Amelia Works It Out (Amelia (Paperback American Girl)) [Paperback]

Marissa Moss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2000 | Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Amelia (Paperback American Girl)

Amelia draws on her artistic talent to earn money for something special that she really wants.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-Amelia desperately wants the new status sneakers that everyone else has but her parents think they are too expensive. With thoughts of raising the money herself, she tries her hand at yo-yo repair, dog walking, and making greeting cards. Unfortunately, most of her business enterprises end in disaster. Clever and delightful illustrations add spark to the text, and Moss's wonderful imagination adds humor to everyday predicaments. Fans of the series as well as newcomers will appreciate how Amelia finally works out her problem.
Wendy S. Carroll, Montclair Cooperative School, NJ
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 3-5. When Amelia's mother refuses to get Amelia the expensive Lightscape/ Nightscape shoes that "everybody at school hasexcept me," Amelia decides to earn the money herself. Unfortunately, her first ventures meet with limited success: selling purple lemonade proves impossible, and walking three dogs at once, catastrophic. But as Amelia confides in her notebooks and muses about dream jobs, she eventually comes up with an idea that uses her skills, wins her friends' admiration, and makes a profit, too. Like other books in the popular Amelia's Notebook series, this features a hand-lettered, first-person text and colorful, naive drawings purported to be Amelia's, and as usual, Moss successfully voices the outlook and concerns of many children through her resourceful, yet vulnerable main character. Carolyn Phelan
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 38 pages
• Publisher: American Girl (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584850809
• ISBN-13: 978-1584850809
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #466,561 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

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Creative Book!, January 12, 2003

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Flora (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amelia Works It Out (Amelia (Paperback American Girl)) (Paperback)

This book is actually a journal of Amelia. I love to read her thoughts part, they are funny. If you love Amelia, this is a must have book for you!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST AMELIA BOOK EVER!, October 7, 2000

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Monica (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amelia Works It Out (Amelia (Paperback American Girl)) (Paperback)

In this book, Amelia really reminds me of myself when I ever find something I want to buy but then later think why I ever bought it! This book is great for people who want to earn money and then decide which is actually something you want to spend it on. All the Amelia's Notebooks were great, but this is the best ever!