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I, Amber Brown

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Even when her parents are simply exasperating, Amber Brown is always bold, bright, and colorful. #Amber Brown is out now on Apple TV+
Amber Brown loves the holidays. The shopping, the wrapping, the unwrapping. She isn't having any troubles with gifts, but life is another story. She's so happy that her dad has moved back to New Jersey, but her mom isn't. It means the beginning of shared custody, and that means more fighting.
Amber feels as if half of her belongs to her mom and half belongs to her dad, and that doesn't feel good at all.Then her mom says she can't get her ears pierced, but her dad doesn't know that.
Amber makes a decision. Something has to belong to her, so why shouldn't it be her ears?
Full of the fun, humor, and punny dialogue Paul Danziger's famous for, this is a winning entry in the ever popular series.
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    • Library Journal

      November 1, 1999
      Gr 2-4-That feisty, observant child is back. She now refers to herself as "I, Amber Brown" because she feels as though she's losing her identity because of all the recent changes in her life. Her mother and soon-to-be-stepfather, Max, are celebrating Hanukkah along with Christmas this year and anticipating their new life together. Her father has moved back to town from Paris and is getting an apartment nearby with a room for Amber. Seeking control over her life and her body, she tricks him into taking her to get her ears pierced. After the deed is done (Dad didn't know that Mom had forbidden it), her parents must work out a plan for dealing with other everyday issues that are bound to come up with joint custody. In the end, they are able to let Amber know that she is her own person, and that they both love her and are willing to try to do a better job together. The enormously popular heroine once again brings insightful verbalization to what life is like for kids today. Ross's black-and-white drawings are scattered throughout the short chapters. Readers who haven't read the earlier stories will enjoy this one, and then look for Amber's other escapades.-Sharon R. Pearce, Geronimo Public School, OK

      Copyright 1999 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      October 15, 1999
      Gr. 3^-6. More than anything, nine-year-old Amber wants to have her ears pierced, but her mother is adamantly against it. Unfortunately, her father doesn't know this when he takes her to the mall, and her parents' new joint-custody arrangement suffers a major conflict. In addition to adjusting to a new living situation, Amber's friend Justin has moved away, and her mother is planning to remarry. Up to her usual tricks and more, Amber puzzles over the difficulties of loving two adults who no longer love each other: "There should be a rulebook for kids of divorced parents with every little thing listed that we have to remember." Full of Amber's puns and laugh-out-loud situational humor, this is also a deft handling of a very difficult yet common childhood dilemma. Amber's fans will laugh, squirm, and sympathize with Amber, and they'll be anxiously awaiting the next installment. ((Reviewed October 15, 1999))(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 1999, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2000
      Nine-year-old Amber Brown discovers that the holidays are different when you live in two houses. Max, her mom's fiance, brings the celebration of Hanukkah to her mom's house. And her dad has rented an apartment in another family's house--more changes to get used to. Amber continues to be a likable character involved in realistic conflicts. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings.

      (Copyright 2000 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • ATOS Level:3.7
  • Lexile® Measure:600
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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