The Diary of Amos Lee Collection - 6 Books

Amos Lee is a 9-year-old character created by Adeline Foo, the protagonist of a new children’s book documenting life in Singapore, written in the form of a journal. A local version of “The Diary of Adrian Mole”, The Journal of Amos Lee captures Amos’ reflections of quirky school life and his edgy relationship with a neurotic mum, a patriotic Po-Po, an Elvis-impersonator Ah Kong and a complaint-fearing civil servant dad. Against the backdrop of Amos’ writing spanning one year, Singapore’s proud achievements and world class feats are also talked about, although Amos being nine, will have his own opinion on why some of these “feats” are not things to shout about, like Singapore’s first night race contributing to global warming, or Singapore being No. 1 in Meatball Consumption in IKEA’s chain of outlets worldwide.

內含書本(共6本)

• #1 I Sit, I Write, I Flush!

This diary began as Mum’s New Year’s resolution to get me to write. She told me to write when I am doing my big business. “Five to eight minutes max!” she said. “I don’t want you to develop piles!” And so my writing in the bathroom began. My entries started with the boring old stuff…then Mum got this new job as a writer and, following her around, I got to do fun stuff, like ogle at deformed frogs, see into the future with a fortune-telling parrot and wow at a life-sized F1 car made of chocolate! That’s how I got more interesting things to write about. Plus, I had to deal with an EVIL bully who was tormenting me at school…thank goodness for my best friends, Alvin and Anthony, we rallied against the bully and got through the year with lots of adventures and good fun!

• #2 Girls, Guts and Glory!

Amos joins the school’s swim team and learns about hunger, not the sort to make you want to eat food, but the drive to excel and win medals in competitions! The themes in Book 2 touch on family, friendship and loyalty. Lessons are also drawn from Olympic legends like Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis and Sebastian Coe, in inspiring legions of young athletes to be the best in both studies and sports. Amos seeks his Olympic dream in this second installation.

• #3 I'm Twelve, I'm Tough, I Tweet!

It’s my last year in primary school and I’m taking part in my school’s first Tween Idol contest!

I got myself a Twitter account to gain supporters. I’m furious that my arch enemy, Michael, is doing the same. Oh man, he’s everywhere – Facebook, IM, YouTube, you name it. But what he doesn’t realise is how popular I am. My secret weapon? My sister WPI (Whiny, Pesky and Irritating) and her two-girl band. She’s so popular these days its good to be her big brother. I’m kind of sad that my best friend, Alvin, is also running against me in the contest, but hey, may the best man win. Psst…I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve.

• #4 Lights, Camera, Superstar!

When his diaries are stolen and published, Amos thinks his world is coming to an end. But what he doesn’t realise is that he’s going to become really famous! Adoring fan mail, girls throwing themselves at his feet and, with 5,000 friends on Facebook, yes… FINALLY! Life looks to be turning around!

But when a TV Director offers to adapt his diaries into a TV show, Amos learns that a new boy will take over from him in becoming Singapore’s Most Famous Toilet Diarist! Filled with insane jealousy and a desire to right a wrong, Amos vows to do all that he can to stop the show. But will he succeed?

• #5 Lost in Taipei (Travel Diary)

11 days in TAIPEI, TAIWAN with my best friends. No naggy parents, no pesky siblings. I should be ecstatic, right? But nooo…Mum decided my first trip abroad should be culturally enriching. Which meant boring Chinese lessons. I told myself, stay positive! There’d be lots of bubble tea, all the street snacks I could find, sightseeing…

• #6 Monkeying in Malaysia! (Travel Diary)

After a successful fundraising effort, I was off to Sarawak, Malaysia with my bros Alvin and Anthony for an exciting jungle trek! And, more importantly, I’d get to see my dear friend Jolin. (Mum calls her the “object of my infatuation”.)

Our guide, Jolin’s weird “jungle man” Uncle Jufri, warned us to never let our guard down, for the rainforest is full of secrets and surprises. After getting drenched in a thunderstorm, and some icky encounters with mussels, toads, leeches and ants, we thought we’d seen and survived it all. But then there were those footprints, BIGGER THAN A HUMAN’S, that just couldn’t be explained.