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On the Subject of Unmentionable Things

Julia Walton

Phoebe Townsend secretly writes an informational blog about sex under the name Pom. A skilled researcher, she wants to give peers reliable answers to their questions, while her school health class avoids discussing sex. Phoebe’s closest friend does not know the blog is hers. When mayoral candidate Lydia Brookhurst attacks Pom as a corrupting influence, she assumes its anonymous writer is an adult man. The candidate’s influence reaches Phoebe’s school newspaper, her crush and editor, and her family’s small accounting business, creating new pressure around Phoebe’s hidden identity.

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Themes
Government And Civics · Identity · School · Writing And Storytelling
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published
August 23, 2022
ISBN-13
9780593310601
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2023Fiction for Young Adults
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