Red Ink

By Julie Mayhew

Book Overview

A sharp-witted teenager discovers surprising truths after her mother's death in a wry and heartrending novel touching on denial, identity, and family lore.

When her mother is knocked down and killed by a London bus, fifteen-year-old Melon Fouraki is left with no family worth mentioning. Her mother, Maria, never did introduce her to a living, breathing father. The indomitable Auntie Aphrodite, meanwhile, is hundreds of miles away on a farm in Crete, and she is not likely to jump on a plane to come to East Finchley anytime soon. But at least Melon has The Story. The Story is the Fouraki family fairy tale. A story is something. Balanced with tenderness and humor, this time-shifting novel offers a narrator by turns angry and vulnerable, hurt and defiant as she struggles with sudden grief--and the unfolding process of finding out who she really is.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763677310
• ISBN13: 9780763677312
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher