Amber Brown is a series of realistic fiction novellas for children by Paula Danziger

Paula Danziger

Paula Danziger was a U.S. and e.u. children's author. She grew up in Metuchen, NJ. She lived in New York City and in Bearsville, NY...

, narrated in the first person by third- and fourth-grader and New Jerseyan Amber Brown, whose mother and father have divorced. While Amber's mother now dates Max, Amber's father pursues a new job in Paris, France. Amber's best friend in the series is Justin Daniels, from whom she painfully separates when he moves to Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

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