Amaryllis in Blueberry

I read Amaryllis in Blueberry by Christina Meldrum.  This engaging story starts out in Michigan.  In this family with a mother and a father and four daughters, the youngest daughter, Yllis, is thought to be the odd one.  Yllis, short for Amaryllis, does look at life differently than most people and she does have synthesthesia (a condition where the senses are blended and she can see emotions in colors).  As the story progresses we see that Yllis is the mentally healthiest one in her family.  Things fall apart in a big way when the father makes the whole family move to west Africa.  The culture shock is hard but it uncovers the dysfunction this family has been hiding for years.  The mother of the family is very interested in Greek mythology and some of that went over my head but I did enjoy this story very much.