"Maya is a fun character! It's not even possible to read
It's a Green Thing and not relate to her questions, her challenges, and her struggles as a teen and Christian.
And I found myself jotting down her awesome eco-friendly tips!"
Jenny B. Jones
, Award winning author of
In Between and
The Charmed Life series
"As Maya Stark pours her heart out in her journal, readers are treated to an inside view of a life that is at times exotic and unfamiliar, and at other times hauntingly similar to our own. Maya's struggles become our struggles, her pain our pain, and her successes, therefore, even sweeter.
A Not-So-Simple Life is another triumph for Melody Carlson."
Virginia Smith, author of
Sincerely, Mayla and
Stuck in the Middle
"Fantastic book! Maya is so easy to like-this is a hard story to put down!"
Erynn Mangum, author of
Miss Match "Melody Carlson has proven her skill once again at writing gritty stories about characters in difficult situations. In
A Not-so-Simple Life, Maya Stark seeks to escape life under the controlling hand of her drug-addict mother by acting on a plan for independence with admirable determination."
Michelle Buckman, author of
Maggie Come Lately and
My Beautiful Disaster "I just finished Melody's book and loved it! The journal format makes the story, and Maya, so real and believable. Readers will easily be able to identify with the realistic approach to a prevalent situation."
Patricia Rushford, author of the Max & Me Mysteries
Sixteen-year-old Maya's commitment to live her life for God wavers after she joins a Christian rock band.