Books with author Moss. Marissa

Can Amelia keep a friend and her deepest secrets at the same time?Amelia’s sister, Cleo, gives her a new notebook as a tenth birthday present, and Amelia can’t wait to fill it with all her secret thoughts and drawings. But when her best friend Leah wants to read her notebook, Amelia is torn: Sometimes secrets are better when shared with friends, but other secrets are private. How can Amelia keep her friend from feeling left out while still saving some secrets for herself?

When Amelia’s mom gives her a journal for her birthday, she finally has a place to share her truest feelings at last!Nine-year-old Amelia’s mother gives her a blank notebook to write down her thoughts and tells her it will make her feel better. Why would a dumb notebook make me feel better, Amelia thinks. The only thing that will make Amelia feel better is going back to old house, her old school, and her old friends. Amelia does not—do you hear this!—want to move. But no one is listening to Amelia.

Amelia writes all about the 6th grade in this sweet and silly installment of the bestselling Amelia series!It’s time to open the door to middle school and Amelia can’t wait. There’s only one bad thing, but it is a big bad thing: her sister, Cleo, who thinks she’s better than everyone else is in the same school now. But she’s in 8th grade, so Amelia can try to ignore her just like at home. But what Amelia didn’t count on was her history teacher, Mr. Lambaste—grumpy and mean and a BIG BULLY. But he’s the teacher so what can Amelia do?

The life of a slave is the only life that twelve-year-old Galen knows, and though he hopes for a better one, he's making the best of it. He practices painting whenever he can, finds adventures with his best friend, Micio, and just might solve a mystery that will improve the life of everyone around him--and change the course of history. Galen, from the acclaimed author of the Young American Voices series, is a riveting first-person account of a young boy's life in ancient Rome. The first book in the Ancient World Journal series.

Amelia may not be thrilled about sharing the backseat with her sister—but no family road trip is too long when a best friend visit is the destination!When Amelia and her big sister Cleo share the backseat of the car for a family road trip, there are fights to be had, sights to be seen, and friends to be visited—because at the end of journey, Amelia gets to spend time with her best friend Nadia!

BFF dilemmas can be tricky, but it’s easy to make friends with these two irresistible Amelia stories—now available together in one book!Two fantastic tales of friendship from Marissa Moss’s bestselling Amelia series are paired together in this relatable bind-up. In Amelia’s BFF, Amelia is excited for Nadia, her BFF from back in California, to meet Carly, her BFF in Oregon. But the two don’t hit it off at all, and Amelia is trapped in the middle. When your two best friends are warring, do you have to choose sides? And in Amelia’s Book of Notes & Note Passing, Amelia is upset when a stylish new girl, Maxine, starts hanging out with Carly—and mysterious notes start appearing in Amelia’s locker. Is Maxine after her BFF?