Amelia's Boy Survival Guide

Amelia's Notebooks #28

by Marissa Moss

Crush alert! Boys enter the picture in this thirteenth book of the bestselling and perennially popular Amelia series.

Amelia can’t believe eighth grade is finally here! She knows this will be the most exciting year yet for her and her best friend, Carly. But a lot of the other girls are thinking about one thing, and one thing boys. Amelia has never wanted a boyfriend. Crushes are for the silly girls who are always fixing their hair and thinking about shopping and what to wear next…right? But when a nice boy named Gerald appears in her class, Amelia thinks she might like to go to the school dance with him. It would be fun to have someone to dance with—but can she work up the nerve to ask him? What if he says no? Is the possible reward worth the risk? There’s only one way to find out…

Once again, Marissa Moss tells a tale of wisdom gained in the humorous and human way that has earned her millions of loyal readers.

Genres: Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Childrens, Diary

80 pages, Hardcover

First published March 6, 2012

About the author

Marissa Moss has written more than seventy books, from picture books to middle-grade and young adult novels. Best known for the Amelia's Notebook series, her books are popular with teachers and children alike. Her picture book Barbed Wire Baseball won the California Book Award gold medal. Moss is also the founder of Creston Books, an independent children's publishing house.

Reviews

[Ria Ungson · Rating 3 out of 5]

amusing!

[Remy]

ugh, men

[Lu · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm glad I found this series of books. The reason I picked this to read is I want to see nowadays how teenage girls or pre-teen girls think about boys so to better understand my students. The author uses a very creative way of writing: used the notebook format and very likely hand wrote these words and drew the pictures herself. Very easy to read, and it's stand alone even without any knowledge of Amelia's previous stories. Like how author shows a candid view of Amelia's life as a 8th grader. Recommend to teens girls.

[azo · Rating 5 out of 5]

seruuu

[nauRa · Rating 4 out of 5]

buku ini cocok bgt buat kalian yg ngelamin cinta pertama or something like that. huhuhu disini kalian bakal ngeliat kebingungan dan kekikukan amelia pas pertama kali suka sama cowo di kelas 8. jadi sebenernya buku ini lebih ke sudut pandang cinta pertama di kelas 8 kali yaa? aku nangkep nya sih gituu. anw aku baca buku ini dengan jumlah 80an halaman dan ini abis dalam sehari. ilustrasi nya juga lucuu2 dan diary nya suka bikin readers ketawa hehehe :D and yaa ini recommend bgt buat teens girl 😯🆗💗 buku ini full english, but eng nya itu ringan dan mudah dipahami kok! 🐰

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the 28th book in the Amelia's Notebooks series by Marissa Moss. Our oldest discovered this series earlier this year and she really likes the journalized tales, so she was eager to borrow this book from our local library.

What she didn't realize is that Amelia has gotten older and more interested in boys in this installment. She begins eighth grade, and our fifth grader just wasn't ready for this one yet. She thought the boy crush focus of the story was 'icky' and refused to finish it. So, we will likely go back to reading the books in order, since the ones that we're on are more age-appropriate for her.

Still, it's a fun, fast read, and I would say that it's a very good book for an eighth grade girl to read.

[-TheBooksta- · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Amelia books, but I think they should be longer. 80 pages is just not enough for me. Other than that, the book was really good and realisitic :)

[Gabrielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THIS STUPID WEBSITE WON'T LET ME READ IT BUT I WANT TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!