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The Truth About Amber: When little fibs turn into great big lies. Kindle Edition

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A young girl is thrown into small town living after a move from the big city. Her family split apart, an ipod with no wifi, and new friendships to build – how will 11 year old Amber cope?

Gran suggests a good old fashioned pen pal to ease the boredom, and a friendship which started out with a few little fibs soon gets out of control! Will pen pal Millie find out ‘The Truth About Amber'? Amber may be in more trouble than she bargained for!

Amber's multi-generational family - an inventive Grandad, a Grandma who is an adventurous cook, and a mum who's trying her best whilst enduring separation and maybe even divorce - make up this tale of coming of age and forgiveness. Oh! and then there's the boy with his great big lolloping shaggy dog who lives nearby.

A fast paced read for 9 to 12 year olds.

An illustrated children's novella in 12 chapters.

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9 - 12 years
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116 pages
Language

English
Grade level

3 - 6
Publication date

September 17, 2014
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The author, Kaye Nutman, is a UK native and Australian Citizen living in Melbourne, Australia, with her family and a rescue dog named Peaches. Kaye is a Hybrid author of Children's Fiction and Adult Non-Fiction. Kaye was Deputy Head of a wonderful Primary School in a little village near Canterbury, in Kent, and enjoys nothing more than to share her love of reading and writing. She has written thousands of words for others, as a Volunteer Biographer for patients in palliative care in the home, but has only recently begun publishing creative works for herself.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00NOP4LFS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ ; 1st edition (September 17, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 17, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1359 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 116 pages

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Kaye's first book, 'Running for a Cause', results from a desire to help raise funds for her nephew's chosen charity - the North of England Children's Cancer Research (NECCR) fund after his 2-year-old son was diagnosed with Leukaemia.

This was soon followed by a children's novella, 'The Truth About Amber - When Little Fibs turn into Great Big Lies', and the highly popular 'How To' book - 'Headscarves, Headwraps & More', inspired by her volunteer work in Day Oncology and love of scarves!

She has several series of books include 'Sudoku for Kids' Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4, following a desire to encourage children (as any former teacher would) to love numbers. She also has the 'Cornell Notes for...' series, covering everything from young students to the chairperson of the Board! Then came 'Room to Think - Brain Games for Kids' Books 1 - 6, giving youngsters brains a fun workout.

Her newest offering is 'Love Lives Forever: A Story About Saying Goodbye', which is aimed at explaining the tricky subject of death, to children.

Fascinated by other people's stories, Kaye was a volunteer biographer (starting out with Palliative Care in the Home), and is a teacher of Life Story Writing. She creates printable pages for Planners and Journals and is moving with the times by learning how to produce Digital Planners too... an Inter-topical Writer and Multipotentialite!

Born in the UK, Kaye was a primary school teacher for 20 years; Deputy and Acting Headmistress, then SpEN (Special Educational Needs specialist), before moving overseas to Australia, with a then 5-year-old son.

Kaye lives in magnificent Melbourne, focusing on her family and writing. She has a weirdly lovable rescue Border-Collie named 'Amber', who loves 'her people' and long walks in the Australian shade and sunshine.

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Reader, writer, doer

Great story with a valuable lesson

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2017

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From Thing 1 and Thing 2: The book was a great read. I could relate easily because I once broke my device screen and did not have internet access, and I felt just like Amber. It has a very nice story and through it shows the importance of honesty and why you should tell the truth. If you lie, you should tell the truth quickly and ask for forgiveness as soon as possible, so you don't have to tell more lies. I hope the author writes more books like these.

I read the book after the kids and loved how quick paced it is, keeps the reader wondering what happens next and has an important lesson about honesty built in. The kids loved the book, could easily relate and hopefully will remember that there can be a life without devices :-)

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Denise Shine

Invented Lives

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2015

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I loved this book. As a grandmother with many 'happy-to-read' grandchildren, I wanted to read the Truth About Amber' first and now will purchase several hard back copies to give my 9-12 year olds. I loved all of the characters who are beautifully developed by the author, Kaye Nutman.
With the breakup of her parents' marriage, Amber is now living in a not so cool place and has to adjust to a different life-style with her grandparents and a cash-strapped mother. School holidays are boring without her old friends and her Gran's suggestion to write a letter to the granddaughter of her dearest friend seems a poor substitute for computer games.However, Amber's imagination takes off and is reciprocated by her new pen-friend, Millie. Each tries to outdo the other with their exciting lives.
With old-fashioned values and likable characters of all ages, I'd recommend 'The Truth about Amber' as an extremely enjoyable book and well worth the read.

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Jerry Johnson

Great morality tale on how lying can cause trouble!

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017

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Wonderful book about how trying to make your life sound more interesting than it is can backfire when the fibs start flowing. Two girls, both leading normal lives, try and make their lives sound exciting and glam as pen pals - but the truth comes out when they actually meet each other. The embarrassment of having to "fess up" to their lies would make the average 11 year old girl want to drop dead - but since they both did it to each other, somehow they end up as friends. A great morality tale, told with humor and little touches that bring the story to life. I highly recommend this book for any preteen, or as a gift to your child or grandchild!

