Adeline Foo is a graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia. She is the best- selling author of The Diary of Amos Lee, an award-winning series published in Singapore, India and Indonesia. Adeline is currently adapting The Diary of Amos Lee for a pilot TV programme for OKTO, Singapore’s Mediacorp Children’s TV.
The Diary of Amos Lee: I Sit, I Write, I Flush! by Adeline Foo
Last modified on 2011-11-25 07:28:43 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Category: Young Adult fiction
Publisher (Singapore): Epigram
Publisher (India): Hachette India
This diary began as Mum’s New Year 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 this year with lots of adventures and good fun!
The Diary of Amos Lee: Girls, Guts & Glory! by Adeline Foo
Last modified on 2012-04-03 10:47:59 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Category: Young-adult Fiction
Publisher (Singapore): Epigram
Publisher (Indian subcontinent): Hachette India
The story of Amos continues. He is still writing his diary in the toilet, but he has found a way to hide it from Mum’s prying eyes. 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.
The Diary of Amos Lee: I’m Twelve, I’m Tough, I Tweet! by Adeline Foo
Last modified on 2012-04-03 10:44:20 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
Category: Young-adult Fiction
Publisher (Singapore): Epigram
Publisher (Indian subcontinent): Hachette India
Amos, in his last year in primary school, resolves to be voted as the most popular boy in school. But running against him is Michael, his arch enemy. In the fight for votes, Amos learns to tweet, but what he isn’t prepared for is the power of cyber warfare when Michael turns to YouTube and Facebook to cheat. Will Amos go down in the history of his school as the biggest twirp?
