Amanda Delaney is an eight-year-old who formerly went to Stoneybrook Day School. Her younger brother is six-year-old Max Delaney and a member of the Delaney Family. She lived across the street and one house over from Watson Brewer on McLelland Road until she moved away with her family to Lawrenceville, CT, after her father got a new job.
Appearance[]
On the cover of most books, she has long blonde hair.
Biography[]
Amanda and Karen Brewer were good friends. Her bedroom closet is bigger than Karen's little house bedroom and she has many toys. Amanda can sometimes come off as snobby when talking about her house. Her bedroom has thick pink carpet and a big bed with a white lace canopy. She has a Peter Rabbit lamp with a pink shade that matches the carpet in Karen's Good-bye.
Amanda and Karen once made the washer at the Delaney house spew suds all over. They also once tried to rearrange all of the library books in alphabetical order, and both incidents were mentioned in Karen's Good-bye.
Amanda's next door neighbor, Shannon Kilbourne, often baby-sat for the Delaney Family. Stacey was the only babysitter who could deal with her in Kristy and the Snobs.
She entered her cat in the BSC pet show in Jessi and the Dance School Phantom.
She and her brother often invited friends over to their pool, and it made many fake friends in Poor Mallory!. She agrees to the rule "No swimming is allowed in the pool when the babysitter is there" which helps her realize who her real friends are.
Amanda and her family moves in Karen's Good-bye. Karen spends the days up to her leaving with her, including helping Amanda clean up and pack her room. Karen throws a good-bye party for her and gives her a photo album of the pictures they had taken together of the house.
In Karen's Bully, Amanda stays with Karen when she invites her over. Amanda does not get along with Melody Korman because of everything the Korman Family changed in her old house. She also really misses Stoneybrook and her old friends making her lash out. Amanda, Karen, Hannie, Nancy, and Melody get into a fight but make up at the end of the book.
Friends[]
- Karen Brewer (even though Hannie Papadakis considered her a mortal enemy)
- Maria Kilbourne (lives on the same street)
- Angie (formerly #39)
- Cici (#39)
- Meghan (#39)
- Aggie (new neighbor in LS#19)
Likes[]
- She and Karen like to play Lovely Ladies and go diving in her pool (LS#19)
- She also has a piece of her "Mommy Blanket" and a Peter Rabbit lamp that she treasures (LS#19)
- Soda (#11)
- Karen Brewer (LS#4)
- Priscilla (LS#4)
- Shannon Kilbourne (#11)
- Tiffany Kilbourne (#11)
Dislikes[]
Trivia[]
- Amanda is the one that invented the Lovely Ladies game Karen plays as noted in Karen's Good-bye.
- Her aunt Gayle sent her an ugly orange sweater in Karen's Good-bye.
- She keeps a diary in Karen's Good-bye.
- She likes baseball but not enough to join a team in Kristy and the Walking Disaster.
- She's aware that she's bossy since it's given her trouble before and tries to over come it in Poor Mallory!.
- Amanda went to Mr. Peabody's School of Dance and Charm sometime before she moved. It was mentioned in Karen's Tea Party.
- In Karen's Kittycat Club, Hannie mentions she has piano lessons.
- She gets disgusted by Louie in Kristy and the Snobs.
Graphic Novels[]
In the Graphic Novel she has brown eyes and brown hair that is longer than her shoulders. In every book she appears in she has her hair down and a one-color headband.
Media Portrayals[]
TV Series (1990)[]
Amanda is played by actress Kimberly J. Brown. She is only in the episode The Baby-sitters Remember (TV episode). Here she is portrayed as a brunette, but just as snobby as her book counterpart.
Netflix Series[]
Amanda is portrayed by actress Lia Frankland as a brunette like the 1990 series, but also wears glasses unlike her book counterpart.
