During his time at Clayton, Luke is appalled by the vicious hierarchy of high school and tells Jen that she should start taking a stand for the people who can't speak up for themselves.

She quits show choir, foils a cruel senior prank, and befriends unpopular outcast Cara.

With Trina and Cara's assistance, Jen runs for student body president next year, but half-jokingly notes that she "might be aiming a little too low.

Scott Bennett is the editor of the school newspaper and a longtime friend of Jenny's who moved away in fifth grade, but returned last summer.

Luke Striker (alias Lucas Smith) is a famous teen star who comes to Jenny's Indiana high school to research a role for his next film, while hiding his identity.

She is stolen by popular jock Kurt Schraeder, who swipes her from Mrs. Mulvaney's desk as the senior prank.

Teen Idol was released in August 2004 and made the New York Times Bestseller list under the Children's Chapter Books category.

[2] Publishers Weekly described the novel as a "snappy and fun read," and Kirkus Reviews called it an "instantly engaging, humorous first-person tale.