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What We Wish For
From award-winning author Melody Maysonet, What We Wish For is a poignant YA novel that explores one teenager’s coming-of-age as she struggles through homelessness, family feuds, and her mother’s addiction.
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A Work of Art
Seventeen-year-old Tera Waters can’t wait to attend a prestigious art school in France to prove to her artist father, and herself, that she can make something of herself. But when police raid her home and arrest her dad for a horrible crime, Tera gives up the money she saved for art school to hire a decent lawyer for her dad. With her world crumbling around her, Tera sets out to prove her father is innocent–only to discover she might have been one of his victims.
From Kirkus Reviews [Starred Review]: “Maysonet’s … prose is unflinching as it illuminates one girl’s traumatic experience with deeply felt compassion and brutal honesty… An important book about endings, beginnings and the choice to move on.”
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About Melody
Melody Maysonet remembers what it’s like to be unhappy as a teen, which is why she writes for young adults about real life and real issues, introducing memorable characters, fast-moving plots, and lots of hope. Formerly an English teacher and editor, she is author of the critically acclaimed A Work of Art and the upcoming novel, What We Wish For.
