Gownley, Jimmy

Moving in with her Aunt Tanner with her mother after her parents' divorce, Amelia spends her time surrounded by an unusual group of misfits, including Pajamaman, a boy who never speaks or changes out of his sleepwear, as she comments on her life, her friends, her family situation, and the world around her.

Aunt Tanner disappears when she is humiliated by an ex-boyfriend's tell-all book and Amelia goes into full panic mode.

A collection of comic stories featuring nine-year-old Amelia, who has moved from Manhattan to a small town in the wake of her parent's divorce, and her fourth-grade friends are the Gathering of Awesome Super Pals, otherwise known as G.A.S.P.

Amelia faces more changes as her beloved Aunt Tanner is moving, her new friend Trish is hiding a terrible secret and superhero-wannabe Reggies has vowed to destroy the evil Legion of Steves.

When a good friend reveals that her father will be sent to a dangerous country with his job in the military, Amelia starts thinking about her own family, her past, and what it means for the present.

While trying to figure out the meaning of life, Amelia learns that even when the world is scary and life is as mystifying as ever, some things, such as friends, do last.

Amelia recalls her first days at Joe McCarthy Elementary, where she is in the fourth grade.

Nine-year-old Amelia and her friends form G.A.S.P., the Gathering of Awesome Super Pals, and dress up as superheroes in an attempt to deal with the bullies in their neighborhood.

Amelia McBride and her friends at Joe McCarthy Elementary School try to figure out how to be popular, or at least not to be unpopular.