Amelia Takes Command (Amelia (Hardcover American Girl)) [Hardcover]

Marissa Moss (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Amelia (Hardcover American Girl)

Everyone's favorite heroine is back again with her latest adventure as Amelia takes off for Space Camp, where she aims to lead the shuttle mission and bring her team safely back to Earth. Legions of Amelia fans will cheer when Amelia stands up to a bully and takes a stand. Full color.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-Amelia's latest journal provides another winning glimpse into the life of a funny and likable contemporary child. In this fourth title in the series, the girl is beginning fifth grade and is the target of the class bully. Through candid notebook entries and lively, captioned drawings, readers share Amelia's frustration and anger at being ostracized and cheer when she gains the necessary confidence at Space Camp to stand up to her intimidator back home. The engaging format resembles a hand-written, blue-lined composition book filled with full-color childlike drawings. Amelia's comments range from typical elementary school humor ("Just pretend Hilary is a giant booger. Then you won't care what she says or does") to the whimsical (fashion rating: "Bad socks, D-") to the more serious. With its hook for the voyeur in us all, a format that keeps the pages turning, and an "every girl" who vanquishes the ubiquitous bully, this satisfying read is right on target.
Faith Brautigam, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Gr. 3^-5. Amelia's many fans will welcome the latest in the series of fictional journals, in her own handwriting, including Amelia's Notebook (1995), Amelia Writes Again (1996), and Amelia Hits the Road (1997). As fifth grade begins, Amelia struggles with two unexpected problems, an inconstant friend and a constant bully. Spending winter break at Space Camp with her old friend Nadia, Amelia works hard, learns a lot, and develops her skills as a leader. The confidence she gains as commander of a mock shuttle mission gives her the boost she needs to meet the more down-to-earth challenges back at school. The freshness of Amelia's voice is reflected in the small ink-and-watercolor illustrations of drawings, pictures, and souvenirs that brighten every page. Capturing the ups and downs of a child's life with sympathy and wisdom as well as humor, this entertaining book makes journal writing look like fun. Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: American Girl (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562477897
• ISBN-13: 978-1562477899
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,781,510 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

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars outrageously cool, January 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Amelia Takes Command (Amelia (Paperback American Girl)) (Paperback)

Amelia Takes Command by Marissa Moss is the best book I ever read. The greatest part in Amelia Takes Command is when Amelia got to go to Space Camp and see Nadia. Another part that I like is when Nadia and Amelia get to be the head leaders for a mission when they pretend to go out to space. But they have a little problem when they are out in space, they have to work together as a group because if they don't, they will erupt. This book is way better than Amelia's Notebook, Amelia Writes Again and Amelia Hits The Road. This book is enchanting because it has action, excitement, sportsmanship and cooperation. This book is an awesome and a fine book, and there are lots of pictures on the sides of each page. When I read this book, it was outrageously cool and a BLAST!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for people of all ages., February 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Amelia Takes Command (Amelia (Paperback American Girl)) (Paperback)

I like this book because she uses lot of interesting words and all the pages have pictures. It is about Amelia going to space camp where she sees her best friend. She got lucky and they got to work together. Amelia wanted to be leader in the spaceship but two boys in her group wanted to leader, too. But she got the job! The two boys didn't want to listen to her anymore. It was eye-popping when they were flying in the spaceship. This Amelia book is really fresh!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected..., July 23, 2005

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This review is from: Amelia Takes Command (Amelia (Paperback American Girl)) (Paperback)

"Amelia Takes Command" seems like a completly different Amelia book. Sure, the drawings are the same, but the content is totally different. Young kids look up to Amelia, and your role model shouldn't be ignoring a bully. If you are being bothered by someone, you should tell a teacher or an adult. Also, the whole space camp part seemed just like school. It was mostly about space, there wasn't any "Amelia" in it, just lessons. I am really disappointed in this book.