Amelia Rules!
#4 - When the Past is a Present
Simon and Schuster,
2011? Series
- Price
- ?
- Pages
- 184
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Brand
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Atheneum A
- ISBN
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from the trade paperback edition
Funny Story
Amelia Rules! / comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Amelia; Tanner (Amelia's aunt); Mary McBride (Amelia's mother); Reggie; Rhonda; Reenie; Pajamaman; Bill; Mary Violet; Mrs. Kadingo
- Synopsis
- Amelia is horrified that her recently-divorced mother is going on a date. Reggie offers to help Amelia spy on the couple, and their expedition turns into a disaster for all concerned.
- Keywords
- Babysitter; divorce; family; kids; Pennsylvania; tween
The Runaways
Amelia Rules! / comic story / 42 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Amelia; Sunday; Rhonda; Reggie; Kyle; Tanner
- Synopsis
- Facing the first day of school, the kids are tempted to run away, but tough it out anyway. Amelia remembers a time when she and Sunday tried running away. Tanner is stunned to find her albums in the remaindered bin in her own hometown, but like the kids she finally faces the reality of the situation. She continues to make music on her own.
- Keywords
- Elementary school; kids; Manhattan; music; New York City; Pennsylvania; runaways; tween
The Things I Cannot Change
Amelia Rules! / comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Amelia; Kyle; Tanner; Mrs. McBride; Joan; Hannigan; Captain Driscoll; Mrs. Driscoll; priest
- Synopsis
- Kyle invites Amelia on her first date, to a dance at the Catholic school. Amelia and Hannigan try to support Joan, whose father is being deployed overseas for a one-year assignment in a war zone.
- Keywords
- Army; Catholic school; dance; family; father; kids; Pennsylvania; tween
When the Past is a Present
Amelia Rules! / comic story / 30 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Amelia; Tanner; Mrs. McBride; Reggie; Rhonda; Joan; Pajmaman; Mary Violet; Arthur T. Fletcher; Louise Fletcher; John Fletcher; Edna Fletcher; Sarah Fletcher; Jerry Fletcher; Grace Fletcher; Grandfather McBride
- Synopsis
- In response to Amelia's questions, Tanner and Mary dig out a box of family keepsakes and tell her the story of their family history, from their first arrival in America around 1900 up to the birth of Amelia.
- Keywords
- Family; genealogy; kids; newspaper comic strip; tween
Indexer Notes
Much of the story is told through comic strips mimicking popular strips from the appropriate time period.
Hangin' Out
Amelia Rules! / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Amelia; Reggie; Rhonda; Kyle; Pajamaman
- Synopsis
- Several of Amelia's friends arrive at her house, all with different reasons for doing so, and Reggie expatiates on the glories (and definition) of hanging out.
- Keywords
- Kids; Pennsylvania; tween
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Table of Contents
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Funny Story
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The Runaways
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The Things I Cannot Change
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When the Past is a Present
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Hangin' Out
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- Kirk House
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