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Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse,Language: Strong Language
The Melancholy of Summer
By Louisa Onome
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By Louisa Onome
Hardcover edition
Publisher Macmillan Imprint Feiwel & Friends ISBN9781250823564
The Melancholy of Summer
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9781250823564J
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.
Doesnât she see? I can do this on my own.
Summer Uzoma is fine. Sure, her parents left her behind when they went on the run after being accused of committing a crime last year. But sheâs fine. She just has to turn eighteen in a few weeks and then sheâll really and truly be free to do whatever she wants.
So itâs extra annoying when a nosy social worker gets involved. Summer doesnât expect her to find any relative, so sheâs very surprised to hear that sheâll be living with her cousin Oluâsomeone she hasnât seen in years, whoâs only a year older, and whoâs a famous singer in Japan last she heard.
Life with Olu is awkward for many reasons. But with her cousin and friends' efforts, maybe Summer can learn to open up again?
Doesnât she see? I can do this on my own.
Summer Uzoma is fine. Sure, her parents left her behind when they went on the run after being accused of committing a crime last year. But sheâs fine. She just has to turn eighteen in a few weeks and then sheâll really and truly be free to do whatever she wants.
So itâs extra annoying when a nosy social worker gets involved. Summer doesnât expect her to find any relative, so sheâs very surprised to hear that sheâll be living with her cousin Oluâsomeone she hasnât seen in years, whoâs only a year older, and whoâs a famous singer in Japan last she heard.
Life with Olu is awkward for many reasons. But with her cousin and friends' efforts, maybe Summer can learn to open up again?
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