best friends forever, best friends fighting, best friends for now?
Moss, Marissa
When Amelia's old best friend, Nadia, from California comes for a visit, Amelia doesn't realize that Nadia and her new best friend, Carly, may not get along.
Amelia is excited to start eighth grade and while the other girls are focused on boys and crushes, Amelia ponders asking Gerald, a new boy in her class, to the school dance.
Ten-year-old Amelia keeps a journal of the summer car trip she takes with her mother and sister to Grand Canyon, Death Valley, and their California home town to visit Amelia's best friend.
not one but four! : Boston, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia
Moss, Marissa
Explores the causes of the American Revolutionary War, focusing on the Boston Tea Party which had inspired other towns to dump their tea from the ships in the ports in order to fight the unfair tax on it.
From 1774 to 1776, Emma describes in her journal her stay in Boston, where she witnesses the British blockade and spies for the American militia. Features hand-printed text, drawings, and marginal notes.