The Unlikelies/Carrie Firestone/323 pgs.

Sadie Sullivan isn't looking forward to the summer before senior year. Her best friend graduated, and will be spending the summer in California, and Sadie has distanced herself from the kids in her own class. She's anticipating a boring summer, until she performs and unconscious act of heroism. This act leads her to be recognized at a banquet with other teenage heroes--and her life takes a new direction. It's an inspiring YA novel that shows a different group of teens ,"the Unlikelies," banding together to try to make the world a better place. Recommended.