Melanie in Manhattan

By Carol Weston

Subjects: Tourism, Family life, Juvenile fiction, Diaries, Fiction, Families, Friendship, Schools

Description: Eleven-year-old Melanie records in her diary how she rediscovers her hometown of Manhattan, copes with competing for her best friend's attention, enjoys a litter of baby mice, and anxiously awaits e-mail from her Spanish friend, Miguel. Eleven-year-old Melanie records in her diary how she rediscovers her hometown of Manhattan, copes with competing for her best friend's attention, enjoys a litter of baby mice, and anxiously awaits email from her Spanish friend, Miguel.