The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods

by Ann Cameron

Book Overview

Living in a rural community in Wisconsin during the 1950s, eleven-year-old Amanda gradually and painfully learns a lot about herself, her parents, and her older sister. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141306424
• ISBN13: 9780141306421
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

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I thought that the book "Secret Life Of Amanda K. Woods" was a very well written book. I really do not like to read but this book really caught my eye and I loved it every step of the way. It was just awesome. I would totally read this book agian. I could really relate to this book throughout it. It's about Amanda and how she doesn't want to be like anyone else but she has to start somewhere. She is very jelouse of her older sister Margret but knows that she will never be as beautiful or popular as her.Amanda has a best friends Lyle.Amanda and Lyle live at Lost Lake. There very close and then Lyles mom decides to move to Montana. And Amanda is devistated. You'll have to read the book to find out what happes next!! If you like a great but sad best friend story LOOK NO FURTHER!!

The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods

I love this book. I think that this book is a great!!And I don`t think that I could explain how I feel about this book. Ann Cameron you are a great author!!

The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods

This book shows alot of what kids Amanda's age go through. Like most kids she has a role model, a best friend, and a Lyle Leveridge hand. Okay, well i guess you don't have a Lyle Leveridge hand. This book is my favorite book. It shows you real life mixed with a little fantasy. I highly recomend it.

The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods

The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods was written by Ann Cameron. I really enjoyed this book and I recommend it to people of all ages. This book is especially enjoyable because of its characters and its extremely powerful theme, be yourself and don't allow other people to change you. The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods takes place a while ago more or less in 1954, in Rome, Wisconsin. Amanda is a 12-year-old girl who faces many problems to discover who she really is, what she should be, and why things are the way they are. Some of the problems she encounters will maybe never be clarified or solved. Like why her mother loves to change people and make them what she wants them to be, or why her sister is always depressed and mean to her. Although Amanda faces problems that make her sad she also deals with situations that allow her to discover her real self. The whole plot of this book revolves around the characters. In this book you find out about many different characters and their characteristics. I really liked reading about the characters, it is one of the reasons I enjoyed this book. Like Lydia Woods, Amanda's mother. She wants people to be who she wants them to be, especially her two daughters, Amanda and Margaret. Lydia wants her daughters to be everything she wasn't when she was growing up. She obligates her daughters, especially Margaret who is older, to do whatever she wants. She doesn't allow her daughters to give opinions on what they want to do. Lydia also excludes people if they are poor or not as socially high as they are. Margaret was raised by her mother, so she grew up to be who her mother wanted her to be and not what she wanted to be. Margaret gets depressed when she lets her mother down, she blames it all on Amanda. Margaret is all very insecure and she won't stand up for her opinions only when it is against her little sister. The theme of this book is another reason why I really enjoyed it. Of the many themes this author tries to pass to the readers I think that the most important one is to be you no matter what. I thought that was the most important theme because it you are not yourself you can hurt people and you can especially hurt yourself. You should be liked by who you really are. Ann Cameron shows you that in a different way. Amanda sees how her sister suffers by being who her mother made her be, and she promises herself she will be what she wants, she will at least stand up for her opinions. Find some time and read this book because you will enjoy the Woods family and their characteristics, and the special theme of this book.

The Secret Life of Amanda K Woods

This is a story about Amanda Woods. But she has to start somewhere. So she changes her name from bland Amanda Woods to Amanda K Woods. Someone who is proud and strong and sure of herself. To find out the you need to read the book. This book is good becouse you find the secert. It was a mystery and funny. I give it 5 stars.