Ethel Is Hot LOL --a middle grade novel
Ethel Is Hot LOL follows 12-year-old Ethel F. Effleby, who goes to the Seaside School for Girls, a science and leadership middle school in Maine. After moving in with her Gram, Ethel loves her smart-and-techie school until one girl, Stephönë creates a website called Ethel Is Hot LOL!! making fun of her and her family secrets. Stephönë's goal is to turn her manufactured drama into a YouTube video in the hopes of securing a teen web reality show. When the cyberbullying gets so bad that Ethel has to face Stephönë on national TV, Ethel confronts her greatest fear. To clear her name will she have to expose her humiliation to the world?
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"...A good tool for people who want to learn more about this issue and how to deal with it." - Annie McMahon, middle grade book reviewer. See more. Kay Stephens expertly creates a moving, quirky world full of charm, humor and poignancy. Full of charm and wit, this book is sure to thrill readers." -Carrie Jones YA author of Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend, Love (and Other Uses for Duct Tape), Girl, Hero and Need. "I love quirky Ethel and her grandmother. So few stories for girls with such smart and original and loyal characters .and the right level of silliness and brevity...just what I see when I'm a POS (parent over shoulder)..." -Lyn Mikel Brown, author of Girlfighting: Betrayal and Rejection among Girls and Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes "It's hard not to fall in love with confident oddball Ethel, which is what makes this heartbreaking tale of cyberbullying and ultimate redemption so satisfying. Stephens' fictional account of what Ethel experiences as a victim of cyberbullying is incredibly realistic as are the responses of her friends, classmates and school administrators - Ethel Is Hot (LOL) is a must read for tweens and an invaluable teaching tool for adults." - -Anastasia Goodstein, author, Totally Wired: What Teens & Tweens Are Really Doing Online |
What's the back story?
Kay Stephens on Channel 6
Ethel is Hot LOL came out of my experience working middle school girls in a math, science, technology and engineering (STEM) environment in the 2000s. As the program administer of a national online girls chat room, I saw the origins of cyberbullying when it first began. To help girls understand how certain tactics worked, I wrote Ethel Is Hot LOL portraying four goofy, likeable characters.
Kay Stephens is the co-author of the award-winning cyberbullying book Cyberslammed: Understand, Prevent, Combat and Transform the Most Common Cyberbullying Tactics, sponsored by Time Warner Cable. Her latest teen cyberbullying novel Ethel Is Hot LOL features Ethel, a smart-but-oddball Maine kid who gets blindsided by the cyberbullying tactic, A Haters Club, before finding the strength to fight back. Stephens works with parents, schools and administrators to help them identify specific cyberbullying threats and how to understand, prevent, combat and transform them. Stephens has been featured on On The Marc Media, Being Geek Chic, Time Warner Cable's Main Street, as well as Portland news stations, WSCH-6, WMTW.
Kay Stephens is the co-author of the award-winning cyberbullying book Cyberslammed: Understand, Prevent, Combat and Transform the Most Common Cyberbullying Tactics, sponsored by Time Warner Cable. Her latest teen cyberbullying novel Ethel Is Hot LOL features Ethel, a smart-but-oddball Maine kid who gets blindsided by the cyberbullying tactic, A Haters Club, before finding the strength to fight back. Stephens works with parents, schools and administrators to help them identify specific cyberbullying threats and how to understand, prevent, combat and transform them. Stephens has been featured on On The Marc Media, Being Geek Chic, Time Warner Cable's Main Street, as well as Portland news stations, WSCH-6, WMTW.
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Maine Women's Resource Center: To promote and maintain a positive and supportive climate for women at the University and to provide linkages with women and women’s organizations throughout the State of Maine. Thank you Sharon Barker!
Coastal Studies for Girls: Immersed in a powerful combination of science and leadership education, CSG inspires girls and women to create joyful lives, vibrant communities, and a more connected world.
Hardy Girls Healthy Women: a nonprofit organization dedicated to the health and well being of girls and women.
uKnowKids.com: Providing new age digital parenting products & solutions for moms & dads
Submit The Documentary: Tells the stories of the families affected by cyberbullying. Take action today with a free private screening of the film.
Maine Women's Resource Center: To promote and maintain a positive and supportive climate for women at the University and to provide linkages with women and women’s organizations throughout the State of Maine. Thank you Sharon Barker!
Coastal Studies for Girls: Immersed in a powerful combination of science and leadership education, CSG inspires girls and women to create joyful lives, vibrant communities, and a more connected world.
Hardy Girls Healthy Women: a nonprofit organization dedicated to the health and well being of girls and women.
uKnowKids.com: Providing new age digital parenting products & solutions for moms & dads
Submit The Documentary: Tells the stories of the families affected by cyberbullying. Take action today with a free private screening of the film.