Still struggling with her parent's divorce at the start of fourth grade, Amber Brown prepares for the new school year by planning to win a new best friend at any cost. Reprint. AB. J. H.
Amber Brown Goes Fourth ANNOTATION Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce.
FROM THE PUBLISHER It's a new school year, and Amber Brown is on the lookout for a new best friend and a way to deal with her parents' recent divorce. Using funny dialogue and great characters, Paula Danziger explores common issues for young children. Illustrations. FROM THE CRITICS Children's Literature - Marilyn Courtot It is tough, Amber's best friend Justin has moved away and she will be starting fourth grade on her own-with no best friend. Life is full of changes, and now her Mom is dating Max and it looks pretty serious. Amber and Brandi find out that they enjoy each other's company and decided to be friends, maybe even best friends. Amber is not ready to meet Max, but she knows that he is making her Mom happy and the story ends on that note. The fast paced, breezy text is very much on target with today's families. Young girls in the third and fourth grade will understand and sympathize with Amber Brown. 1996 (orig.
School Library Journal Gr 3-4-In the third entry of this popular series, Amber Brown begins fourth grade without her best friend, Justin, who has moved. Still unhappy over her parents' divorce, she doesn't want to meet the man her mother is seeing. To top it off, instead of going to Justin's house after school, she has to go to Elementary Extension. Determined not to let her problems get her down, she makes a new friend (after a few false starts), participates in a burping contest, and eventually realizes that her mother, too, needs to move on with her life. Reluctant and beginning readers will be drawn in by Danziger's present-tense, staccato style and by the short chapters. Kids coping with problems similar to Amber's will find encouragement, sympathy, and an upbeat way of taking responsibility for solving them. Entertaining and satisfying, this is a first purchase, whether or not the rest of the series is owned.-Connie Parker, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Cleveland, OH
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