I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope

A bold, new voice. "A nuanced addition to the #MeToo conversation." —Vice A young survivor tells her searing, visceral story of sexual assault, justice, and healing in this gutwrenching memoir.The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault.

This is the true story of one of those girls.In 2014, Chessy Prout was a freshman at St.

Paul’s School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest.

Chessy bravely reported her assault to the police and testified against her attacker in court.

Then, in the face of unexpected backlash from her once-trusted school community, she shed her anonymity to help other survivors find their voice.This memoir is more than an account of a horrific event.

It takes a magnifying glass to the institutions that turn a blind eye to such behavior and a society that blames victims rather than perpetrators.

Chessy’s story offers real, powerful solutions to upend rape culture as we know it today.