E, My Name Is Emily [Library Binding]

Norma Fox Mazer (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up

With the help of her best friend, eighth grader Emily Boots begins to come to terms with her parents' divorce.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Mazer's newest addition to her alphabetically titled series is a sequel to B, My Name Is Bunny . Here, best friend Emily takes a star turn, as she clings to an "impossible dream"--that her remarried, relocated father will come home for good. But Emily's tenuous hold on that vision is threatened when her struggling, overworked mother begins dating Mr. Linaberry, their landlord. Emily concocts a rather devious plan to stall their romance, and for assistance she turns to Mr. Linaberry's unsuspecting nephew, a precocious 12-year-old who worships her. As in D, My Name Is Danita, readers will identify with the agony of yearning for an absent father. Mazer's light-handed approach is again in evidence here, providing an engrossing and pleasurable read for middle graders. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-7-- Mazer makes a smooth transition from B, My Name Is Bunny (Scholastic, 1987)--although the cover photos do not--in this lightweight story about the other half of a pair of best friends. Emily is the shy and serious one who has to deal with romance problems in her own life and in her mother's. Emily's dilemma is humorous--a cute and funny boy has fallen for her but he's too young and much too devoted. A foil to this plot is Emily's mother's growing relationship with their landlord, a man Emily dislikes. Unfortunately, the adult characters are so weak that the story is unbalanced--readers will have just as hard a time believing the mother's attraction to this guy as Emily does. Emily's father is another disappointment in characterization, although her pain and concerns about her long-distance relationship with him are handled with sensitivity. As long as the focus is on adolescents, the conversational narrative, enhanced with letters, phone calls, and diary entries, is refreshingly real. Nothing substantial, but an entertaining step up from those ever-present series books. --Susan Oliver, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 167 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Trade (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590436538
• ISBN-13: 978-0590436533
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,910,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

NORMA FOX MAZER is the award-winning author of many novels for young people. She has been honored with the Christopher Award, a Newbery Honor, the Edgar Allen Poe Award, and a National Book Award nomination. She and her husband, novelist Harry Mazer, divide their time between Jamesville, New York, and New York City.

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5.0 out of 5 stars e my name is emily, October 25, 2010

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This review is from: E, My Name Is Emily (Library Binding)

the book e my name is emily is about a girl who goes through every day issues alot of people go through them and i think its a grreat book because it will either help you get opver somthings that you cant let go or just to have a great laugh i think that it is a great book to sit down to just read and laugh at all the things that we may get mad about and then look back and laugh about it is just one of those book to read and enjoy and help you to relax i couldnt put the book down when i first read it