Tony Ross

Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce.

Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.

Unlike her best friend Justin, Amber Brown loves to measure time and hopes to receive a watch on her seventh birthday.

Amber's life has changed dramatically: her parents are divorced, her father lives in France, her best friend has moved to another state, and now her mother must decide whether to remarry.

The year that she is in the fourth grade is a difficult one for Amber, as she tries to deal with escalating telephone fights between her divorced parents and her father's impending return to take joint custody of her.

Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she's a piece of jointly-owned property.

Ambar Dorado loves the second grade but wonders if she will ever receive an award from Pupitrina, the desk fairy, for keeping her desk clean.

Unlike her best friend Justo, Ambar Dorado loves to measure time and hopes to receive a watch on her seventh birthday.

Upset with her parents for arguing on what she hoped would be a perfect day, Ambar gets lost at a county fair when she tries to follow her best friend Justo and his family through the crowd.