"Young teen Jill Gilbert doesn't like the Lovely Legs Contest that's being held at her school. She thinks it's a completely sexist plot and is incensed that the competition is being held by the school football team – headed by her own brother. To make matters worse, the newspaper Jill works for came up with the idea. Always one to challenge convention, Jill even tried out for the boy's football team, but it doesn't seem like her statements are having any effect. She decides to stage a different sort of protest by entering the competition herself.
When Jill befriends an obviously disturbed female student and enlists her brother's help to help this girl – who's suffered serious sexual abuse – her desire to put a stop to sexism at her school grows. "
Jennifer Selk, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of Mission Impossible
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- women fighting for rights
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 11-14
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- high school
Main Character
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
