Cecil Castellucci has written some very cool novels for teens. Including a personal favorite The Queen of Cool, about a popular girl who decides to take a very unpopular elective at the zoo.
I really love her Plain Jane graphic novel series. In The Plain Janes, Jane is an young artist in Metro City who moves to the suburbs after falling victim to a terrorist attack. She seeks out other outsiders (who happen to be named Jane) to start a radical public art group called P.L.A.I.N. Amazing. The characters are different and funny and complex and the art is inspired.
The follow up is Janes in Love. Which gives the Janes some dreamy crushes without becoming a big pile of mush.
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