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| Not-So-Simple Life (Diary of a Teenage Girl: Maya, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Category: Book
List Price: $12.99
Buy New: $7.73
You Save: $5.26 (40%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 51500
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1601421176
EAN: 9781601421173
ASIN: 1601421176
Publication Date: July 15, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW
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Product 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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| Customer Reviews:
 Keep them coming! October 22, 2008
My daughter tells me that this is her favorite book of the Diary of a Teenage Girl series.
 Great read! October 29, 2008
Often today, we hear adults bashing teens without celebrating the ones who overcome adversity. Carlson portrays a teen whose back is up against the wall but comes out determined to overcome her negative situations. I liked Maya from the first page. Shoot, her courage inspired me.
I know she's a fictional character! But still.
This book will appeal to teens who hero worship celebrities and their lifestyles. The entertainment world is not always pretty and this story offers an realistic glimpse into it.
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