You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown
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Chapter Book · Ages 7–10 · 1994 · Est. 1.5 hour read

You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown

Written by Paula Danziger · Illustrated by Tony Ross

Book #2 in the Amber Brown series

Amber's summer trip turns itchy with chicken pox. Can she still reunite her family?

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128 pages· 10,482 words· Est. 1.5 hour read
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Amber Brown's summer plans take a turn when she arrives in London with unexpected chicken pox. Stuck and unable to visit her father in Paris, Amber faces a new challenge: how to convince her dad to return home. With her vacation seemingly ruined, Amber must navigate her disappointment and find a way to bring her family back together. Will her bold spirit be enough to overcome this itchy obstacle and mend her family ties?

From the publisher

Even when surprises come from all directions, Amber Brown is always bold, bright, and colorful. #Amber Brown is out now on Apple TV+ It’s finally summer and Amber Brown is going to London to visit her aunt Pam and then to Paris to visit with her father. She is one excited kid before she goes. And one itchy kid when she arrives. Mosquito bites, she thinks. Chicken pox, she finds out. Is her vacation completely ruined? And now that she can’t go to Paris, how will she be able to convince her dad to move back home?

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
128
Words
10,482
Reading age
7–10
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
590L
Themes & topics
Books about auntsBooks about cultureBooks about divorceBooks about familyBooks about parents
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The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.5
F&P level
~O
Scholastic level
N
AR points
1
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
14880
Publication
Published
September 7, 2006
First published
January 1, 1994
Publisher
Puffin Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780142406298

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