Although the story in Spin the Bottle centered around the Monroe Middle School Drama Club, there was little drama in the book.   This is refreshing to me.  The narrator, Phoebe, has been looking forward to middle school and joining the drama club.  She did not plan to have her first crush though, and thankfully, this did not develop into a boy crazy plot.  The story line of friendship was center stage in this book.  The setting of backstage and play rehearsal will appeal to anyone who has performed in a play or has aspirations of being a star.  (By Jamie Kenny)