false 2070576 2 <div><b>A road novel for young readers</b><br><br>Twelve-year-old Sidney T. Mellon has an unfortunate name considering that his head is round and much too large for his body, his red hair stands straight up in a long crew cut, and his expression is perpetually flushed. A cantaloupe is what usually comes to mind. So does the nickname Melonhead.<br><br>What chance does Sidney have, looking like this, yo-yoing back and forth between Seattle and Los Angeles, living part of each year with each of his divorced parents? He is disconnected from both distracted parents; he is disconnected from his own distracted self. No wonder he gets on a bus in Los Angeles one day and heads for New York City, making up ridiculous names and stories about himself at the drop of a hat whenever he meets somebody new. But each of the people Sidney meets on his diesel-powered journey across America contributes something to his understanding of who he is and where he's going. What he will do when he gets there, what he will discover about the unhappiness in his life, he has no idea. He just knows that he has to find out.<br></div> 2075819 book 29 10 2002 Melonhead total:8|5:0|4:3|3:3|2:2|1:0| 8 25 11 2 2 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 16:47:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 16:48:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 19 15:59:18 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 15:59:26 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Nov 11 17:47:22 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 17:47:42 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 09 17:41:11 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 17:41:11 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 23 13:10:32 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 13:10:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 02:20:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 02:20:42 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Mar 25 20:11:06 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 20:11:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 23 12:23:42 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 12:23:42 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Oct 30 22:54:55 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 22:54:55 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Feb 24 08:29:38 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 08:29:38 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Feb 19 20:20:57 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 20:21:03 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2070576