This remarkable novel investigates the controversy of teaching evolution vs. intelligent design and is filled with drama, teen romance, and hidden secrets. Welcome to life for Mena Reece, whose year is starting off in the worst way possible. Her best friend hates her. The guy she likes hates her. Her entire group of friends hates her. All because she did the right thing. She's been kicked out of her church group and no one will talk to her--not even her own parents. No one except for Casey, her supersmart lab partner in science class, who's pretty funny for the most brilliant guy on earth. And when Ms. Shepherd begins the unit on evolution, school becomes more dramatic than Mena could ever imagine as she is caught up in a controversy involving science, religion, freedom--and a heart-racing, blush-inducing, can't-stop-thinking-about-him crush. Now Mena's own life is about to evolve in some amazing and unexpected ways ...