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Dean Giles

Uncovering the reality of a life that isn't that bad

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2017

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The lives of two young girls aren't the most glamorous. They each have real-world problems and have average, even if sometimes quirky, relatives. They share a period of one-up-manship through letters, each lying and exaggerating to aggrandize their otherwise mundane lives. Then they are both brought together to find out that each one has lied to the other. The lesson learned is great, but I believe the development of the characters and the depiction of rather normal lives where everyone has things to overcome is the best part of the story. Thank you Kaye, for a great read.

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The Truth About Amber

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2014

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This is the story of a pre-teen girl whose parents are not together for some reason (she doesn’t know why and nobody will talk to her about what’s going on), she and her mom go live with her mom’s parents in a small town in the middle of nowhere, and the young girl finds fault with everything and everyone – especially herself -- … Amber has a penpal and they both spend a good deal of time lying to one another about their lives. It’s a cute story that a young girl could probably identify with and absolutely fall in love with. Definitely recommended.

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Arthur Sterling

Cute lies!

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2017

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A young teenage girl's book: a look at values, relationships and life on the other side. Amber so wants to impress that her lying becomes spectacular, but what she doesn't realize is that her new pen-friend is just as good at lying herself! Generation gaps are filled and Amber grows up a lot in this cute, light-hearted romp. A joy!

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Leslie by the sea

A good read

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2014

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Well-written, an enjoyable read, and rang true. I bought this for my 10-year-old daughter (but I picked it up first and it caught my interest and I read it through to the end). I'll report back again after she reads it! I think she'll enjoy it. I'll watch for more by this author.

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Kristen Taylor

Great life lessons cleverly disguised as a delightful tale of two penpals.

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2014

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This book was extremely well written, humorous and insightful, plus it had some very memorable (and believable) characters and wonderful lessons!...
I loved the contrast of the two girls' real lives with their constant one-up-manship, especially as Amber began to accept - even appreciate - her new life and circumstances. I won't give away the ending, but it was both touching and funny.
Definitely an enjoyable read - great for kids and adults who still love kids' books, like me!.

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Rebecca

The truth about lies..

Reviewed in India on July 31, 2017

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An eleven-year old gets uprooted from all the luxuries that she has known and has to move to a small town in the middle of nowhere.. As she tries to understand what happened and why, she is told that it complicated.. With her mom looking for a job, her gran cooking inventive dishes, her grandpa constantly inventing stuff, she gets to open her imagination out to her gran's friend's granddaughter.. Who, it turns out, also wants to present a life that is exciting.. Their lies / stories get bigger and bigger and the layers of lies get all the more complicated.. All this spirals to a point where both the girls think they cannot top the other's letter and then are forced into a meeting.. They get ready to meet with a lot of trepidation and end up the best of friends as they realise that both exaggerated to make the other think that their life was not boring..

It was a lovely read that I think pre-teens would be able to relate to.. The loneliness, the need to keep up pretenses, the guilt, seeking friends, the joy of finding good friends.. The truth about lies is that they attract more lies to keep the earlier ones hidden and before you know it, you start living in the world of lies.. The author propagates the message that one is attractive as one is! Just be yourself!

Morwenna

it's all too easy for young children to feel lost and in need ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2017

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At a time when families take many different forms and divorce, in particular, can be a source of insecurity, it's all too easy for young children to feel lost and in need of a little bit of fantasy. This lovely book highlights how families help to pick up the pieces and set a young girl straight when her fantasies run away with her. A very readable moral tale. I'd love to read a sequel and find out how Amber copes with being a teenager!

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Cathy

Excellent characterisation and storyline.

Reviewed in Australia on July 9, 2017

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This is a very enjoyable read and I would imagine 9 to 12 year olds could really get into this book. The story reflects modern day life for many people - facing challenges and realities, and working through them. I particularly enjoyed the American settings of both Millie and Amber's homes, along with the cultural nuances as back drop. But most of all, I loved the way that the characters developed throughout the book and the secondary support characters were really well-developed too. The message of truth is always better than the fabricated or exaggerated came through in a good (but not worthy) way and the story hung together and had developing momentum that made you really want to know what was going to happen in the end. The cross-generational aspects to the book were endearing and once finishing the book, I was hoping that there might be a sequel. Highly recommend it and well done to this author for providing such an enjoyable read.

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A Cautionary Tale well told.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2014

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An engaging morality tale for young teens. The story is set in America but the theme is universal - telling little lies leads to bigger lies and embarrassment when found out. Happily all ends well for two young girls who learn their lesson - with the help of the wiser older generation. My god-daughter aged 10 found it a page-turner and not easy to put down. The author has an easy style and develops the plot with believable twists, and the vocabulary used by the characters will no doubt be well understood by modern children.

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The Truth will out

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2017

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When her life takes a turn, Amber is encouraged to write to a pen pal by her Grandmother. Embellishing her life within her letters, Amber’s small lies get bigger and bigger, unknowing that her pen pal is doing the same thing as they seek to outdo each other. A charming tale with a moral, handled with the lightest of touches. Thoroughly recommended.

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An illustrated children's novella in 12 chapters.

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