Red Ink (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763677312)

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.

Author: Julie Mayhew
ISBN-10: 0763677310
ISBN-13: 9780763677312
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2016
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/16/2015
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2015
School Library Journal 01/01/2016 pg. 108
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2016 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist 02/01/2016 pg. 40
Foreword 02/29/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw