Mary amato books list of books by author mary amato. See all books authored by mary amato, including guitar notes, and the word eater, and more on. The synopsis lead me to believe it was going to be on par with gayle. Get happy is about highschool girl minerva just wants to buy a ukulele and play songs while hanging out with her friends. A sweet, fun, emotional read from mary amato author of guitar notes, get happy made mewell, happy. Her books have been translated into foreign languages, optioned for television, and produced onstage. I was searching through some books on my phone and then i read the first page of get happy and i just had one of those eureka. Books advanced search best sellers top new releases. In this poignant, realistic, contemporary ya by a state master list star. Mary amato is an awardwinning childrens and ya book author, songwriter, and poet who lives in maryland. Find out in the winning third book of the lucy mcgee series.
Amato is releasing several chapters each week, starting april 1, 2020. I actually started this one on a half hour long car trip because i wanted something to read and i didnt bring my kindle. She even played a song on the ukulele for my husband and i. Get happy by mary amato meet your next favorite book. I was pulled into the story of 16year old minerva watson. Mary amato has 30 books on goodreads with 27018 ratings. I mean, it was, but it feels like a story written for those teens that put the y in ya. Fiction minerva has been raised by her single mother after her father left them both. Fiction for children and teens by author mary amato. All four are hired to be get happy entertainers for childrens parties, and the income from the job allows min to buy the ukulele she has been eyeing.
I enjoy ya stories, and get happy was an easy read. Get happy by mary amato contains 256 pages published by egmont usa on 28. Books and authors top teaching blog teachers tool kit student activities the teacher store book clubs book fairs scholastic education classroom magazines. See more ideas about get happy, ya novels and my books. Get happy is a novel about a sixteenyearold songwriter. Salt cover from get happy performed by jamey geston youtube.
I wrote the words and music for the six songs that appear in the book and invited 16yearold jamey geston to perform. While reading cmon get happy, i noticed that it and could it be forever were written almost verbatim which disappointed me. The fourth book, quackily ever after, is the grand finale and is being currently offered exclusively as a free audio book from the author in response to the school closures of spring 2020. I recently met the author, mary amato at a bookstore in pennsylvania. Min reads cassies blog, but when she sees comments from the man she suspects is her father, min begins leaving anonymous mean comments on the blog, something that makes her feel badly about herself.
I thought i was going to read something different in cmon get happy that i hadnt already read. Get happy did not turn out to be the story i thought it was going to be. In this poignant, realistic, contemporary ya by a state master list star, perfect for fans of sarah dessen and gayle forman, a young songwriter builds a substitute. Just know going into the story that thats the case.
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