Cabot, Meg. Teen Idol. NY: HarperCollins, 2004. 291 pages. (Fiction)Meet Jenny Greenley, the “mayonnaise” of Clayton High. She’s also a secret keeper and because of that, she writes as Ask Annie, an advice columnist in the Clayton High newspaper. One day Jenny is called to the principal’s office and discovers that Luke Striker-a Hollywood movie star-is coming to the tiny town of Clayton to research for an upcoming movie. Since Jenny is good at keeping secrets, she will be ‘Lucas Smith’s’ guide in his two weeks at Clayton High. When Luke is introduced to Clayton, he is surprised and disgusted with the cruelty of the student body. Everything else with Luke keeping his disguise goes fine until the Saturday of the school chorus’ car wash. There Luke removes his shirt and reveals a tattoo. He jets off to L.A., but not before a) asking Jenny to the Spring Fling the following week and b) asking Jenny to help things at Clayton High be more humane. So now, instead of smoothing problems over (the mayonnaise), Jenny has to be up there, actually causing problems to fix others (like going against the most popular kid in the school to get her favorite teacher’s Cabbage Patch doll back). How will a girl who is everyone’s friend and an idol student go rebellious and rock the boat?
I enjoyed this book. It really talks about going against the grain and standing up for what you really believe in.
Reviewed by: Fuzzy Zebras
Reviewed by: Fuzzy Zebras
