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Ugliest

by Kelly Vincent

Art, identity, and speaking out

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Art, identity, and speaking out

Set in Oklahoma City, the novel follows seventeen-year-old Nic Summers as they balance physics, an art mentorship, and the pressures of school life. After a protest video leads the school to move Nic and a trans friend to the girls’ dorm, Nic speaks against state legislation affecting LGBTQ+ rights. The school responds with an ultimatum: stop or face expulsion. Nic’s experience brings together questions of gender identity, institutional authority, and the risks of public activism. The book is the third installment in Kelly Vincent’s contemporary young adult series, The Art of Being Ugly.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in agender and transgender representation.
  • Readers drawn to contemporary YA about LGBTQ+ rights and activism.
  • Those interested in stories combining school pressures with art and advocacy.

Themes

Gender identityLGBTQ+ rightsSchool and institutional authorityActivism and self-advocacyArt and academic pressures

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Book overview

Life, academics, and activism. Facing hate and bigotry, can this agender teen make a difference in LGBTQ+ rights?

 

Oklahoma City. Nic Summers is equal parts excited and nervous. Determined to excel, the seventeen-year-old strives to find time to survive physics, build confidence, and enter a competitive art mentorship. But the principled teen's stress skyrockets when a protest video results in them and a trans friend being forced by the school to move to the girls' dorm.

 

Burning with a strong sense of justice, the normally shy teenager summons the courage to speak out against damaging state legislation. But when the vision goes viral, they're shocked when the authorities hand down an ultimatum: stop or be expelled.

 

Can Nic dig deep and prevail against institutional bullies ready to erase their identity?

 

Sharing the plight of those too often silenced, author Kelly Vincent opens the door to understanding and empathy. Through the eyes of a big-hearted main character, Vincent leads the way toward accepting and appreciating each other's differences.

 

Ugliest is the inspiring third book in The Art of Being Ugly contemporary YA series. If you like protagonists who grow, making a positive impact, and standing up for the underdog, then you'll love Kelly Vincent's soul-stirring tale.

 

Buy Ugliest to find a voice today!

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