SOLVED. Mystery Graphic Novel involving a main character with a mother who was often absent due to work and animal-like people, mysteries happening around town. [s]

[Name]

hi! i'm looking for this book that's a graphic novel. it has mystery-like elements and the main character's mom was often absent for work. one of the first scenes of the book is the character rushing to class as their name is getting called. there's another scene where someone collapses in a library. i recall there being some animal-like people, similar to beastars but not to the extreme the anime goes to. one of the villain characters were similar to a weasel? the art style was very fluid (noodle-like arms and stuff) and there were a lot of pastel colours. one of the books mainly had blue, pink and purple on the cover.

the main setting was a school and a town. the main character had a few friends and i think i remember a skate park as well. i read this book sometime around 2016-2018, i can't remember the exact date. i know a lot of details about this book but i can't remember what the name is or the main plot. please help!

[Rainbowheart]

Do you remember if the main character was male or female?

Was the MC a teenager or a younger child?

[Name]

i'm not sure what the gender identity of the main character is.

i believe the mc was a teenager, it was a highschool setting.

[Rainbowheart]

Was the MC presented as sexless or did he or she have some kind of non-standard identity?

Or do you just not happen to remember the character's sex?

[Name]

i don't necessarily want to assume.

although, something that i might remember about the character's physical appearance that might help is that they might have had either long purple hair or short blue hair.

[Rainbowheart]

I was just wondering if we needed to start looking for transgender-related books.

I'll try to see what I can find.

[Name]

thank you!

[Name]

i might have found the book! i am double checking but i believe it might be Nola's World, Changing Moon
edit: it is most definitely Changing Moon!

[Rainbowheart]

Glad you found it!

Changing Moon