INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Moss, Marissa

Amelia's Boy Survival Guide

(3) 4-6 The affable protagonist starts eighth grade and develops a crush on a cute boy, Gerald. Through self-reflection in her journal and seeking her girlfriends' advice, Amelia works up the nerve to ask Gerald to a dance--but he declines. Moss articulates and makes manageable the tween experience in her spot-on narration; Amelia's signature doodles and marginalia illustrate the handwritten notebook.

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