Amanda Woods is discovering that there are some things in Life you just can\'t change, like who your parents are or how your older sister treats you, but she is determined to change what she can.
She lives in Portland, Oregon.. from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop.
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She grew up in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, graduated from Radcliffe College, and earned an M.
About the Author: ANN Cameron is the author of many books for children, including The Stories Julian Tells, More Stories Julian Tells, The Stories Huey Tells, More Stories Huey Tells, and The Most Beautiful Place in the World.
Woods, her first novel for older children, Ann Cameron presents a heroine who is philosophical and honest as only a twelve-year-old can be.
In The Secret Life of Amanda K.
There is more to Amanda than anyone else can see, things about her that Amanda herself doesn\'t even know yet, but she\'s finding out.
Woods-someone who is proud and strong and sure of herself, someone who can have a French pen pal and a best friend of her own choosing, someone who finds four-leaf clovers and can get perfect scores on her math homework.
She\'s going to be Amanda K.
To begin with, she\'s not going to be just plain Amanda Woods (the girl her mother seems to think is just average).
Amanda Woods is discovering that there are some things in Life you just can\'t change, like who your parents are or how your older sister treats you, but she is determined to change what she can
