harrington