Anya Bateman The Bottom Line: This is a story about Jana a high school student who learns some very important lessons about herself and judging other, with the help of her brother Alex and James Orville Wickenbee. All the while Jana is trying to help James win the high school presidency.

Web Page: Deseret Book

Pros: It's fun and hard to put down
     Enjoyable to read
     Based in todays time period
     Teenagers can relate to the characters

Cons: The book ends even though you don't want it to.

Description: 262 pages
          Is told from the eyes of a nonmember looking in and helping a member of the church. When Jana finally excepts that her brother Alex does not wish to be high school president, her attention turns to James, who really wants to be President but is, in Jana's eyes, in desperate need for a makeover. After all that happens Jana never expected the ending results.

Review: A good book to have on your bookshelf to remind us that we are not alone in facing extreme difficulties. We can be buoyed up by the courage that others have had when facing their trials.

Reviewed by Gabbie Cruz