Author: Mary Amato
Genre:Contemporary, Romance, Music, Coming-of-Age
Goodreads Blurb:In this poignant, realistic, contemporary YA by a state master list star, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Gayle Forman, a young songwriter builds a substitute family with her friends in place of the broken family she grew up with.
A hip high school girl who loves music, writes songs, and is desperate for a ukelele, learns to her shock that her father did not abandon her years ago and has been trying to keep in touch. She begins to investigate him, only to discover that he has a new life with a new family, including the perfect stepdaughter, a girl who Minerva despises.
Publisher/ing: October 28, 2014 EgmontUSA
Rating: 5/5
Review:
This book filled me with a certain indescribable euphoria that I can't honestly describe in English words.
The main character, Minerva, captured my heart from the beginning with her quirky personality and her desire for her own ukulele.
I mean, instead of waiting to learn the ukulele on a real uku, she built her own.
I love her devotion to her friend and her passion for music and life.
This book had a lot of different themes to it, that makes it the perfect coming-of-age novel. Minerva has a passion for music, that forms her goal to buy the uku, but at the same time, she has issues with jealousy, self esteem, the search for her father and the conflict surrounding that.
I thought all aspects of this book were very precious and carefully written. The end of this book especially was so heart-breaking, but at the same time happy. The way she stood in front of her father and called him out for abandoning her family. How she called her mother out on lying and being hypocritical. I believe the ability to stand up to your parents if what they are doing/saying is wrong is an important trait that teenagers must have.
The quirky characters, excellent representation of teenagers, and the thick plot and multiple conflicts morphed this book into an excellent coming-of-age novel about a girl with a love for music.
Future News:
This book will come out late fall, and after that, I do not know what she has planned after that.
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