It seems like every school has one. That girl that seems to rise above everything, the one who's so in control of her present and future, the one who has it all together. Or so it seems. Natalie Sterling is that girl, at Ross Academy. After watching her best friend Autumn lose her social standing after being humiliated by her jock, senior boyfriend, when she was a freshman, Natalie has basically avoided all contact with the male species. She's focused on school, her grades, saving Autumn, and becoming the ninth girl in her school's history to become Student Council President.
A last minute challenge by asshole jock Mike Domski isn't enough to derail Natalie, who narrowly defeats him. She's in charge as much as she's ever been. But success never comes easy, and Natalie's soon distracted by her old babysitting charge, now a spunk freshman, who has her own ideas about feminism, most of them along the line of using sexuality to get boys to like her. As much as they don't see eye to eye, Natalie still wants to rescue Spencer, convinced she's got everything all figured out. But she didn't count on Connor, the football QB, making a pass at her, and she certainly didn't count on her... liking him back.
Siobhan Vivian's latest looks at the double standards for guys and girls, but also puts a human spin on it. I found myself constantly reevaluating my own opinions and judgments, as much as Natalie has to, throughout the book. It turns out it's not so easy, to be just one kind of girl, and maybe...maybe that's okay.
This book is pretty hard to put down, especially when you're in a crunch to beat the clock. Vivian does an excellent job at getting at the nuances in the book's many relationships, whether its Natalie and Connor, Natalie and her best friend Autumn, or Natalie and her teacher-mentor, Ms. Bee.
In my opinion, a must-read for high school girls.
* This review is based off an Uncorrected Proof. The finished book will hit bookstores in September 2010. *
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