Jimmy Gownley
When the Past Is a Present
Hardcover
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers March 15, 2011)
Love leads in the fourth volume in the comics sensation Amelia Rules now repackaged as a hardcover Meet Amelia Louise McBride. She s been forced to move out of Manhattan after her parents decided to get divorced, and is now living in a small town (who cares which one) with her mom and her aunt, Tanner. Not to mention the fact that she s dealing with being the new kid in school, many trips to the principal s office, first kisses, etc. But you know what? She s got her friends Reggie, Rhonda, and Pajamaman, and everything s going to be okay. Except, of course, when it isn t. In this fourth installment of Amelia Rules, Amelia discovers a box of old photos and learns a thing or two about love, rebellion, and what it means to be a family.