Amelia Fang and The Barbaric Ball (ToolKit)

Laura Ellen Anderson

Age Rec: 2-4th Grade

Themes: Friendship, Creepy/Spooky/Imaginative Storytelling, Empathy & Adventure

Ten-year-old Amelia Fang is not your average girl.  Her friends aren’t your typical companions and her lessons in school don’t cover your usual subjects.  Amelia inhabits a world filled with vampires, countesses, headless skeletons, monsters and talking pet pumpkins. The creative storytelling incorporates spooky themes, clever wordplay, and captivating illustrations that entice any reader. While Amelia’s parents prepare for their annual Barbaric Ball, can Amelia maintain peace with formidable Tangine, or might their rivalry disrupt this spooktacular annual event?  What truths will be revealed to demonstrate things are not always as they seem?