Paula Danziger

The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.

Amber Brown loves the second grade but wonders if she will ever receive an award from Deskarina, the desk fairy, for keeping her desk clean.

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

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

Amber is 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.