Mel was first released in the UK in 1988, the story of a 17-year-old girl who hasn't had life easy and just wants to make a future for herself. Of course, nothing is ever straight forward, and when she meets rockstar Mitch Hamilton, who is on a break between gigs and hanging out at his grandfather's junk shop, she has no idea what upheaval his arrival is going to have. This book is one that I read over and over as a teenager, so I thought it would be interesting, now it's back in print, to talk about this book, as well as the social commentary it includes. It's something of an obscure read, especially if you weren't a teenage girl in the 1980s, but it's good to be introduced to something new, right?

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