Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit
Illustrator
Tony Ross ; Jacqueline Rogers
Publisher
Little Apple Paperbacks
Publication Year
1996
ISBN
9780142410493
Pages
144 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Amber Brown is in deep trouble. Lately, no matter what she does, it isn't enough. She straightens up her room, sort of. She does her homework, well most of it. And she agrees to meet Max, her mother's new boyfriend, but she doesn't agree to like him. Now her mother is angry, her teacher wants all of her homework, and Max keeps trying to make her laugh. What's Amber to do? All she wants is a little extra credit. She really tries ... But how will she succeed?
Grade Level
K-3; 3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Divorce; Separation; divorced parents; separated parents; separate homes
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
divorced parents
Awards
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
ABC Children's Booksellers Choices Award, 1997, Winner, Beginning Readers
Parents' Choice Award, 1996, Gold, Story Book
Keywords
school; homework; friends; moving; meeting new people
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Danziger, Paula, "Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit" (1996). Diverse Families. 965.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/965