Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit

Name: Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Paula Danziger
ISBN: 9780739373583

Author: Paula Danziger

Narrator: Dana Lubotsky

Unabridged: 1 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 07/22/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Humor, Beginner Readers

Synopsis

Amber Brown is in deep trouble. Lately, no matter what she does, it isn't enough. She straightens up her room--sort of. She does her homework---well, most of it. And she agrees to meet Max, her mother's new boyfriend--but she doesn't agree to like him. Now her mother is angry, her teacher wants all of her homework, and Max keeps trying to make her laugh. What's Amber to do? All she wants is a little extra credit. She really tries. . . . But how will she succeed?

About The Author

Paula Danziger was born in Washington D.C. and raised in New Jersey. She began her career as a teacher before devoting herself to her writing career full-time. She has received many honors including a Parent's Choice Award and an IRA-CBC Children's Choice Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by J. on May 09, 2018

So as of this week, DS#1 (age 7)'s school has noticed his attempts to tackle a three hundred page biography of Patton and is giving him take-home books written above the "Hop on Pop" level. This was one of them. I already miss the Hop-on-Pops. First person novel, somewhere in the middle of the series......more

Goodreads review by K. Anna on December 31, 2023

I have arranged my takeaway thoughts into a haiku, as is my way: "Messes tend to grow. And as one, or two, get fixed, More grow out of sight."......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on September 10, 2017

My kiddo that I am tutoring at the University of Utah Reading Clinic for my Assessment and Intervention Grad School class is reading this book. I read it so we can be on the same page...literally. Cute book!......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on July 10, 2010

Great for Kids. Amber deals with so much in this single book. Her parents divorce, Friend moves away, her mother meeting someone new that she fears will replace her father, her father meeting new people as well, and above all that her school work is slipping. It's sad to see that she still has hopes......more

Goodreads review by Gianni on April 07, 2015

Amber Brown's parent'a divorce is taking a toll on her, it's even affecting her school work. She's forced to adjust to change and learns that change is life and she has to roll with the punches,......more

Quotes

Paula Danziger wrote more than thirty books for children, all of which are still in print. She passed away in July 2004. Tony Ross has illustrated many picture books, as well as young chapter books. He lives in Cheshire, England.