Just Another Girl shows readers that perception is not reality.  Hope has spent years pining for Brady – her best friend who she’d like to move out of the friend zone and into the boyfriend zone. Unfortunately, Brady is already taken, by someone Hope considers to have everything.  Parker appears to have it all, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Parker’s life spiraled out of control when her parents abandoned her and her sister. Parker has been able to keep up appearances for most of the town with only a few close friends knowing the truth about her living situation. Only her boyfriend knows the full truth about how bad things have gotten. That is until Hope takes advantage of her friendship with Brady and manipulates him into divulging Parker’s secrets. Now Hope realizes that sometimes what you think you see isn’t the way things really.  Being able to see through a new lense doesn’t automatically mean Hope will be Parker’s new best friend, but it does allow her to have empathy for a fellow classmate. Readers will relate to all three characters – the unique emotional pull for each unique situation. Recommended.