Bøker av Vincent Kelly Vincent

FINALIST - BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD, YOUNG ADULT FICTIONKnitting nerd Sarah Redmond is always the new girl, never the popular one.Moving all over the country with her flighty mom seemed to be her lot in life, but her junior year at Sierra Vista High School feels like it could be different.She's finally on the verge of a social breakthrough.But when she gets publicly punked at her first party, she and her new friends find a creative way to use their shared obsession with knitting to exact sweet revenge. And when their efforts lead to a lucrative business, Sarah knows she's set. But when her deadbeat dad comes back around she starts to wonder if she should try for a different life, instead of following the paths her parents have chosen. She'd always half thought her small-time knitting channel could grow into a big-time knitting channel, but maybe college as a backup plan isn't such a ridiculous idea, after all.But is that something a girl like her can really make happen?Quarterfinalist in the 2021 Booklife Prize, Young Adult and Middle Grade

Sophomore Nic Summers tries to ignore the taunts of "ugly lesbian."Because she's not sure they're entirely wrong. But she also has bigger concerns for now, including prepping for the school's art contest. And while she isn't certain of her sexuality, she does know her life is on the verge of falling apart when her best and only friend, Sam, drops the bomb that her family's moving to Scotland. Together, to soften the blow and distract themselves from the inevitable, they start Operation Social Interaction for Nic-or OSIN for short-to try to find her some new friends.But it's an uphill battle for the introverted teen artist.As Sam's last day nears, Nic's self-confidence wavers even more, and she starts questioning everything. If lesbian doesn't feel quite right, maybe she's transgender? It isn't until she stumbles across the label "gender nonconforming" that things start to make a little more sense, and fall into place. But finding the right label doesn't really tell her what to do next, and before she knows it, Sam is gone.Mustering all her resources, Nic realizes she needs to find her own path and live her own truth.