Amber Brown Goes Fourth vs Perfect Girl: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Amber Brown Goes Fourth Amber Brown Goes Fourth Paula Danziger · 1991 ★★★★☆ 4.0 112 pages · ≈ 2 h 04 m · Light

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

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Cover of Perfect Girl Perfect Girl Mary Hogan · 2007 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 208 pages · ≈ 3 h 51 m · Light

Out of the blue, Ruthie has fallen in love with the boy next door, Perry. He's suddenly grown up and made her heart go thwang, and Ruthie has no idea what to do about it.Then a new girl shows up at school, and Ruthie…

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Amber Brown Goes FourthPerfect Girl
Goodreads — 3.4 (1371)
Hardcover 4.0 (3) —
Apple Books — 4.0 (8)

Reception

Amber Brown Goes FourthPerfect Girl
Ratings 20 1371
Editions 23 16
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 273
Reading it now — 13
Written reviews — 38
Wikipedia attention — 43
Pages 112 208

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