Amber Brown sees red / Paula Danziger ; illustrated by Tony Ross.
Record details
- ISBN: 0590947281 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1439553149 : PBD
- Physical Description: 116 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic, 1998, c1997.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Little Apple paperback." |
Summary, etc.: | The year that she is in the fourth grade is a difficult one for Amber, as she tries to deal with escalating telephone fights between her divorced parents and her father's impending return to take joint custody of her. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Divorce > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction. Divorce > Fiction. Schools > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 10 of 10 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Ansonia Public Library | J.E CHER DANZIGER (Text) | 34045129009184 | Juvenile Paperback | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | J TRANS DAN (Text) | 34047092165860 | Juvenile Paperback | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | J FIC DAN (Text) | 34026109033949 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Gunn Memorial Library - Washington | JPB DAN (Text) | 34055086566373 | Juvenile Paperback | Available | - |
Minor Memorial Library - Roxbury | J FIC DANZIGER (Text) | 33630137024068 | Juvenile Paperback | Available | - |
Minor Memorial Library - Roxbury | J FIC LIEB (Text) | 33630137024027 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Putnam Public Library | j DANZIGER (Text) | 33610117277944 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Thompson Public Library | J Danziger (Text) | 34038118967686 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Tolland Public Library | J DAN (Text) | 34051111155944 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Tolland Public Library | J DAN LEVEL N (Text) | 34051114860045 | Juvenile Guided Reading Level | Available | - |
Publishers Weekly Review
Amber Brown Sees Red
Publishers Weekly
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Danziger's irrepressible heroine feels torn between her future stepdad (who is there when she needs him) and her absentee father (who now wants custody). Two bookmarks of Amber in distress come with each copy. Ages 7-10. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
BookList Review
Amber Brown Sees Red
Booklist
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Gr. 2^-4. In the latest chapter book about Amber Brown, she is going through a growth spurt and is enjoying fourth grade, but her divorced parents are behaving like children in their telephone battles about their joint custody of her. She hates feeling split between them. She also hates, hates, hates her new haircut. She likes her mother's fiance, but she worries about her loyalty to her dad, who is coming back from Europe to live near her. The first-person, present-tense narrative gets exactly right the fourth-grader's mix of feelings, her focus on the trivial, the gross, and the essential. Readers will welcome the combination of farce and tenderness, the honesty about anger and hurt and love. --Hazel Rochman
The Horn Book Review
Amber Brown Sees Red
The Horn Book
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In this fifth book about the spunky and sophisticated Amber, Amber's father returns from France; her parents' immature, although realistic, bickering escalates; and Amber continues to get used to her mother's fiancé, Max. The plot is predictable and less fresh than in the earlier books, but still believable and quite contemporary. Black-and-white drawings are included. From HORN BOOK 1997, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
School Library Journal Review
Amber Brown Sees Red
School Library Journal
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Gr 2-4ÂWhile a sequel is often weaker than the original, this book is stronger than its predecessors. After her parents' divorce and a variety of other changes, Amber Brown wishes something, if only her growing body, could stay the same. But nothing does. She has a new best friend, Brandi, with whom she becomes stranded on a school bus because their school has been invaded by a skunk family. Max, her mother's fiancé, rescues them and takes them for a fun day at the mall. While Amber is still reluctant to see him as a future stepfather, she does reflect on how he is there when she needs him, unlike her father, who has been living in France. Things change again when he decides to return to New Jersey and seek joint custody of his daughter. Her parents begin fighting long distance, upsetting Amber until she "sees red." Ross's black-and-white cartoons help convey the character's feelings. Real emotion is mixed with comic relief, creating colorful characters in a lively story that will attract new fans and old ones alike.ÂJackie Hechtkopf, Talent House School, Fairfax, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.