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Amelia's Notebooks #22
Vote 4 Amelia
Make your vote count, and vote for Amelia with this engaging Amelia story about student government!
Amelia’s best friend Carly decides to run for student body president and Amelia joins the election fever as a candidate for secretary. Running for office is fun until someone starts taking down Carly’s campaign signs and Carly’s main opponent begins spreading lies about her around the school. Can Amelia save her friend’s reputation and the election?
Amelia’s best friend Carly decides to run for student body president and Amelia joins the election fever as a candidate for secretary. Running for office is fun until someone starts taking down Carly’s campaign signs and Carly’s main opponent begins spreading lies about her around the school. Can Amelia save her friend’s reputation and the election?
80 pages, Hardcover
First published September 11, 2007
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Marissa Moss
114 books263 followersMarissa 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.
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March 1, 2023
Most of the Amelia notebooks are on point, but the fatphobia in this one was horrible. I'm glad I didn't read it as a kid along with the others actually.
January 29, 2014
I read these books a ton when I was a kid. I loved them. You read them and you're like, "Hell, YEAH I want to keep a notebook!" In fact, I'm pretty sure that I did. And tried to make all these cute little drawings, but you lose interest kind of fast.
However, I remembered the books being more FUN than this one. And maybe it was just this one inparticular, because it was about an election. The political submessages in this one were terrible though. On and on about how candy is evil and it will make you gain weight. And the boy that was promising the multitudes of candy machines for the school was painted as this really vicious boy who broke the rules and did what he had to so he could win. It was a very "down with bad food" kind of propaganda.
Which... ok isn't a bad message, but it totally negates what the Amelia books were about (or at least what I remember.) I remember Amelia books being a girl, writing down all of her feelings and thoughts in comics. And maybe they did have a beat you over the head message that I had just missed as a kid, but I don't think so. I think the author wrote this installment for no other reason than to further her own agenda.
However, I remembered the books being more FUN than this one. And maybe it was just this one inparticular, because it was about an election. The political submessages in this one were terrible though. On and on about how candy is evil and it will make you gain weight. And the boy that was promising the multitudes of candy machines for the school was painted as this really vicious boy who broke the rules and did what he had to so he could win. It was a very "down with bad food" kind of propaganda.
Which... ok isn't a bad message, but it totally negates what the Amelia books were about (or at least what I remember.) I remember Amelia books being a girl, writing down all of her feelings and thoughts in comics. And maybe they did have a beat you over the head message that I had just missed as a kid, but I don't think so. I think the author wrote this installment for no other reason than to further her own agenda.
January 16, 2014
Title:Vote 4 Amelia
Author: Marissa Moss
This book is about a girl and her friend Amelia trying to get picked to be school president. The rules were that you couldn't cheat by pulling off other peoples posters to help support their chance for getting elected. When Amelia starts to realize that some of the posters that she made were missing. She tried to blame it on one boy who was also running but no one believed her because they liked him better.
The main character in this book was Amelia who was trying to help her best friend win the election.
I didn't really like this book because I didn't feel that it was at the right level to be in middle school library since it had like 25 at least on a page, then pictures.
This would be a good book for those who can't read the best and it's a good practice reading book.
Author: Marissa Moss
This book is about a girl and her friend Amelia trying to get picked to be school president. The rules were that you couldn't cheat by pulling off other peoples posters to help support their chance for getting elected. When Amelia starts to realize that some of the posters that she made were missing. She tried to blame it on one boy who was also running but no one believed her because they liked him better.
The main character in this book was Amelia who was trying to help her best friend win the election.
I didn't really like this book because I didn't feel that it was at the right level to be in middle school library since it had like 25 at least on a page, then pictures.
This would be a good book for those who can't read the best and it's a good practice reading book.
March 9, 2012
This was a pretty good book. I loved how it looked like a journal. There were drawings in it that looked like someone drew them there, and they went with the story. How cute! It was really colorful and fun so it made me want to read it. My favorite part was when Amelia started to talk about her friend and show how loud and outgoing she was, because I have a friend like that. The book didn't really connect to my life, though, because we don't have class president & stuff like that at our school.
November 22, 2008
This book was a very easy read but dull
February 26, 2009
Vote 4 Marrissa Moss as a good author!!!
January 17, 2010
I think this is a good book to read right now for me because I'm class president in my class. I liked how the book was made so it looked like Amelia's journal.
September 11, 2011
A great childrens book , i love this series .
May 22, 2012
I liked this book. will carly become the president of the school? read this book to find out.
March 7, 2016
Cute book about a school election! Great series for girls!
March 15, 2009
1 of my favs!
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