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80 pp.
| Simon/Wiseman |
March, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-4084-5$9.99
(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.