Sprout

This book however well-written, is not without its flaws; the plot moves too slow in the first half, with absolutely nothing happening until the character Ty is introduced, and after that, it's great until the last few pages, where the plot seems rushed. The major conflict never takes a recognizable form, and the tension is never sufficiently resolved. Regardless, the narration has a certain degree of precision that is absent from most books of this caliber, and the content (at least in the second half) is satisfying for most people even remotely interested in reading it.

Sprout is a teenager with green hair, who is also gay. His mother dies, his father is an alcoholic, and they end up moving from Long Island to Kansas. This book is about more than Sprout wrestling with being gay, struggling for acceptance, or coming out to his father. It's about Sprout dealing with his mother's death, honing his writing skills, falling in lust, falling in love, and worrying about a future after high school.

I originally ordered this off of Amazon. It was so good that I may re-read and I never re-read any story. Great characters and plot.