The Opposite of Invisible
Read 3/9/08
Ages 13+ A sparer "Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List" without the pizzazz. Alice's best friend since forever is Jewel (Julian) - they're both artsy, invisible at their Seattle high school. That's okay since they have each other. Then popular Simon, who Alice has crushed on from afar, kisses her. Then, so does Jewel. She picks Simon, beginning her estrangement from Jewel, who runs into the arms of Vanessa, THE female artsy fartsy queen. It's a sweet, short story about finding yourself in high school and the perils of friendship-turned-liking. A little sex talk and drinking, but next to no language.


