Amelia Hits the Road (Amelia (Paperback American Girl)) [Paperback]

Marissa Moss (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Amelia (Paperback American Girl)

When Amelia and her big sister, Cleo, are stuck together in the backseat of a car for a family road trip, there are fights, plenty of sights, and Amelia's best friend, Nadia, at the end of the road!

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5. Amelia creates a travel notebook about a family car trip back to California to see Nadia, her best friend since kindergarten, stopping at the Grand Canyon and Yosemite on the way. Amid complaints about big sister, Cleo, Amelia ponders how much her friend has changed in the last year by drawing one picture of Nadia as she remembers her, and one picture of a bald Nadia, labeled with handwritten questions regarding her current hair length. As in the previous books about Amelia, the adorable diagrams that illustrate the child's witty observations will be pored over by readers. The diapers she draws for a mule as a means of keeping the Grand Canyon trails clean are a riot. Her descriptions of the scenery create a sense of being there. When the family stops at the site of Manzanar, the girl draws a barbed-wire fence with a speech bubble saying simply, "I'm mad." The story climaxes with the long-awaited reunion with Nadia. Sweet reminiscences of Amelia's Notebook (Tricycle, 1995) show the girls wearing matching friendship necklaces and doing the experiments from a science kit Nadia promised to save until Amelia's first visit. This book will delight long-time fans and draw new ones. Once again, Moss proves that journal writing is great fun.?Jackie Hechtkopf, Talent House School, Fairfax,
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Marissa Moss is the  creator of the bestselling and perenially popular AMELIA series. She lives with her family in Berkeley, California. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: American Girl; 1 edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562477900
• ISBN-13: 978-1562477905
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,945,975 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marissa Moss has been telling stories and drawing pictures to go with them for as long as she can remember. She sent her first book to publishers when she was nine, but it wasn't very good and it never got published. She didn't try again until she was a grown-up, but since then she hasn't stopped.

The idea for the first Amelia's Notebook came from the notebook Moss kept when she was a kid. Amelia is a lot like her and the things that happen to Amelia really happened to Marissa (mostly).

Along with Amelia, Moss has created many characters and is especially drawn to history. Historical books allows her to imagine what it's like to be alive in a different place at a completely different time. And then there are the Max Disaster books which allow her to play with scientific experiments, inventions, and comic strips.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book!, October 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Amelia Hits the Road (Amelia (Paperback American Girl)) (Paperback)

I liked this book because I liked how Amelia finnaly got to go back to her home town and see Nadia. I think you should read this book because someday maybe you'll be in Amelia's place!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book that I read in about 3 hours, I loved it!, February 17, 1998

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This review is from: Amelia Hits the Road (Hardcover)

I read this book within 3 hours of buying it. The story is good and the drawings make it look like a real jornal (along with the lined paper) Keep writting those Amelia books Mrs. Moss!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Diary!, May 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Amelia Hits the Road (Amelia (Paperback American Girl)) (Paperback)

Amelia and her sister Cleo and mom are on a road trip in theWest. Amelia and Cleo see the Yosimite, the Painted Desert and thedifferent towns. I like the colorful illustrations and the "useful information" in the back of her notebook. I also like the jokes Amelia makes about her sister Cleo.