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Grace also feels self-imposed stress to live up to her parents' expectations, but the young women refuse to be good or normal, which, according to society, means acquiescing and remaining silent.

Both Rosina and Erin struggle to connect with their mothers, each of whom pressures her daughter to be good and normal. The novel's most affecting moments occur when the girls' home lives collide with their activism as they carve out identities from familial expectations.

Their actions force the school to come to grips with the toxic masculinity of rape culture and the way the school's principal is more interested in keeping order than protecting her young female students. The boys at the school take notice after the girls launch a sex strike, refusing to sleep with them until they change their behavior. Only a few show up at their first secret meeting, but when one of the girls takes action and puts up posters calling out the sexist culture, The Nowhere Girls gain more interest and scrutiny. The story picks up steam when The Nowhere Girls enlist other members by sending out an email to all the girls at Prescott High School. The chapters alternate between Grace, Rosina, and Erin, the rest of the female student body, and the misogynist blog entries of a Men's Rights Advocate who may or may not be one of Lucy's rapists. This is Amy Reed's sixth YA novel the story is an incisive look at rape culture and female empowerment. When Grace learns of Lucy's plight, she enlists Rosina and Erin to seek justice at their school — they name their trio, The Nowhere Girls.

Binding the three together is Lucy Moynihan, a teen whose family was forced to leave town after local authorities refused to prosecute the high school jocks who raped her. Rosina's friend, Erin DeLillo, is a marine biology buff with Asperger's who wishes she was an android. Here she meets Rosina Suarez, a Mexican-American lesbian with a troubled home life and dreams of starting a rock band. Grace Salter, the daughter of a preacher with progressive politics, has recently moved to Prescott, Oregon. The Nowhere Girls is an indictment of rape culture that explores deep questions about teen girls and sexuality.