Best Friends (Main Street Series #4 )

by Ann M. Martin

Overview

Friendship is forever in the fourth book of Ann M. Martin's heartwarming new series, Main Street

Spring has arrived in Camden Falls, and with it have come many joys and challenges. As Flora and Ruby near the first anniversary of their arrival in town, Flora prepares for a visit from her old best friend. She's excited . . . but her new best friend, Olivia, isn't. Olivia's afraid she won't measure up, and that Flora will regret ever coming to Camden Falls. It's a very big reunion set for a very big day -- Camden Falls's 350th birthday celebration. Does one best friend truly have to be the best . . . or can they find a way to get along?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780439868822
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/2008
Series:	Main Street Series , #4
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.63(h) x 0.58(d)
Lexile:	880L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ann M. Martin's The Baby-Sitters Club series sold over 176 million copies and inspired a generation of young readers. Her novels include the Main Street series, BELLE TEAL, the Newbery Honor book A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE, HERE TODAY, A DOG'S LIFE, and ON CHRISTMAS EVE, as well as the much-loved collaborations P.S, LONGER LETTER LATER and SNAIL MAIL NO MORE with Paula Danziger, and THE DOLL PEOPLE and THE MEANEST DOLL IN THE WORLD, written with Laura Godwin and illustrated by Brian Selznick. She lives in upstate New York.

Editorial Reviews

It is spring in Camden Falls and the end of the first year that orphaned sisters, Flora and Ruby, have spent with their grandmother. It is a busy spring full of endings and beginnings for the many people who live in this small town: 6th grade graduation, the Fong's soon-to-arrive baby, Sincerely Yours (the new store where Robert will start his first job), and the 350th anniversary of the founding of Camden Falls. Flora is looking forward to the much anticipated visit of her old best friend, Annika. Olivia, Flora's newest best friend, is less than thrilled about Annika's pending visit. Ruby is the star of The Witches of Camden Falls, a play based on an unfortunate period in the town's history. Nikki has her fingers crossed that her art work will win a prize and desperately hopes that her abusive father is out of the picture forever. This third volume in the "Main Street" series is an enjoyable glimpse of busy small town life. Hints of mysteries uncovered by Flora but left unsolved will leave fans eagerly waiting to find out what happens in the next volume. Reviewer: Anita Barnes Lowen

Children's Literature - Anita Barnes Lowen