Faith Young

Faith Young is a minor character in ''How to Survive High School. ''Faith is an extremely religious girl who uses her strong adherence to Christian dogma to belittle others, calling them "sinful" or other rude words. Although intolerant, she is not cruel, and is best described simply as naive and sheltered. She is starting her sophomore year of high school in Book 1.

Personality
Faith is an extremely religious girl who likes to pray frequently, and is often late to class because of prayer sessions. Although she feels superior, she does try to be helpful, but often comes off as snobbish and high-strung. She is afraid of touching males, as she believes this could cause pregnancy. She also dislikes touching females, as she's afraid of it being taken as homosexuality. She is also a bit paranoid of being caught doing something wrong. She prays when she's nervous.

Appearance
Faith has wavy blond hair that she usually pulls back with a headband. She is pale, with green eyes and no makeup. Like Blossom Arboleda, she has a large, round nose. She usually wears a conservative sweater with a knee-length skirt, stockings, and Mary-Jane shoes. She is also one of the few characters to wear earrings. Sometimes, she has a crucifix necklace hanging around her neck.

Book 1: The New Kid
Faith is one of the first people Leo meets, during Biology class. When Mr. Darwin begins going over the curriculum for the upcoming school year, she stands to declare that she cannot attend a class that teaches the theory of evolution as if it were real. She is promptly told to sit down, but Faith whines about it enough that she is eventually excused from having to take biology at all, which Leo considers kind of unfair. She is mentioned in Kendall's notebook as one of the "obsessive geeks," her obsession being her religion.

Faith plays a major role in the investigation of Spencer's missing PLPZ player, as she strongly disapproves of video games. She is interviewed twice by Arthur and Spencer, and later speaks to Spencer alone, who lies about Robo-Zombie Slasher and tells her its a religious metaphor. Faith is last seen pondering Robo-Zombie Slasher and showing interest in it, since she believes it to be about religion.

Trivia

 * Like most characters, her personality is derived from her name. The meaning behind Faith is obvious in that she is a strong believer of Christianity; Young is a reference to Brigham Young, one of the pillars of the Mormon faith.
 * The specific branch of Christianity that she follows is never specified. Her name alludes to Mormonism, but her typical belief systems seem more Protestant (probably Baptist, Episcopelian, or Presbyterian). She also crosses herself in one book, which is a Catholic action.