Product Description

Amy March decides to befriend a snobby classmate named Jenny whom she believes will invite her to sit in on her private art lessons. But Amy soon finds that the price of art lessons may be higher than she ever imagined.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1016112 in Books
• Published on: 1998-06-08
• Released on: 1998-06-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 112 pages

From the Inside Flap
Amy March wants to be a great artist. She's got the talent; now all she needs is a way to afford art lessons. Her solution: befriend her rich and snobby classmate, Jenny Snow, who'll then invite Amy to sit in on her private art instructions. But Jenny can't be bothered with Amy's friendly overtures--until Diana Hughes, a new and extremely wealthy girl, chooses Amy as her friend. Now, Amy thinks Jenny will like her too. But the price of art lessons may be higher than Amy ever imagined....

About the Author
Award-winning author Susan Beth Pfeffer, has written over sixty books for children and young adults. She began her career in 1970, with the publication of her first book, Just Morgan, which she wrote her last semester at New York University.

Ms. Pfeffer's books include middle-grade novels (The Pizza Puzzle), historical fiction (Nobody's Daughter and its companion volume Justice for Emily), and young adult novels (Family of Strangers and Twice Taken). Her young adult novel About David was awarded the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award.

Her young adult novel The Year Without Michael, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and winner of the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, was named by the American Library Association as one of the hundred best books for teenagers written between 1968-1993.

Susan Beth Pfeffer is also the author of the popular Portraits of Little Women series. Created for readers grades 3-6, each of the books in the series captures one of the beloved March sisters from Little Women--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--at age 10. These unforgettable heroines experience the joys and sorrows of sisterhood, family life, and a changing America.

Customer Reviews

A good book
Amy March loves to draw. She wants to become a world famous painter. But she believes there is one problem. The March family is too poor to pay for art lesons for Amy. Amy's sister Meg tells her that her friend Annabell is given art lesons, and that Amy might be able to join in. Annabells little sister Jenny is in the same class as Amy. Amy decides she has to befriend snoby Jenny to get art lesons, but it is hopeless.

When rich Diana Hughes comes to Concord, Amy befriends her, thinking she can get art lesons with Diana. Jenny and Jenny's best friend Susie try to befriend Diana too. But Amy soon finds out that friendship is worth more than art lesons.

Another good Portraits of Little Women.
Amy March loves to draw. She wants to become a famous painter someday. She believes she has the talent, and all she needs are professional art lessons. One of Amy's snobby classmates gets private art lessons, and Amy's dearest wish is that Jenny will invite her to them. And Jenny does invite Amy - on the condition that Amy betray a friend's carefully guarded secret. Will Amy prove herself worthy of her true friend's trust?