(4) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Four briskly moving graphic novels follow nine-year-old Amelia and her life with her divorced mom, former-rock-star aunt, and friends. In Heroes, Amelia learns about frenemies; Kisses features a tame spin-the-bottle game; Fireflies presents the threat of moving from the neighborhood; and Graceland humorously considers the changes a move might bring. The illustrations lack subtlety, but these are comical views of tween-age dramas. Review covers these Amelia Rules! titles: Amelia in Fireflies and Time, Amelia and Her Three Kisses, Amelia in Heroes and Villains, and Amelia in Into Graceland.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Four briskly moving graphic novels follow nine-year-old Amelia and her life with her divorced mom, former-rock-star aunt, and friends. In Heroes, Amelia learns about frenemies; Kisses features a tame spin-the-bottle game; Fireflies presents the threat of moving from the neighborhood; and Graceland humorously considers the changes a move might bring. The illustrations lack subtlety, but these are comical views of tween-age dramas. Review covers these Amelia Rules! titles: Amelia in Fireflies and Time, Amelia and Her Three Kisses, Amelia in Heroes and Villains, and Amelia in Into Graceland.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Four briskly moving graphic novels follow nine-year-old Amelia and her life with her divorced mom, former-rock-star aunt, and friends. In Heroes, Amelia learns about frenemies; Kisses features a tame spin-the-bottle game; Fireflies presents the threat of moving from the neighborhood; and Graceland humorously considers the changes a move might bring. The illustrations lack subtlety, but these are comical views of tween-age dramas. Review covers these Amelia Rules! titles: Amelia in Fireflies and Time, Amelia and Her Three Kisses, Amelia in Heroes and Villains, and Amelia in Into Graceland.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(4) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Four briskly moving graphic novels follow nine-year-old Amelia and her life with her divorced mom, former-rock-star aunt, and friends. In Heroes, Amelia learns about frenemies; Kisses features a tame spin-the-bottle game; Fireflies presents the threat of moving from the neighborhood; and Graceland humorously considers the changes a move might bring. The illustrations lack subtlety, but these are comical views of tween-age dramas. Review covers these Amelia Rules! titles: Amelia in Fireflies and Time, Amelia and Her Three Kisses, Amelia in Heroes and Villains, and Amelia in Into Graceland.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

(3) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Eleven-year-old Amelia has been surviving the emotional roller coaster of elementary school throughout this series. Now, when her beloved aunt Tanner goes into hiding, Amelia makes it her mission to find her. Gownley continues to turn the commonplace into the semi-heroic through a winning protagonist. Adept panel illustrations carry the action of this pleasing graphic novel.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(3) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Amelia McBride continues to face life's challenges head-on--and with humor. In Happy she learns more about her former-rocker aunt's past. Superheroes brings a new friend with a secret. Present dives into a box of family photos and mementos. Life gets philosophical. The humor and tumult of the transitional middle-grade years are tenderly explored in these well-illustrated graphic novels. Review covers these Amelia Rules! titles: The Meaning of Life...and Other Stuff, Superheroes, What Makes You Happy, and When the Past Is a Present.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(3) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Amelia McBride continues to face life's challenges head-on--and with humor. In Happy she learns more about her former-rocker aunt's past. Superheroes brings a new friend with a secret. Present dives into a box of family photos and mementos. Life gets philosophical. The humor and tumult of the transitional middle-grade years are tenderly explored in these well-illustrated graphic novels. Review covers these Amelia Rules! titles: The Meaning of Life...and Other Stuff, Superheroes, What Makes You Happy, and When the Past Is a Present.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(3) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Amelia McBride continues to face life's challenges head-on--and with humor. In Happy she learns more about her former-rocker aunt's past. Superheroes brings a new friend with a secret. Present dives into a box of family photos and mementos. Life gets philosophical. The humor and tumult of the transitional middle-grade years are tenderly explored in these well-illustrated graphic novels. Review covers these Amelia Rules! titles: The Meaning of Life...and Other Stuff, Superheroes, What Makes You Happy, and When the Past Is a Present.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(3) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Amelia McBride continues to face life's challenges head-on--and with humor. In Happy she learns more about her former-rocker aunt's past. Superheroes brings a new friend with a secret. Present dives into a box of family photos and mementos. Life gets philosophical. The humor and tumult of the transitional middle-grade years are tenderly explored in these well-illustrated graphic novels. Review covers these Amelia Rules! titles: The Meaning of Life...and Other Stuff, Superheroes, What Makes You Happy, and When the Past Is a Present.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(3) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. As Amelia turns eleven she continues to learn bittersweet lessons about friends, families, and first loves. When Amelia finally musters the courage to profess her feelings to Kyle, things don't go as she'd hoped. Without losing its sense of humor, Gownley's episodic graphic novel also shows the real and messy sides of adult relationships in conjunction with Amelia's experiences.

Reviewer: David Elzey

(3) 4-6 Amelia Rules! series. Comics star Amelia McBride returns for another misadventure, as she and her friends attempt to become popular by following advice from the title book. Though there's no didacticism to be found, Amelia’s choices show that she's figuring out how to do right, not just shooting for popularity. Exaggerated facial expressions and varied comic-panel illustrations support and develop the story's humor.

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister