Mel

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#3399FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>Liz Berry Books</B></I></FONT><B>    </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#3399FF" TEXT="#080000" background="08bd4c00egceel.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Liz Berry Books"><U><I><B>Home</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Meet Liz "><U><I><B>Meet Liz</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books"><U><I><B>Books</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Third Book/Creativity"><U><I><B>Third Book</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Messages"><U><I><B>Messages</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bookstore"><U><I><B>Bookstore</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Liz"><U><I><B>Contact Liz</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><I><B>Links</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="6e646c01dkelyh.jpg"> <div> <B>Mel</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>SELECTED AS AN INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION YOUNG ADULTS' CHOICE FOR 1993</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>About the book...</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Seventeen-year-old Melody Calder is desperate for her life to change, and she is learning the hard way that only she can make it happen. Left alone in their run-down house after her mother's breakdown, she decides to repair and redecorate it for her mother when she comes home, but it's not long before the whole neighbourhood is involved.</div> <div> When Mel meets attractive Mitch Hamilton, lead guitarist with top rock group, Assassination, Mitch is more than willing to help with the house, but Mel is suspicious. She has no time for a boyfriend, particularly a famous one, who will be off to other girls in other countries soon enough, and besides there's her lovely teacher, young Mr. Edwards, really helpful and sympathetic. So when Mitch announces his intention to marry Mel, no one is more astounded than Mel herself, except, perhaps, Mitch's girlfriend, the formidable Roxy Leigh...</div> <div> Liz Berry has created a courageous and resourceful heroine, who finds she is able to assert her independence and, against the odds, make a future for herself.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Editions</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="editions"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <div> First published 1988</div> <div> Victor Gollancz Ltd. London</div> <div> ISBN 0-575-04278-8</div> <div> Cover illustration:  Peter Oates</div> <bR> <div> Paperback Penguin Plus 1990</div> <div> ISBN 0-14-034184-6</div> <div> Cover illustration:  Peter Oates</div> <bR> <div> First US Edition 1991</div> <div> Viking</div> <div> ISBN 0-670-83925-6</div> <div> Cover illustration: Linda Thomas</div> <bR> <div> New paperback edition 2007</div> <div> Gallery 41 Books (London)</div> <div> ISBN 9780954886462</div> <div> Cover design: Melinda Sandell</div> <div> Cover illustration: Peter Oates</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Reviews</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="reviews"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <div> <I>'</I><I><B>'</B></I><I>A lovely, loving young novel of a teenager whose mother has a breakdown. The girl attacks her sordid home, redecorates it and envigorates the whole street into action. Meanwhile, the guy who used to help her in the local junk shop turns out to be a pop star. Realism and romance together, mixed with skill.' </I><I><B> Bookchat (S.Africa)</B></I></div> <div> <I>'This is a book that romantics who like happy-ever-after endings will adore.....Gritty characterizations, well-drawn interrelationships, natural dialogue, and a plot that abounds with humor as well as poignancy add up to a story that will keep readers totally involved.' </I><I><B> Booklist  (US 1991)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>'</B></I><I>The plot revolves around Mel and the two men in her life, the people on the street and the old man in the shop. The story is positive, with Mel gradually making her house beautiful, coming to terms with her mother's madness and learning the real meaning of love...A very easy and engaging read.'</I><I><B>  Fiction Focus (W.Australia)</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=180 BGCOLOR="#3399FF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I><B>Mel</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(for young adults - suitable for 13+ years and upwards)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>About the book...</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="id26_m.htm#editions" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Mel"><U><I><B>Editions</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26_m.htm#reviews" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Mel"><U><I><B>Reviews</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#covers" TITLE="Mel"><U><I><B>Covers</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEL Chapter 1"><U><I><B>Chapter 1</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mel Chapter 2"><U><I><B>Chapter 2</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B>Chapter 3</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Covers</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="covers"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="6e891e40.jpg" border=0 width="145" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>New paperback edition Galllery 41 Books, UK 2006.</I></div> <div> <I> </I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1458dd60.jpg" border=0 width="141" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>First edition UK Gollancz 1988</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="14c75bf0.jpg" border=0 width="117" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>Paperback Penguin Plus UK l990</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="14e90da0.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>First US edition Viking  1990</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1f196f30.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Hardback edition Aare (Germany) l989</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="15480b90.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>Paperback edition Ravensburger (Germany) l989</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="15280b90.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Paperback edition Ravensburger (Germany) 1997</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="1587ec20.jpg" border=0 width="126" height="194" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>Paperback edition Mondadori (Italy) 1992</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="1ed83d40.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="212" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Paperback edition Tellerup (Denmark) l990</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="15a84b80.jpg" border=0 width="132" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I>Paperback edition Tomorrow Publishing House, (China) l998</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="5f580cc0.png" border=0 width="128" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Paperback edition</I></div> <div> <I>Puffin (US) 1993</I></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>