A sharp-witted teenager discovers surprising truths after her mother's death in a wry and heartrending novel touching on denial, identity, and family lore.
When her mother is knocked down and killed by a London bus, fifteen-year-old Melon Fouraki is left with no family worth mentioning. Her mother, Maria, never did introduce her to a living, breathing father. The indomitable Auntie Aphrodite, meanwhile, is hundreds of miles away on a farm in Crete, and she is not likely to jump on a plane to come to East Finchley anytime soon. But at least Melon has The Story. The Story is the Fouraki family fairy tale. A story is something. Balanced with tenderness and humor, this time-shifting novel offers a narrator by turns angry and vulnerable, hurt and defiant as she struggles with sudden grief—and the unfolding process of finding out who she really is.
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Release date
April 19, 2016 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780763680510
- File size: 467 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780763680510
- File size: 467 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 720
- Text Difficulty: 3
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