My not-so-still life

By Liz Gallagher

Subjects: Art, Art, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Seattle (wash.), fiction, Dating (social customs), fiction, High schools, Dating (Social customs), Interpersonal relations, Schools, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Schools, Interpersonal relations, fiction, Friendship

Description: Artistic sixteen-year-old Vanessa has never tried to fit in, counting the days until she reaches adulthood and all it brings, but when her first job introduces her to James, who leads her into new, sometimes risky situations, she wonders if she is ready to be grown up.