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The Melancholy of Summer

By Louisa Onomé
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$19.99
By Louisa Onomé
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After her parents go on the run, a teenage girl placed in the care of a cousin she barely knows learns to trust and open up in The Melancholy of Summer, a lyrical YA contemporary coming-of-age story by Louisa Onomé

Doesn’t she see? I can do this on my own.

Summer Uzoma is fine. Sure, her parents went on the run after they were accused of committing a crime, leaving her behind. Sure, she’s been alternating stays with her friends’ families. Sure, she sometimes still secretly visits her old home...

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FictionTeens & YAFiction SubjectsTeen FictionGirls & Young Women - Teen FictionFamily & Relationships - Teen FictionGirls->Coming of age->Teen fictionLife with relatives->Teen fictionHi-Lo FictionHi-Lo Fiction