Rough Patch

Our latest (diverse) YA novel, joining the likes of When Everything Feels like the Movies, God Loves Hair, and Faerie. Keira is a paradox of inconsistencies: she’s not a “girly girl” but she figure skates for a hobby; she wants to kiss girls, but isn’t sure she’s ready to give up attraction to boys. She’s afraid to confide in her best friend about her sexuality, yet her best friend is herself in trouble and hasn’t confided in her. Keira needs to negotiate all these ambiguities and conflicts before she can figure out who she really is, and who she wants to be.

Suggested audience is aged 12 and up.

As both a published writer and a children's literature instructor, Nicole wrote this book in response to the lack of diversity she saw in YA books.

In Nicole’s own words: “North America's growing acceptance of LGBT matters doesn’t always hold true in high schools (or more rural settings). At the same time, I think teens feel pressure to decide one track or another, when experimenting with love should be something they get to indulge and rejoice in.”