True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know)

Meet Amelia Louise McBride. She was forced to move out of Manhattan after her parents decided to get divorced, and is now living in a small town. She's survived being the new kid, multiple trips to the principal's office, and even her first kiss. But it remains to be seen if she'll survive turning eleven

The sixth volume starts with a bang: a huge birthday party featuring surprise guests and a special song from Aunt Tanner It all seems too good to be true, until it turns out . . . it is. Suddenly, Amelia's friends are fighting all the time. She gets the worst report card of her life. And when she finally musters the guts to tell a certain boy how she feels about him, she brutally learns why it's called a "crush." Aunt Tanner would know just what to do--if she were around. But with her new album and maybe a new boyfriend, she doesn't seem to have time for Amelia anymore.

There are some tough lessons to learn when you're eleven, and things may not always turn out as planned. But who says that has to be a bad thing?

Author: Jimmy Gownley
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/19/2010
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.30w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781416986119
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.5
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 140509 / True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know)


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2010
School Library Journal 01/01/2011 pg. 132
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 71

About the Author
Gownley, Jimmy: - Jimmy Gownley began writing and drawing comics at the age of fifteen. He is an advocate for kids' comics, having cofounded the organization Kids Love Comics, which works to promote comic books and graphic novels as a valuable tool for literacy and education in schools, libraries, and at home. He lives with his wife Karen and their twin daughters, Stella and Anna, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.