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A Not-So-Simple Life: Maya: Book 1
Contributor(s): Carlson, Melody (Author)

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 ISBN: 1601421176     ISBN-13: 9781601421173
Publisher: Christian/Forum
OUR PRICE: $16.15  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: July 2008
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Annotation: This first installment of a new series introduces 16-year-old Maya Stark, a biracial Beverly Hills teen whose father is a rock star and mother is facing drug charges. Maya is sent to spend a summer with her cousin Kim, but jaded Maya looks down on Kim because she's a Christian.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance
- Young Adult Fiction | Religious - Christian - Relationships
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2008008033
Age Level: 12-UP
Grade Level: 7-UP
Series: Diary of a Teenage Girl: Maya
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.28" W x 8" L (0.51 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Topical - Teen
- Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest
- Theometrics - Evangelical
- Theometrics - Mainline
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/02/2008 pg. 9
CBA Retailers 06/01/2008 pg. 33
Romantic Times 07/01/2008 pg. 76 - Excellent
CBA Retailers 08/01/2008 pg. 60
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 135342
Reading Level: 5.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Fifteen-year-old Maya Stark seems to have it all-fame, fortune, a Beverly Hills lifestyle, and an eighties pop star dad who's making a comeback. But looks can be deceiving, and on the inside, Maya is miserable. Her parents are divorced, her dad is away on tour, and being biracial, she struggles with her identity. Then, to make matters worse, her mother has returned to using drugs and is quickly depleting their finances. In a plan to become emancipated from her messed-up mom, Maya takes a job on Rodeo Drive. Selling designer clothes compromises Maya's earth-friendly "green girl" values, but she is desperate.

Just when Maya thinks she's got it all worked out, her life caves in. Her mom "embezzles" Maya's savings and is later arrested on DUI and cocaine possession charges and is facing jail time. With nowhere to live, Maya is sent to spend the summer with her relatives. In the collision of two very different worlds, Maya must figure out where she fits in-or does she fit in at all?
 
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