Bad Apple by Laura Ruby

Tola is different--she likes fairy tales, has green hair, and doesn't care what most people think of her. But when she is accused of having an indecent relationship with her art teacher, Tola acts like any other teenage girl. She reverts into herself as her vocal mother rallies the school board and press and her ex-friends brutalize her online. Tola is cyberbullied and bullied in person and doesn't step up and do something about her. Her teachers think she is lying and her mother doesn't listen. Tola's older sister is on the verge of a manic attack or suicide. Even her newly remarried dad doesn't want anything to do her.

So Tola is convinced that she is bad and isn't sure how to solve her problems. With the help of her severely ill father, the trust of a boy at school, the faithfulness of the closest thing to a friend she has, and a family that finally starts to function, she figures things out.

I liked this book because Tola is a pretty unique character in YA lit. She's different, an artist, but has some problems at home that she isn't sure how to handle. Sounds pretty real to me!