The Private Thoughts of Amelia E. Rye

by Bonnie Shimko

"All a person needs in life is one true friend." So says Grandpa Thomas, the only member of Amelia's family who cares about her one bit. That true friend finally arrives when Fancy Nelson, the first Negro kid Amelia has ever seen in person, walks into her fourth grade classroom. As Fancy's special sort of magic rubs off on Amelia, she slowly comes to understand her trainwreck family and her place in it-and Fancy discovers a surprising secret about...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374361312
• ISBN13: 9780374361310
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9