When his best friend Leah decides to have plastic surgery for her sixteenth birthday, Jack is horrified—and then determined to stop her. Researching the surgery and the results, he finds that there are unscrupulous surgeons operating on the very young, and no one does anything about it. Jack organizes a protest and becomes an instant celebrity. But when someone else takes up the cause and the protest turns violent, Jack is forced to make some tough decisions.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!
Sarah N. Harvey is an editor and author of other novels for teens, including The Lit Report, Bull’s Eye and the upcoming Better Off Dead. Sarah lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and has never had cosmetic surgery.