Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she is a piece of jointly-owned property.

Amber Brown’s life is complicated by her parents’ divorce and shared custody, but her irrepressible spirit, great friends, and sense of humor make her third- and fourth-grade escapades lively and entertaining.
In Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue, Amber has a big decision to make: spend Thanksgiving with Mom in Walla Walla, Washington, or with Dad in New York. Amber doesn’t want to choose, but the grown-ups are leaving...

Upset with her parents for arguing on what she hoped would be a perfect day, Amber gets lost at a country fair when she tries to follow her best friend Justin and his family through the crowd.