Readers will understand Amelia's wish to put her ``top secret'' thoughts on paper, and they'll notice that even though she's uneasy about attending a different school, she's starting over successfully. I believe it!'') and jokes in classic elementary-school gross-out fashion. Why would a dumb notebook make me feel better, Amelia thinks. In appropriately conversational terms, Amelia complains that her big sister invades her privacy (``So Cleo if you are reading this right now-BUG OFF and STAY OUT'') gripes about cafeteria food (``Henna says they use dog food. Dear Teen Me from author Marissa Moss (AMELIAS NOTEBOOK series, MIRAS DIARY. When Amelia’s mom gives her a journal for her birthday, she finally has a place to share her truest feelings at lastNine-year-old Amelia’s mother gives her a blank notebook to write down her thoughts and tells her it will make her feel better. She misses her best friend, Nadia, but her moments of sadness are balanced by optimism-she distracts herself by drawing and by writing short stories. readers featuring a young writer named Amelia, beginning with Amelia's Notebook. Moss (Mel's Diner) designs this upbeat, first-person story to resemble a real diary the cover bears the familiar black-and-white abstract design of a composition book, decorated with color cartoons by Amelia, the book's nine-year-old ``author.'' Inside, on lined pages, Amelia writes about her recent move to a new town, doodles pictures of people she meets and saves such mementos as postage stamps and a birthday candle. Creating Marissa Moss, award-winning children's author and illustrator.
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