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Today is crazy busy in real life, so here's a short little review that I wrote awhile ago...
Worst Enemies/Best Friends Annie Bryant
In this first installment of the Beacon Street Girls, Charlotte's moved around a lot and is, once again, the new kid at school. As usual, the first day is a disaster. Slowly, she and 3 other girls (all very different!) thrown together for lunch seating, start to become friends and form a secret club. Chapters are told from different points of view, although Charlotte has the majority.
I would have loved this series in 5th grade. As an adult they're a bit predictable and familiar and therefore slightly boring. BUT! If you have a girl who wants something fairly wholesome with some length and exploring friendship with all the drama that only 7th grade girls can create? This is so for them.
Last month we posted an open invitation to youth media and marketing folks on Twitter, encouraging them to add their own or others' account names to the abridged list of "tweeps" we posted. We were happy to see so many of you take us up on the... Read the rest of this post
In today's Ypulse Books we have an excellent Guest Post from author Paula Chase Hyman challenging the "urban" genre of YA fiction and how it confines novels that include African American characters living in the "burbs." And... Read the rest of this post
In today's Ypulse Books Alli <a href=http://www.ypulse.com/todays-ypulse-books-reviews-of-graceling-nyt-on-beacon-street-girls-healthy-reading-more/"http://books.ypulse.com/2008/10/15/review_review_graceling_by_kri.php">rounds... Read the rest of this post
