Unhappy over her parents' divorce and her mother's boyfriend Max, nine-year-old Amber finds her schoolwork suffering.

Amber's excited to be spending the summer after fourth grade with her friends at Camp Cushetunk, but things start getting complicated when she learns that her worst enemy, Hannah Burton, is one of her bunkmates.

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 is nervous about starting second grade with a new teacher, but despite being in the same class as mean Ana Burton, things turn out just fine.

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.