Amelia Writes Again (Amelia Series)

by Marissa Moss, Marissa Moss (Illustrator)

Overview

Can Amelia keep a friend and her deepest secrets at the same time?

Amelia’s sister, Cleo, gives her a new notebook as a tenth birthday present, and Amelia can’t wait to fill it with all her secret thoughts and drawings. But when her best friend Leah wants to read her notebook, Amelia is torn: Sometimes secrets are better when shared with friends, but other secrets are private. How can Amelia keep her friend from feeling left out while still saving some secrets for herself?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416912859
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Publication date:	02/14/2012
Series:	Amelia
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	694,770
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Marissa Moss is the bestselling creator of the perennially popular Amelia series as well as the Daphne’s Daily Disasters series. She lives in Berkeley, California. Visit her at MarissaMoss.com and at AmeliaBooks.com.

Marissa Moss is the bestselling creator of the perennially popular Amelia series as well as the Daphne’s Daily Disasters series. She lives in Berkeley, California. Visit her at MarissaMoss.com and at AmeliaBooks.com.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 3-5Amelia, first introduced in Amelia's Notebook (Tricycle, 1995), is at it again when she receives a new notebook for her 10th birthday. The engaging youngster proceeds to fill the pages with a variety of stories, personal commentary, and drawings. From the very beginning, readers are warned, "Do not turn any more pages or you will be struck down by the Mummy's curse!" Be brave and read on; the curse is short lived. Bored with her math homework, Amelia visualizes the numbers with distinct personalities. Getting marshmallows to stick and stay on the ceiling without being caught by her mother is another of the recorded activities. And on pages bordered with yellow caution tape, she writes about the tragic fire at her school. Amid her sorrow and anger, she suggests that each student place a little treasure in the new cement as a memento of special school remembrances. A good luck story, postcards, and notes to a friend fill the journal with adventure, nostalgia, whimsical thoughts, and imagination. With each reading, new discoveries are made. Fans will laugh and cheer Amelia and anticipate more adventures to come.Patricia Mahoney Brown, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Kenmore, NY

School Library Journal

Amelia is back, as precocious as ever. Having filled one journal (Amelia's Notebook, 1995) with her fantasies, color drawings, and random observations, she's embarked on another. This 10-year-old's scribblings are haphazard: She wonders what the dip under her nose is for, pontificates about the shapes of hands, moans that she can't concentrate in math class. Underneath these ramblings is an author searching for a theme, and the fun of the book is in its unpredictable directions. Amelia is a year older, as is America, and must confront a terrorist act—a protester's burning of her school. Her innocent reaction sounds forced ("I can't figure out how burning down our school sends a message to the government. Couldn't he just send a letter?"), but her keen observations show the devastating effect of the arson on teachers and students. Though that particular section reflects some childlike wisdom, much of the notebook is corny.

Kirkus Reviews