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Amelia's Notebooks #18
Amelia's Longest, Biggest, Most-Fights-Ever Family Reunion
* A Note from the Author -- Amelia!
" When Dad wanted me to come to his BIG family reunion, I couldn't say no, but for me it wasn't a party -- it was being thrown in with a bunch of complete strangers! It's hard enough dealing with my sister, Cleo, but getting to know a whole new -- and plenty strange -- family -- OMG!"
-- me, Amelia
" When Dad wanted me to come to his BIG family reunion, I couldn't say no, but for me it wasn't a party -- it was being thrown in with a bunch of complete strangers! It's hard enough dealing with my sister, Cleo, but getting to know a whole new -- and plenty strange -- family -- OMG!"
-- me, Amelia
80 pages, Hardcover
First published May 23, 2006
About the author
Marissa Moss
118 books264 followersMarissa Moss has written more than seventy books, from picture books to middle-grade and young adult novels. Best known for the Amelia's Notebook series, her books are popular with teachers and children alike. Her picture book Barbed Wire Baseball won the California Book Award gold medal. Moss is also the founder of Creston Books, an independent children's publishing house.
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February 21, 2013Amelia's Longest Biggest Most Fights Ever Family Reunion, written by Marissa Moss, is a graphic novel about a BIG ole family reunion that takes place down in Dallas, Texas.
The novel starts out by talking about how Amelia and Cleo were left by their father when Cleo was two years old. Amelia grew curious about the whereabouts of her father and finally writes him a letter. He writes Amelia back and says that he lives in Chicago. Amelia and Cleo's dad had remarried to a woman named Clara. Amelia and Cleo now had a little half brother named George who was a baby. When it was just Amelia, Cleo, their mom, and that side of the family, their family was relatively small. Now , Amelia and Cleo are apart of a HUGE family through their dad's side, and that side of the family is have a big reunion down in Dallas. Cleo is really excited about it, but Amelia is dreading everything about it including the plane ride. It is Amelia and Cleo's first plane ride together, and Amelia is nervous about sitting with Cleo. When the two of them touched down in Dallas, they went with their Dad, Clara, and George to get cowboy hats. Then, they all made their way to the hotel. Amelia was mad that she had to share a bed with snoring, Cleo. After getting settled in at the hotel, they go eat at a real tex mex restaurant. Their dad answers a lot of questions, but Amelia gets really upset in the middle of dinner when Clara asks how she is doing. Amelia throws her napkin to the ground and storms off to the bathroom. Her dad ends up coming and and saying that they needed to go rest up because the reunion was the next day. Amelia's dad says that their is going to be hay rides, square dancing, and barbecue. At the family reunion the next day, there are a lot of unfamiliar faces. Cleo is just excited to see Justin. Amelia feels kind of left out, so she stands by George's stroller most of the time. During all of the chaos, Amelia wishes that she hadn't left her journal at the hotel since writing normally made her feel better. However in the afternoon, Amelia makes friends with Tara who is out playing with the horses too. There are fun games in the afternoon, and Amelia realizes that everyone including her is just trying to find their place. When the day is over, the crew heads back to the hotel. Amelia and Cleo tell each other that they're glad that they came. At the end, Amelia leaves 10 tips about how to survive family get togethers.
I really enjoyed reading this book although it was a little difficult to follow. The cartoon graphics add to the novel, but they're also quite distracting. At some points, I didn't really know where I should start reading next. As far as the subject matters goes, I would say that this book touches on a few sore subjects such as divorce. This wouldn't be an appropriate book for a young audience since little children don't really know what to think about a divorce or how to deal with one. I want to read more of these books in the series though!
The novel starts out by talking about how Amelia and Cleo were left by their father when Cleo was two years old. Amelia grew curious about the whereabouts of her father and finally writes him a letter. He writes Amelia back and says that he lives in Chicago. Amelia and Cleo's dad had remarried to a woman named Clara. Amelia and Cleo now had a little half brother named George who was a baby. When it was just Amelia, Cleo, their mom, and that side of the family, their family was relatively small. Now , Amelia and Cleo are apart of a HUGE family through their dad's side, and that side of the family is have a big reunion down in Dallas. Cleo is really excited about it, but Amelia is dreading everything about it including the plane ride. It is Amelia and Cleo's first plane ride together, and Amelia is nervous about sitting with Cleo. When the two of them touched down in Dallas, they went with their Dad, Clara, and George to get cowboy hats. Then, they all made their way to the hotel. Amelia was mad that she had to share a bed with snoring, Cleo. After getting settled in at the hotel, they go eat at a real tex mex restaurant. Their dad answers a lot of questions, but Amelia gets really upset in the middle of dinner when Clara asks how she is doing. Amelia throws her napkin to the ground and storms off to the bathroom. Her dad ends up coming and and saying that they needed to go rest up because the reunion was the next day. Amelia's dad says that their is going to be hay rides, square dancing, and barbecue. At the family reunion the next day, there are a lot of unfamiliar faces. Cleo is just excited to see Justin. Amelia feels kind of left out, so she stands by George's stroller most of the time. During all of the chaos, Amelia wishes that she hadn't left her journal at the hotel since writing normally made her feel better. However in the afternoon, Amelia makes friends with Tara who is out playing with the horses too. There are fun games in the afternoon, and Amelia realizes that everyone including her is just trying to find their place. When the day is over, the crew heads back to the hotel. Amelia and Cleo tell each other that they're glad that they came. At the end, Amelia leaves 10 tips about how to survive family get togethers.
I really enjoyed reading this book although it was a little difficult to follow. The cartoon graphics add to the novel, but they're also quite distracting. At some points, I didn't really know where I should start reading next. As far as the subject matters goes, I would say that this book touches on a few sore subjects such as divorce. This wouldn't be an appropriate book for a young audience since little children don't really know what to think about a divorce or how to deal with one. I want to read more of these books in the series though!
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May 1, 2014Amelia's Longest Biggest Most Fights Ever Family Reunion, written by Marissa Moss, is a graphic novel about a BIG ole family reunion that takes place down in Dallas, Texas. The cover art instantly caught my attention and I think it would easily do the same to many younger girl readers. I really enjoyed reading this book although at some times I had a little trouble trying to follow the story. The cartoon graphics add to the novel, but they're also quite distracting. I did enjoy looking at the illustrations but at times they took my attention away from the writing. At some points, I didn't really know where I should start reading next because my attention had been lost. As far as the subject matters goes, I would say that this book touches on a few sore subjects such as divorce which could be hard for some children to read about, but others could really connect to this subject so it just depends on the child's home life. This wouldn't be an appropriate book for a young audience since little children don't know how to deal with the thought of divorce or do not need to be reading deep into the subject. With all this said I really did find the book quit entertaining and would really enjoy reading more of the the series!
July 2, 2008
Another Amelia journal/book. I love them, even though sometimes they seem a bit too long, and I begin to lose interest by the end.
January 30, 2014
I love the Amelia notebook series but maybe I've read enough of them. This book was good but it wasn't "Oh my goodness, you've GOT to read this book" good.
February 26, 2009
Reminds you how a real family is!!! (not on TV)
May 15, 2009
so fun, and real!
August 2, 2013
I love Amelia books they are awesome.
August 7, 2015
Also interesting
May 21, 2008
all of the amelia books are great! and funy and dont really have a story line but there great!
May 8, 2011
This book was very good. I found myself reading it over and over again.
August 29, 2013
it was a funny one and Cleo found love
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