Amanda is a girl who is obsessed with bugs. She can't stand when her brother catches insects and puts them in a jar. She feels that insects should be free. She spends her days examining new bugs. She also likes to pretend that she is a bug. In school, there is a boy named Victor who teases her because she likes bugs so much. He calls her a monster. She feels out of place and does not want to go to school anymore...until she meets a students who is fascinated with reptiles. Recommended for first to third grade. ( )

Amanda is a girl that's OBSESSED with insects. So obsessed that her little brother at home and other kids at school tease her about it. At the end of the story, she makes a friend who loves reptiles just as much as she loves bugs. ( )

Amanda has a wonderful love and curiosity for insects. She wants to know all about them, protect them, and share the passion she has for them. When she goes to school and some of the kids make fun of her she is discouraged and doesn't want to go back, she just wants to stay with her bugs at home. When she goes back to school she meets a new friend that is just as obsessed with reptiles as she is about bugs, they are instant friends. ( )