Dream On, Amber
Illustrator
Helen Crawford-White
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781492635925
Pages
288 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
As a half-Japanese, half-Italian girl with a ridiculous name, Amber's not feeling molto bene (very good) about making friends at her new school. But the hardest thing about being Amber is that a part of her is missing. Her dad. He left when she was little and he isn't coming back...not for her first day of middle school and not for her little sister's birthday. So Amber will have to dream up a way for the Miyamoto sisters to make it on their own.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Divorce; Separation; Interracial; Biracial; Single Parent; separated parents; divorced parents; single mother; biracial child; mixed race
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
Italian / Japanese
Family Formation
single mother
Keywords
school; siblings; imagination; art; family life
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Shevah, Emma, "Dream On, Amber" (2016). Diverse Families. 971.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/971