Margot Mertz Takes it Down

'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 of Surrender 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 of You're So Dead

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

'McCrossen and McWethy don't 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 Margot's self-assurance will have readers breezing through the story.' - Booklist

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