Unhappy over her parents' divorce and her mother's boyfriend Max, nine-year-old Amber finds her schoolwork suffering.

Amber Brown loves the second grade but wonders if she will ever receive an award from Deskarina, the desk fairy, for keeping her desk clean.

Amber's life has changed dramatically: her parents are divorced, her father lives in France, her best friend has moved to another state, and now her mother must decide whether to remarry.

Ambar est? nervioso acerca de c?mo iniciar el segundo grado con un maestro nuevo, pero a pesar de estar en la misma clase como media Ana Burton, las cosas resultan bien. Ambar is nervous about starting second grade with a new teacher, but despite being in the same class as mean Ana Burton, things turn out just fine.