Mena, a high school freshman, is harassed by her former church friends because she spoke up about their treatment of a supposedly gay student. Her parents business suffers due to her actions, and they are not pleased with her. Evolution vs Intelligent Design form the basis of a controversy in the high school, and Mena finds herself right in the middle of it. Mena's former friends confront her biology teacher. As tensions rise, Casey, Mena's lab partner, and his sister help Mena discover a way to embrace her new liberal ideas without giving up the religion in which she was raised. A great read, and a wonderful way to look at this controversy that arises so often in public schools.
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