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AMELIA RULES TP #1

WHOLE WORLDS CRAZY NEW PTG

(W) Jimmy Gownley (A) Jimmy Gownley (CA) Jimmy Gownley

Meet Amelia Louise McBride. She's been forced to move out of Manhattan after her parents decided to get divorced, and is now living in a small town (who cares which one) with her mom and her aunt, Tanner. Not to mention the fact that she's dealing with being the new kid in school, many trips to the principal's office, first kisses, etc. But you know what? She's got her friends Reggie, Rhonda, and Pajamaman, and everything's going to be okay. Except, of course, when it isn't.

AMELIA RULES TP #2

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY NEW PTG

(W) Jimmy Gownley (A) Jimmy Gownley (CA) Jimmy Gownley

A second collection of the Eisner Award-nominated, all-ages comic book series, hailed by critics as "the Peanuts of this era!" Amelia McBride steals the show with her hilarious 4th grade hijinks. Kids and grown-ups alike will see themselves in these laugh-out-loud funny adventures. Features a never-before-published story created especially for this volume, and an introduction by Akiko creator Mark Crilley!

AMELIA RULES TP #3

SUPERHEROES NEW PTG

In Book 3, the members of G.A.S.P. (Gathering of Awesome Super Pals) embrace their inner superheroes, even if it means wearing underwear over their pants.

AMELIA RULES TP #4

WHEN PAST IS A PRESENT NEW PTG

In this fourth installment of Amelia Rules!, Amelia discovers a box of old photos and learns a thing or two about love, rebellion, and what it means to be a family.

AMELIA RULES TP #5

TWEENAGE GUIDE TO NOT BEING UNPOPULAR

(W) Jimmy Gownley (A) Jimmy Gownley (CA) Jimmy Gownley

Do you know there's no true opposite to the word "catastrophe"? Amelia McBride and company are about to embark on their most daunting mission yet: navigating the promises and pitfalls of popularity at Joe McCarthy Elementary. A tricky task when you consider an unmatched pair of socks alone can cause ridicule for years to come. Really, though, all the gang wants is not to be unpopular. Rising and falling through the ranks of nerd, geek-and cheerleader?-with advice from wacky popularity expert Dr. Victoria Medeochrias, Amelia and her friends encounter riotous mobs, unfortunate makeovers, and bad catch phrases. Even after things go from bad to worse, Amelia learns there are some things that are just a little bit more important than being popular.

AMELIA RULES TP #6

TRUE THINGS NEW PTG

(W) Jimmy Gownley (A) Jimmy Gownley (CA) Jimmy Gownley

Meet Amelia Louise McBride. She was forced to move out of Manhattan after her parents decided to get divorced, and is now living in a small town. She's survived being the new kid, multiple trips to the principal's office, and even her first kiss. But it remains to be seen if she'll survive turning eleven! The sixth volume starts with a bang: a huge birthday party featuring surprise guests and a special song from Aunt Tanner! It all seems too good to be true, until it turns out . . . it is. Suddenly, Amelia's friends are fighting all the time. She gets the worst report card of her life. And when she finally musters the guts to tell a certain boy how she feels about him, she brutally learns why it's called a "crush." Aunt Tanner would know just what to do-if she were around. But with her new album and maybe a new boyfriend, she doesn't seem to have time for Amelia anymore. There are some tough lessons to learn when you're eleven, and things may not always turn out as planned. But who says that has to be a bad thing?

AMELIA RULES TP #7

MEANING OF LIFE NEW PTG

(W) Jimmy Gownley (A) Jimmy Gownley (CA) Jimmy Gownley

Amelia McBride may be growing up, but she's feeling down. If there's one theme to her life, it's that nothing lasts: not her parents' marriage, not Aunt Tanner's support, not the clubhouse for the Gathering of Awesome Super Pals (G.A.S.P.), not even her new spot on the stupid cheerleading squad. And while she's learning all kinds of things about foot fungus, cheerwitches, and Reggie-who thinks Rhonda is CUTE?!-there's still one thing Amelia can't figure out, and that's the meaning of life. It takes a grownup sort of tragedy for Amelia and her friends to realize that even when the world is scary, and life is as mystifying as ever, some things-like friendship-do last. In Jimmy Gownley's touching seventh installment of Amelia Rules!, Amelia may not find all the answers-but she does know how to ask the right questions. Who needs answers, anyway?

AMELIA RULES TP #8

HER PERMANENT RECORD NEW PTG

(W) Jimmy Gownley (A) Jimmy Gownley (CA) Jimmy Gownley