Amelia's Book of Notes & Note Passing (Amelia's Notebook) [Hardcover]

Marissa Moss (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 21, 2006 | Age Level: 10 and up | Series: Amelia's Notebook

A Note from the Author -- Amelia!

"Here's another note in a notebook FULL of notes -- good ones, mean ones, ones passed in class, and ones that show you who your true friends are. Trust me, it's a notable experience."

-- me, Amelia

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 3-5. When Maxine, a tall, stylish student from Los Angeles, joins the sixth-grade class, Amelia is polite but uninterested in the newcomer. Soon, though, Maxine comes between Amelia and her best friend, Carly. Meanwhile, a series of mean, anonymous notes hurt Amelia more than she wants to admit out loud, but she sets down her pain, loneliness, and anger in her notebook. Though the scene in which several victims of the poison-pen notes take their revenge seems morally ambiguous, this true-to-school-life, first-person story, illustrated with color and verve, will no doubt have Amelia's fans firmly in her corner. Carolyn Phelan
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About the Author

Marissa Moss is the  creator of the bestselling and perenially popular AMELIA series. She lives with her family in Berkeley, California.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books (March 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689874464
• ISBN-13: 978-0689874468
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #580,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #72 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Issues > Popularity

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 i absolutely think amelia books are awesome!, May 3, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Amelia's Book of Notes & Note Passing (Amelia's Notebook) (Hardcover)

Amelia books are truly funny and cool. sometimes she makes you laugh out loud at things she's saying about her sister's jelly roll nose (sounds weird but you have to read the book)! she makes you laugh at anything really. And after reading this i went and got all the rest of her books at the library!

4.0 out of 5 stars Ending Gossip and Mean Girl Tactics, July 9, 2007

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Julie Jordan Scott "Writer, Life Coach - Owne... (Bakersfield, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amelia's Book of Notes & Note Passing (Amelia's Notebook) (Hardcover)

Amelia takes on the topic of gossip and mean-girls behavior in this installation of her adventures. It serves the reader in several ways - to teach girls NOT to write mean notes and also to help the healing process to those girls who have been a victim of "mean girls"... of which, unfortunately, there are too many.

My daughters have both loved the Amelia books. They are a great segue between the "babyish" picture books and chapter books - and even as the girls get older, they enjoy seeing what Amelia is up to in her notebooks.

I appreciate the encouragement to keep a notebook, to write about life in general not unlike Harriet the Spy did when I was a little girl.

I am glad to see it is coming out in paperback. I was a bit disappointed to have spent $10 on a book my daughter read in less than an hour.

5.0 out of 5 stars More poignant, funny work from Amelia!, April 17, 2006

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This review is from: Amelia's Book of Notes & Note Passing (Amelia's Notebook) (Hardcover)

AMELIA'S BOOK OF NOTES AND NOTE PASSING is another example of Marissa Moss' ability to capture the agonies and ecstasies of early adolescence. >From the self consciousness that comes from being told your hair cut is not cool, to the rage aroused by being put down by a phony, manipulative "mean girl" and the satisfaction of regaining a best friend, Ms. Moss chronicles every nuance of Amelia's inner and outer life. As always, her writing is accompanied by witty and perceptive drawings, as well as a story within a story. A wonderful addition to an impressive oeuvre!