Brande, Robin

Mena, ostracized at church, home, and school for writing a letter of apology to a gay teen--who was harassed into trying to kill himself by her fundamentalist friends--struggles to find her way when new friends and school experiences force her to reconsider her beliefs.

Catherine, an overweight teenager, embarks on a high school science project in which she must emulate the ways of hominids, the earliest ancestors of human beings, by eating an all-natural diet and foregoing technology.

Mena, ostracized at church, home, and school for writing a letter of apology to a gay teen--who was harassed into trying to kill himself by her fundamentalist friends--struggles to find her way when new friends and school experiences force her to reconsider her beliefs.

Overweight teenage Catherine embarks on a high school science project in which she must emulate the ways of hominims, the earliest ancestors of human beings, by eating an all-natural diet and foregoing technology.

Mena, ostracized at church, home, and school for writing a letter of apology to a gay teen who was harassed into trying to kill himself by her fundamentalist friends, struggles to find her way when new friends and school experiences force her to think about what she really believes.