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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

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. <br>- Virginia Smith, author of Sincerely, Mayla and Stuck in the Middle<br> <br> Fantastic book! Maya is so easy to like-this is a hard story to put down! <br>- Erynn Mangum, author of Miss Match<br> <br> 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. <br>- Michelle Buckman, author of Maggie Come Lately and My Beautiful Disaster<br> <br> 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. <br>- Patricia Rushford, author of the Max & Me Mysteries

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. <br>- Virginia Smith, author of Sincerely, Mayla and Stuck in the Middle<br> <br> Fantastic book! Maya is so easy to like-this is a hard story to put down! <br>- Erynn Mangum, author of Miss Match<br> <br> 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. <br>- Michelle Buckman, author of Maggie Come Lately and My Beautiful Disaster<br> <br> I just finished Melody's book and loved it! The

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. <br>- Virginia Smith, author of Sincerely, Mayla and Stuck in the Middle<br> <br> Fantastic book! Maya is so easy to like-this is a hard story to put down! <br>- Erynn Mangum, author of Miss Match<br> <br> 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. <br>- Michelle Buckman, author of Maggie Come Lately and My Beautiful Disaster<br> <br> 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. <br>- Patricia Rushford, author of the Max & Me Mysteries

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"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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