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Castellucci, Cecil and Jim Rugg - The PLAIN Janes

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Jane has just moved from her stylish life in the big city to suburbia. She finds her friends in the high school's group of outcasts, all named Jane, and forms the P.L.A.I.N Janes ("People Loving Art in Neighborhoods"), an underground art movement that brings art to the streets. Through her effors, Jane will bring change to her school and her town, but espicially to the group of outcasts that are her friends.

Red Flags:

The story opens with Jane getting hit with a trashcan bomb while in the city (the reason for her family's move to the suburbs). One young man is left in a coma as a result of the blast, but Jane continues to write to him throughout the comic. Many of the acts P.L.A.I.N. commits can be construed as vandalism, and the group breaks curfew laws and disobeys police orders. At one point, Jane leaves to travel to the city via hitchhiking, but instead gets a ride with a boy she knows from school.

Sequels:

Janes in Love

Readalikes:

The Regifters by Mike Carey

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart