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INTRODUCTION This book is written by Melissa Panarello, a girl from Catania (in the South of Italy), who used the pen name of "Melissa P." The story had a lot of success, above all among girls (the male public has generally despised it), but it has also received some critics, because of its bad literary cohesion; indeed there isn't any single tale, but only several sexually explicit experiences. The book has become a movie titled "Melissa P." and acted by the young Spanish actress Maria Valverde.

PLOT The book is written as a journal, where a girl, Melissa, describes accurately her days and her experiences. It is seemingly an autobiographical work, because the author and the main character have the same name. The tale is set in Catania; Melissa is about to have her fifteenth birthday and she entrusts to her diary her internal malaise, to that she gives vent thanks to her love for her teen-aged body. One night, Melissa meets Daniele and she has the first sexual relation with him, but the happiness is destroyed by the boy's behaviour, who turns her away when he realises that she's not a virgin, as she has told him before. This experience persuades Melissa to give her body to whoever asks for it, looking forward to someone who can see the lust for love she brings inside.