


More bad decisions follow as Vanessa gets involved with an older skateboarder and attempts to make a statement with public art. She adores her best friends Holly and Nick, but alienates both of them, trying to force a connection between Holly and her crush, while pressing Nick, who's gay, to be more confident about his sexuality. I want to be out of bounds, out where it's all color and everything's beautiful, even when it's a mess." And Vanessa creates her share of messes. Alice and Jewel, the main characters from Gallagher's The Opposite of Invisible (2009), become bit players in this story about 16-year-old Vanessa, an artist (and Jewel's ex) who feels stifled by high school life: "I want to break completely free.
