Oh My Goth    by Gena Showalter Order:  USA  Can MTV, 2006 (2006) Paperback     Reviewed by Lyn Seippel Seventeen-year-old Jade Leigh is sent to the principal's office - again. Nobody could be expected to sit quietly and listen to Mr. Parton drone on and on about angles and measurements without practically falling asleep. When he singles her out with a remarks about 'a wooden stake' because of her goth clothing, she is goaded into sniping back. It's a bad day for the principal. She's at the end of her rope, not just with Jade, but with Jade's mortal enemy, Mercedes Turner. Mercedes is a Barbie clone, the opposite of non-conformist Jade who dresses goth and doesn't hide her quick wit or her distaste for the Barbies and jocks of the school. Ms. Hamilton plans a creative punishment designed just for them. With their parents' permission, she drives them to a laboratory on the edge of town where they enter a virtual reality program. Showalter's alternate world is unique. Jade doesn't suddenly become a Barbie and Mercedes doesn't get a taste of what it's like to be an outcast. The Barbies are suddenly the outcasts and it is fright to be a goth. Told in first person by Jade, the plot is filled with twists and turns as the girls struggle to get back to their real world. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Teens books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews