Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature
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Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature (2007
) is a young adult novel by Robin Brande.
agency, to a lawsuit for what members of the church’s youth group did to a fellow high school student. She soon finds herself being abused by members of her former church, is permanently grounded by her parents, and in the middle of her school’s evolution
verses intelligent design
debate. All the while Mena manages to keep her faith in God though starts to doubt everything else in the world.
Casey Connor — Mena's only friend in school and her science lab partner. Casey is a very intelligent boy who loves Lord of the Rings and is considered somewhat nerdy.
Kayla Connor — Casey's older sister and senior in high school. She is also very smart and is into journalism. She has her own website which she reports on daily.
Ms. Shepard — New Advantage High's freshman science teacher. She can be funny in a not entirely obvious way. As a lover of science, she will not back down and will defend herself when the topic of not teaching evolution arises. Surprisingly, it is revealed at the end of the novel that Ms. Shepard attends church.
2007 in literature
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) is a young adult novel by Robin Brande.
Plot
The story follows Mena Reece, a high school freshman, who has recently been kicked out of her evangelical Christian church for writing a letter that has exposed the church, and her parents’ insuranceInsurance
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agency, to a lawsuit for what members of the church’s youth group did to a fellow high school student. She soon finds herself being abused by members of her former church, is permanently grounded by her parents, and in the middle of her school’s evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
verses intelligent design
Intelligent design
Intelligent design is the proposition that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection." It is a form of creationism and a contemporary adaptation of the traditional teleological argument for...
debate. All the while Mena manages to keep her faith in God though starts to doubt everything else in the world.
Characters
Mena Reece — narrator of the story and protagonist. Mena is an average freshman, overprotected and overly unexposed to pop culture because of her parents. She develops a crush on Casey and then they go out in the end.Casey Connor — Mena's only friend in school and her science lab partner. Casey is a very intelligent boy who loves Lord of the Rings and is considered somewhat nerdy.
Kayla Connor — Casey's older sister and senior in high school. She is also very smart and is into journalism. She has her own website which she reports on daily.
Ms. Shepard — New Advantage High's freshman science teacher. She can be funny in a not entirely obvious way. As a lover of science, she will not back down and will defend herself when the topic of not teaching evolution arises. Surprisingly, it is revealed at the end of the novel that Ms. Shepard attends church.