My Not-So-Still Life by Liz Gallagher

Vanessa is wise beyond her years. She's never really fit in at school, where all the kids act and dress the same. She's an artist who expresses her talent in the wacky colors she dyes her hair, her makeup and clothes. She's working on her biggest art project, and counting the days until she's grown up and can really start living.

That adult world seems closer when Vanessa gets her dream job at the art supply store, Palette, where she worships the couple who runs it, Oscar and Maye. And she's drawn to a mysterious guy named James, who leads her into new, sometimes risky situations. Is she ready for this world, or not?

Publication Date: May 10th, 2011
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375841545
Buy the book: IndieBound

My Not-So-Still Life is a companion to my first novel, The Opposite of Invisible.