Reviewed by Katie Hayes for TeensReadToo.com

Aspiring journalist Kayla Dean and her best friend, Rosalie, are committed to feminism and fighting the injustices of society. Rosalie's latest plan is one that will push Kayla out of her comfort zone: Kayla will try out for their school dance team in order to prove their hypothesis that the Lady Lions only take girls with “big, luscious breasts,” and Kayla will write an expose for the school paper.

But Kayla, a great dancer who has never quite gotten her confidence level to the point where she's comfortable performing, is in for a shock when, despite wearing an A-cup, she makes the team. Even more surprising is her realization that she likes being a Lady Lion and enjoys getting dressed up and wearing cute outfits. Now she has to find a way to reconcile her long-held beliefs with her newfound hobby - and to do so without losing her best friend.

I liked this book because it takes a fairly ordinary high school situation and makes it interesting with a distinct, funny style that reflects the main character's personality. Kayla tends to think in headlines, like “Kayla Dean Infiltrates Dance Team. Senate Probes Plight of Itty-Bitties. A-cups Get Their Due!” She also invents so many of her own words and phrases that there's a “Lexicon of Kayla-isms” at the end of the book. Kayla-isms include “blind-sexy: when someone looks so good even a blind person would go, ‘Mmm!'” and “dis-bliss: the point at which bliss gets run over by the dump truck of disgrace.”

Kayla is a funny, memorable character, and the book's theme - "the ability to retain one's femininity while still fighting for women's rights" - is one that will resonate with readers. ( )

This book is hilarious! What a great sense of humor the author has! Great for a high school library looking for positive books for African American girls. ( )

how do you justify being a feminist and being on the school's dance team? That's what Kayla Dean has to figure out while juggling her first kiss, almost losing her best friend and learning to be part of a family again.

I loved the "Kayla-isms" and the way the story was written. Between the dialog and the plot each of the characters were very believable and honest. ( )