Marcia Strykowski

Amy’s Choice is the sequel to Call Me Amy, by Marcia Strykowski. I enjoyed this book as much as I did the first one. Amy has started school and is happily working in the new library she helped to open in her small Maine town. She has a new friend, Cat, and has started high school, with some new confidence gained by her adventures in the first book.
Amy is presented with several challenges that are normal for many young teens, and Strykowski lets you see Amy’s development, through the first person narrative and her interaction with other people. Like Call Me Amy, this novel does a great job of evoking the early 70s, so the reader can see what it was like. The conflicts and learning experiences though are fairly timeless for kids working their way through the teen years, and figuring out who they are, as individuals. As an adult, I enjoyed reminiscing about those times, and that era, but ultimately, the novel is a great read for young teens.
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