num_pages: 192
description: From acclaimed singer-songwriter Dar Williams, the story of a girl trying to figure out her place in the world . . . and in her neighborhood.When Amalee's grandmother dies, she inherits a very strange a huge champagne bottle filled with over a thousand dollars' worth of change. Amalee is told to spend the money on something important, so she decides to make a movie about endangered species. Soon there's as much going on behind the scenes as there is in front of the camera, as Amalee deals with a new friend, a very cute older boy, her wacky family friends, and a host of other challenges. She also discovers something she never expected to find -- a link with her mother, who disappeared and died when she was very little.
language: English
title: Lights, Camera, Amalee
titlecomplete: Lights, Camera, Amalee
genres: Fiction, Environment, Young Adult, Childrens, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 146
series: Amalee
publisher: Scholastic Press