Annie Bryant is a pseudonym. The Beacon Street Girls books are inspired by all the preteen girls I've ever known. I wanted to create a world where girls can go to have fun and learn about who they are, while modeling real-life experiences. The first book, Worst Enemies/Best Friends, explores creating and testing friendships, skewed first impressions, and being the new kid at school. In the end, true friendship conquers all. Welcome to the world of the BSG!
Gr 5-7-Four girls meet in seventh grade homeroom on the first day of school in the first title (B*tween Prods., 2004) in a new series by Annie Bryant. Charlotte has traveled around the world with her writer dad to research his settings. Everybody envies beautiful Maeve, but she feels like she is in a constant fishbowl because of her learning problems. Katani, the granddaughter of the school's principal, is also insecure and acts as caretaker for her autistic sister. Avery, a soccer star, feels like one of the boys and isn't sure how to act around girls. Their homeroom teacher has assigned the four girls to the same lunch table, and they don't talk to each other. Can these worst enemies become best friends? This positive story shows how the trials and tribulations of junior high school, insecurities, and misunderstandings can stand in the way of making and keeping friends. Each girl's story is related by a different narrator chapter by chapter. Tweens will relate to the characters and the situations depicted.-Jane P. Fenn, Corning-Painted Post West High School, NY Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
The fourth book in the Beacon Street Girls series, Out of Bounds by Annie Bryant, focuses on the five pals-Charlotte, Maeve, Katani, Avery and Isabel-whose junior high talent show raises funds to save a threatened movie theater. Other titles in the series are: Worst Enemies/Best Friends; Bad News/Good News and Letters from the Heart. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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