A Not so Simple Life by Melody Carlson - ISBN: 9781601421173
Paperback
Maya Stark has it all–fame, fortune, and a rock star dad. But her parents are divorced, and her dad’s always on tour. So when her mom’s arrested on cocaine charges, the 16-year-old earth-friendly “green girl” is sent to live with relatives. Can the fiercely independent Maya fit in, find friends–and God?

A Not so Simple Life

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2008

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Summary

Best-selling, award-winning author Melody Carlson is known for her ability to consistently deliver compelling, relevant teen fiction. A Not-So-Simple Life, the first of Maya Stark’s stories, is sure to engage female readers, ages 12-17, with its Nicole Ritchie-like protagonist who struggles with the downside of her family’s wealth and fame. Fans of Carlson’s previous novels, Sarah Anne Sumpolec, and Stephanie Perry Moore’s Christian novelzine God Can Work It Out will be drawn to the drama fou…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781601421173
ISBN-10:1601421176
Author:Melody Carlson
Publisher:Multnomah Press
Imprint:Multnomah Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:15 July 2008
Weight:198g
Dimensions:202mm x 131mm x 17mm
Series:Diary of a Teenage Girl, Maya
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“As Maya Stark pours her heart out in her journal, readers are treated to an inside view of a life that is at times exotic and unfamiliar, and at other times hauntingly similar to our own. Maya’s struggles become our struggles, her pain our pain, and her successes, therefore, even sweeter. A Not-So-Simple Life is another triumph for Melody Carlson.”
- Virginia Smith, author of Sincerely, Mayla and Stuck in the Middle

“Fantastic book! Maya is so easy to like–this is a hard story to put down!”
- Erynn Mangum, author of Miss Match

“Melody Carlson has proven her skill once again at writing gritty stories about characters in difficult situations. In A Not-so-Simple Life, Maya Stark seeks to escape life under the controlling hand of her drug-addict mother by acting on a plan for independence with admirable determination.”
- Michelle Buckman, author of Maggie Come Lately and My Beautiful Disaster

“I just finished Melody’s book and loved it! The journal format makes the story, and Maya, so real and believable. Readers will easily be able to identify with the realistic approach to a prevalent situation.”
- Patricia Rushford, author of the Max & Me Mysteries

About The Author

Melody Carlson

Melody Carlson is an award-winning, best-selling author of more than two hundred books for teens, women, and children. She and her husband enjoy an active lifestyle of hiking, camping, and biking in the beautiful yet mysterious Pacific Northwest, where she says, “A new story seems to lurk around every corner.”

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