Summary
Shy, artistic Tera can’t wait to attend a prestigious art school in France to prove to her famous artist father that she can make something of herself. But Tera’s hopes for the future explode when the police arrest her dad for an unspeakable crime. Her father’s arrest must be a mistake, so Tera goes into action, sacrificing her future at art school to pay for his defense. Meanwhile, she falls head over heels for Joey, a rebel musician who makes her feel wanted and asks no questions about her …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781440582547 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1440582548 |
| Author: | Melody Maysonet |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 433g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 140mm x 214mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Critics Review
“Maysonet honestly, yet delicately, highlights issues such as victim-blaming, shame, and difficult sexual relationships.” –The Horn Book Magazine
“Maysonet’s…prose is unflinching as it illuminates one girl’s traumatic experience with deeply felt compassion and brutal honesty…gilded with resilience and hope. An important book about endings, beginnings and the choice to move on.” –Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
“Beautifully drawn, convincingly flawed characters create a world in which Tera’s own childhood slowly moves from remembered happiness to dark understanding. This debut novel skillfully explores the consequences of self-deception, relationships, and the lengths we go to please the people we love.” –Booklist
“This debut novel is a powerful story showing how a person can recreate memories to make sense of childhood until something happens to make that person face the truth…. The story may help those dealing with a crisis in their own lives.” –VOYA Magazine
“Whatever Melody Maysonet wants to write next, I’m in. She’s an author I can trust to make me hurt while I read and open my eyes a little more to the world around me.” –YA Books Central
“Melody Maysonet does a great job with describing Tera’s thoughts and emotions throughout her horrifying journey.” –San Francisco Book Review
“Maysonet’s novel and its unreliable narrator Tera will make a better human being out of any reader…you’ll want to stay with Tera and watch her reclaim her art and her life. Absolutely one of the best dark contemporary novels of 2015.” –YA Books Central
Melody Maysonet
Melody Maysonet has been an English teacher, editor, columnist, and ghostwriter.
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