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Ugliest
by Kelly Vincent
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Pub Date Aug 13 2024 | Archive Date Jun 30 2024
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Description
Award-winning author Kelly Vincent re-imagines their teenage years in their empowering series “The Art of Being Ugly” -- a compelling story of a teen grappling with their gender identity. The anticipated finale, “Ugliest,” (KV Books LLC, August 13, 2024) is a necessary and impactful commentary on the struggles LGBTQ+ teens face amidst a hyper-conservative landscape threatening the rights of queer people.
Life, academics, and activism. Facing hate and bigotry, can this agender teen make a difference in LGBTQ+ rights?
About the novel: Determined to excel, seventeen-year-old Nic Summers strives to find time to survive physics, build confidence, and enter a competitive art mentorship at the local university in Oklahoma City. However, Nic’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.
A Note From the Publisher
Their four subsequent books, “Ugly,” “Always the New Girl,” “Binding Off,” and “Uglier,” were released in 2022 and 2023. “Finding Frances” and “Always the New Girl” won several indie awards and “Ugly” was selected as the Honor book for SCBWI’s Spark Award in the Books for Older Readers category for 2022.
Kelly has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Oklahoma City University’s Red Earth program.
Advance Praise
Honor book in SCBWI’s 2022 Spark Award in the Books for Older Readers category
Semifinalist in 2019 BookLife Prize for Fiction, Children’s and Young Adult category
"the compelling story will resonate with young adults going on their own difficult journeys and should help them feel less alone"
—Kirkus Reviews
“Readers will rally behind fifteen-year-old Nic Summers as she navigates the pitfalls of adolescence in this moving and timely YA novel.”
–BookLife Prize
"An impressively honest and intimate first person POV powers this story of a young person struggling with gender and trying to find their place in a world that is seemingly determined to 'erase' them"
–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Listed in Kirkus Reviews Top 100 Indie Picks for 2023 (December 15, 2023)
Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Indie Pick (October 15th 2023)
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781958342169 |
PRICE | $10.99 (USD) |