![]() ![]() Break the Cutie: Mena, having her old friends hate and bully her at school, her parents barely register her existence at home, and has to continuously lie to her parents so she can see her only friends.Affectionate Nickname: Kayla and Casey are called "K" and "C" by their mother respectively.Ambiguously Gay: In a later chapter, Mena wonders if Denny was actually even gay at all, but then adds if he was then who's business is it to anyone that bullied him.Possibly an even more dangerous example than most, because she legitimately thinks she has God on her side (or at least acts like it). Meanwhile, Mena starts to develop feelings for her lab partner, Casey Connor. Shepherd starts a unit on evolution, prompting the church kids to stage a protest in favor of Intelligent Design. Things get even more dramatic when her biology teacher, Ms. ![]() ![]() ![]() She faces bullying from her former church friends, especially her former best friend Teresa. The story follows high school freshman Mena Reece, who has just been excommunicated from her fundamentalist church. Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature is a 2007 young adult novel written by Robin Brande. ![]()
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