Jimmy Gownley has given us another sweet, funny installment in the Amelia Rules series. Wish I didn't devour these so quickly. I already miss Amelia and her friends. ( )

3.5 ( )

This book is about a girl named Amelia who attends middle school and is a member of the middle school cheer squad and a couple multiple themed super hero clubs. She has many friends and spends a lot of her time with her super hero groups. This book is the final one of a series of 8 and in this one she uses the lessons that she learned in the previous books to help her find her missing aunt.

An excellent series. Well-worth reading at any age. ( )

Her Permanent Record by Jimmy Gownley is the conclusion of the eight book series, Amelia Rules! In it, Amelia goes back over the lessons she's learned in the previous seven books and uses that to hold her family together after her aunt goes missing again.

Amelia Louis McBride lives with her divorced mother and her aunt. Her superhero club has taken on a life of its own and is now popular. Her aunt has gotten back in the music scene. Everything seems perfect until a tell-all book about the aunt sends her off the edge and she goes missing.

Although under age, Amelia decides she has to be the one to bring home her aunt. Her mother is sick and tired of cleaning up her sister's messes. Somehow she manages to buy a bus ticket and leaves town to bring her aunt home.

My son (and many of his friends) adore the series. In talking to him, most of the family drama, issue-oriented aspects of the Amelia Rules! books seem to go right over his head. Nonetheless, he adores it. He says this one is "awesome" and "the best of the series."

As an adult (and parent) I find Amelia's family tiresome, irresponsible and unbelievable. But, I'm not the target the audience.

It was nominated for 2012 CYBILS. ( )