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What is the order of publication of the books in the Logan series?

"Melody", "Heart Song", "Unfinished Symphony", "Music in the Night", "Olivia". The events of "Olivia" and "Music in the Night" take place before the others, but since they are prequels they were published later.

What did the kids at school call Cary behind his back?

Grandpa. They called him "Grandpa" because they thought he was too serious and acted more like an old man than a teenager.

How many times is Melody nearly sexually assaulted?

4. First by Adam Jackson, whom she later finds out is her half brother; next by the guy in the van who picked her up hitchhiking; then by the actor, whose excuse was that he was just "getting into the scene"; lastly by Archie "Richard" Marlin, her mother's boyfriend.

What instrument does Melody play?

Fiddle. She was taught to play the fiddle by Papa George when she lived in West Virginia.

What were Olivia's and Belinda's nicknames in high school?

Miss Hot and Miss Cold. They were called this because Olivia was very serious and Belinda was always having fun.

Which novel is written from Laura's point of view?

"Music in the Night". In the first two novels, we believe that Laura and her boyfriend Robert are killed in a sailing accident. In "Unfinished Symphony" we learn the truth, and in "Music of the Night" we hear the story from Laura's point of view.

Who was Melody's best friend in West Virginia?

Alice. Alice was the friend who sent her the catalog with Haille's picture in it. Haille was thought to have been killed in a car accident, but she was really in Hollywood trying to become an actress or model.

What was the name of the statue Melody modeled for?

Neptune's Daughter. Melody posed nude while Kenneth carved the statue. She found later that the face of the statue more closely resembled her mother Haille.

What is May's handicap?

Deafness. Melody quickly learns sign language when she arrives in Provincetown so that she can communicate with her younger cousin May.

Why can't Kenneth and Haille be together?

They are brother and sister. Haille grew up with Olivia and Samuel, with Chester and Jacob as her brothers. It is later found out that Judge Childs is Haille's biological father, so that makes Kenneth her half-brother.

Who does Kenneth eventually marry?

Holly. Holly is Kenneth's girlfriend from New York. Holly and her friend Billy own a New Age store there and teach Melody a lot about life and being happy.

What is the sex of the stillborn baby Belinda gives birth to as a teenager?

Boy. Belinda gives birth in the middle of the night to a stillborn baby boy. She had been hiding her pregnancy, increasing the shock for everyone. Her father buries the child in the backyard and is haunted by its cries for years.

True or false: Winston Gordon is Olivia's biological father.

f. She grows up believing he is, but her mother tells Olivia on her deathbed that her real father was a sailor. Winston had agreed to raise Olivia as his own child.

When Laura was in the mental hospital, where was she told that no one ever came back from?

Upstairs. Megan is taken upstairs and never returns. Eventually, Laura is taken upstairs as well.

What was Chester's profession in Sewell, West Virginia?

Coal Miner. Haille and Chester raised Melody in a trailer park here after having "disgraced themselves" in Provincetown. After Chester is killed in an accident, Melody finds out that he wasn't her biological father and that he and Haille grew up as siblings but were really cousins, and that her biological father was Teddy Jackson. Confusing, huh?