Limos, Lattes and My Life on the Fringe (Enhanced Edition) - bk. 4

The fourth book in Nancy Rue's Real Life series centers on Tyler Bonning, who is an intellectual, a debater, a violinist ... but definitely not traditional beauty-queen material.

When she is nominated for prom queen as a joke, she takes up the cause of the less-advantaged kids who can't afford the high standards for prom set by the school's wealthier ruling class.

While her Prom for Everybody program seems to be succeeding, she's opposed by her parents, who not only think she's wasting her time and intellect on the cause, but are appalled that she plans to attend with a white boy. And they aren't the only ones. Threats, a kidnapping, and an averted sabotage of the prom come overwhelm Tyler, who uses the mysterious RL book as her guide to the real "cause."