INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Silvey, Craig

The Amber Amulet

(4) 4-6 Liam, twelve, patrols his neighborhood doing good deeds as his alter ego, a nascent superhero named the Masked Avenger. When he meets a neighbor who is suffering emotionally, he tries his best to make her happy with the gift of a precious family heirloom. Along the way, both he and his neighbor undergo self-discovery. A bittersweet if somewhat adult story, illustrated with a profusion of scrapbook-like pages.

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