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Stella Etc. #5
Amber Dan Hot Pepper Jelly
Selama ini Stella mengira dirinya cewek ABG paling pemalu di Portbay, tapi rupanya dia keliru, sebab sekarang ada Putri Pemalu paling baru, yaitu Amber, alias pelayan Kafe Shingles yang terkenal jutek. Rupanya Amber selalu memasang tampang jutek karena memang ia dianggap aneh, kikuk, dan sama sekali tak punya teman. Bisakah Stella, TJ, dan Rachel membantu Amber mendapatkan rasa percaya dirinya dan berubah dari pelayan kafe yang jutek menjadi cewek ABG menarik dan menyenangkan?
216 pages, Paperback
First published June 4, 2007
About the author
Karen McCombie
187 books196 followersKaren McCombie is a bestselling author of children's and young adult novels, and has had more than 90 books published. She is the author of the much-loved series 'Ally's World' (early 2000s) and her most recent books include the Carnegie-nominated historical adventure 'Little Bird Flies' (2019) and it's newly published partner novel 'Little Bird Lands' (2020, Nosy Crow Books), plus the 'St Grizzle's School' series for younger readers (Stripes). She has several books publishing in 2021.
Originally from Scotland, Karen lives in London with her husband, her teenage daughter and beautiful but bitey cat Dizzy.
Originally from Scotland, Karen lives in London with her husband, her teenage daughter and beautiful but bitey cat Dizzy.
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May 7, 2018
In this next book, Stella, TJ and Rachel are helping the campaign to save the chandelier from Joseph's house as the building is awaiting demolition after being boarded up ready. But just maybe Stella's mum working in marketing means she can help save the chandelier?
Meanwhike, Mrs Sticky Toffee predicts Stella will have a new friend, of which does slowly come into being as Amber the waitress from their cafe Shingle they always go to starts talking to her more after some strange cafe antics.
Stella realises though Amber can be a terrible waitress with getting orders wrong, but she also needs a hand getting a date for her family wedding to help her fit in with them better as Amber is nothing like her blonde sister's and manicured pooch and mum. Rachel just might be able to help Amber with not just her fashion and make-up advice, but by lending her brother or more like blackmailing her brother into helping out Amber!
Amber also says to Stella that Dyslexia, agoraphobia and SAD are conditions she suffers from but soon enough they question her on it and they discover Amber is just like them in her worries and trying to fit in...
Amber helps come up with new cafe name ideas, hers being hot pepper jelly with a game she makes to find suggestions as the Shingle cafe undergoes a revamp!
All about once again giving everyone a chance to prove themselves to each other and how friendship can spring between the most unlikely of people!
Meanwhike, Mrs Sticky Toffee predicts Stella will have a new friend, of which does slowly come into being as Amber the waitress from their cafe Shingle they always go to starts talking to her more after some strange cafe antics.
Stella realises though Amber can be a terrible waitress with getting orders wrong, but she also needs a hand getting a date for her family wedding to help her fit in with them better as Amber is nothing like her blonde sister's and manicured pooch and mum. Rachel just might be able to help Amber with not just her fashion and make-up advice, but by lending her brother or more like blackmailing her brother into helping out Amber!
Amber also says to Stella that Dyslexia, agoraphobia and SAD are conditions she suffers from but soon enough they question her on it and they discover Amber is just like them in her worries and trying to fit in...
Amber helps come up with new cafe name ideas, hers being hot pepper jelly with a game she makes to find suggestions as the Shingle cafe undergoes a revamp!
All about once again giving everyone a chance to prove themselves to each other and how friendship can spring between the most unlikely of people!
November 16, 2013
**GENERAL REVIEW FOR THE SERIES**
As a result of my devotion to McCombie's "Ally's World" series, I was very eager to read these books, to the point that I had my da order them for me online at a time when that wasn't really a thing. They weren't exactly easy to get my hands on. To this day, I'm still waiting to get voted off the island. Oh well.
I remember really enjoying the dynamic in these books between Stella's pursuit of new friendships, helping people in their hour of need, and trying to discover the history of her ancestors and how they connect her to the small, seaside town of Potbay.
The sad thing is, I'll never know how it ended. I never managed to get my hands on the seventh book. I eventually moved on to other books and by the time I saw it in a Waterstones while on holiday in Spain, I had outgrown the series and didn't bother. I also gave all of my Ally's World and Stella Etc. books to my younger cousin. A teeny tiny part of me regrets that now for the sake of my childhood and the fact that you simply don't see the books in shops anymore.
McCombie's books are highly recommended for the 9-12/13 age group and reluctant readers, serving as an excellent gateway to the wider world of reading.
As a result of my devotion to McCombie's "Ally's World" series, I was very eager to read these books, to the point that I had my da order them for me online at a time when that wasn't really a thing. They weren't exactly easy to get my hands on. To this day, I'm still waiting to get voted off the island. Oh well.
I remember really enjoying the dynamic in these books between Stella's pursuit of new friendships, helping people in their hour of need, and trying to discover the history of her ancestors and how they connect her to the small, seaside town of Potbay.
The sad thing is, I'll never know how it ended. I never managed to get my hands on the seventh book. I eventually moved on to other books and by the time I saw it in a Waterstones while on holiday in Spain, I had outgrown the series and didn't bother. I also gave all of my Ally's World and Stella Etc. books to my younger cousin. A teeny tiny part of me regrets that now for the sake of my childhood and the fact that you simply don't see the books in shops anymore.
McCombie's books are highly recommended for the 9-12/13 age group and reluctant readers, serving as an excellent gateway to the wider world of reading.
February 6, 2023
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April 7, 2023
Stella a ... byly knížky mého dětství.Byly zajímavé,vtipné pro teenagerky rozhodně to pravé.Oblíbila jsem si hlavně paní Lepkavou Karamelku,T.J. a Broskvičku i Ambra nebyla špatná ;D
January 20, 2015
Stella's new to the little town of Portbay, but she's already found some good friends in TJ, Rachel and Megan (and Bob, of course!) She tries to avoid the moody waitress who always gets her order wrong at the local cafe, but it turns out painfully shy Amber might need her help more than Stella realized.
Firstly, I'm really glad that the old cover is the thumbnail for this book. I absolutely love the old covers with all of Stella's friends on it, and I'm not entirely sure why. The new covers (I have this book with the new cover) are really pretty and shiny, but the old covers just appeal to me more.
Anyway.
As a 15 year old girl, I like all of Karen McCombie's books-they're sweet and easy to read, and you don't have to think too much about them. That being said, I wouldn't buy one for the full price-I always buy them from secondhand shops or borrow them from the library. The books are too young for me to pay four or five pounds for, and I usually read them once and then put them on my bookshelf for ages. Her books are kind of my guilty pleasure.
Like with all of her books, Amber and the Hot Pepper Jelly starts off well, drags in the middle quite a bit, and has a nice conclusion, with hints as to who the new friend Stella will meet in the next book is. The whole book being an email from Stella to Frankie is a good idea, although sometimes their emails can get a little repetitive (it's only for four or five pages of the book, anyway).
All of the characters are likeable, although some of the adults in the book just fall into being stereotypical nice guys with no real personality, and every character who was 'mean' at first ends up being genuinely nice at the end. But it's a kids book, so I don't really mind.
Stella, Etc as a series is definitely not amazing, or even that interesting, but it's quite relaxing to read them. Like I said, I'd definitely read all of the books, but only if they were from a secondhand shop or a library.
Firstly, I'm really glad that the old cover is the thumbnail for this book. I absolutely love the old covers with all of Stella's friends on it, and I'm not entirely sure why. The new covers (I have this book with the new cover) are really pretty and shiny, but the old covers just appeal to me more.
Anyway.
As a 15 year old girl, I like all of Karen McCombie's books-they're sweet and easy to read, and you don't have to think too much about them. That being said, I wouldn't buy one for the full price-I always buy them from secondhand shops or borrow them from the library. The books are too young for me to pay four or five pounds for, and I usually read them once and then put them on my bookshelf for ages. Her books are kind of my guilty pleasure.
Like with all of her books, Amber and the Hot Pepper Jelly starts off well, drags in the middle quite a bit, and has a nice conclusion, with hints as to who the new friend Stella will meet in the next book is. The whole book being an email from Stella to Frankie is a good idea, although sometimes their emails can get a little repetitive (it's only for four or five pages of the book, anyway).
All of the characters are likeable, although some of the adults in the book just fall into being stereotypical nice guys with no real personality, and every character who was 'mean' at first ends up being genuinely nice at the end. But it's a kids book, so I don't really mind.
Stella, Etc as a series is definitely not amazing, or even that interesting, but it's quite relaxing to read them. Like I said, I'd definitely read all of the books, but only if they were from a secondhand shop or a library.
October 5, 2011
Like the other Stella Etc. books, this one is fun to read but kinda boring. Everytime I read them, I felt like I couldn't finish it. I read them because I got nothing else to read. But I love reading Stella and Frankie's emails, and I love Bob.
April 15, 2011
416th - 2011
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