A few years ago I wrote about my favorite book series called Amelia's Notebooks. These books still remain as one of my very favorites! They used to be published by American Girl, along with occasional short stories in American Girl magazine, so that is one reason how I was introduced to these awesome books. I was recently contacted to do a review of Amelia's Middle-School Graduation Yearbook, the last book in the series! Amelia's Notebooks have been going on for 20 years, can you believe it?! This sure calls for a celebration and I'm excited to share my review with you! I was also able to interview Marissa Moss, the author of the books, so keep on reading!!
First, a little info on the series. All of the books are written in notebook form in the point-of-view of a fictional character named Amelia. She writes about lots of things, from school to her older sister Cleo. Every book is about some kind of adventure or life situation she is going through. Amelia has such a fun, quirky, creative, and most of all relatable personality--I have laughed out loud several times reading these books!
In Amelia's Middle-School Graduation Yearbook, Amelia is about to graduate 8th grade. Along with this comes many thoughts and bittersweet emotions, since she knows High School will be a big change. And when she finds out her best friend Carly won't be coming with her to High School, her life suddenly feels out of her control. In her graduation yearbook, drawings and "photos" nostalgically recap her earlier years and notebooks as Amelia figures out how to face the changes ahead. The words in the book are actually hand-written print too, so that is a very fun detail!
I enjoyed the book so much and loved that it included many bits and pieces from the other books! It brought back many memories of when I read the books years back. Amelia has played a big part of my life growing up and it's sad that the books are coming to a close, but the end of the last book left me feeling happy. You must read it to find out what happens! :)
Marissa Moss, the author of the books, has been an inspiration to me as a writer and it was great to be able to ask her some questions! :)
I highly recommend Amelia's Notebooks and hope you enjoy them as much as I do! If you have read any of them, I'd love to know! :)
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