Paula Danziger
11) I, Amber Brown
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Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she is a piece of jointly-owned property.
12) Little women
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The classic story of the March family whose 4 daughters are growing up in New England in the mid-1800s. There are numerous sequels, for example, Little Men and Jo's Boys. Annotation. Little Women is the heartwarming story of the March family that has thrilled generations of readers. It is the story of four sisters--Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth-- and of the courage, humor and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during...
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"Amber and her best friend Justin are spending the summer at Camp Cushetunk and Amber is having a great time learning to ride and take care of Cinnamon, the sweetest horse ever. Then, Amber becomes the target of pranks; certain that she knows who is behind them, she and her friends plot revenge. Things don't turn out quite as planned and the campers soon learn that horsing around can lead to real trouble -- but sometimes trouble can change things...
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Fourth-grader Amber Brown is excited--her mom is finally remarrying to her boyfriend Max and her best friend Justin and second-best friends Brandi and Kelly are coming to the wedding. Then her mother has to go changing her plans--just a small wedding without a reception party--the perfect wedding dress is so hard to find, and Amber's biological dad makes fun of Max one too many times.
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Young Amber Brown's dance partner, Bobby Clifford, is famous for inventing the "Burping Olympics," but that is the least of all Amber's stresses. Her divorced dad is dating her dance teacher, Miss Isobel; her mom is moving houses with her boyfriend, Max; and her best friend has moved away. Unless Amber can learn to move with the changes in her life, she will be bowled under.