Freestyle With Avery

Beacon Street Girls Special Adventures #3

by Annie Bryant

Go West, young girl.

Avery's off to see "the Snurfman" (aka her dad) in Colorado. She can't wait to show off her skills in the first annual Telluride Snurfer Snowboarding Competition. But the Snurfman's got a few surprises in store. And when Avery meets Kazie, the thirteen year-old all-star boarder and her evil cat, Farkle, she's not so sure these surprises are so snurf-tastic after all. At least there's Jason--a way cool kid with a secret--a secret almost ready to be released into the wild.

Genres: Middle Grade, Childrens, Fiction, Realistic Fiction

216 pages, Paperback

First published October 10, 2007

About the author

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!

Reviews

[Kenzie Ruhnke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Avery and Marty fly on plane to Telluride. Well they were their they met Avery dad girl friend: Andie and her’s daughter Kazie. Kazie and Avery both compete in competition for snowboard at Telluride. Kazie was not allow compete because couldn’t found her’s board. She though Avery stolen her board, but instead Avery’s friend Jason did. Avery got five place at Telluride competition. She have to leave dad to go back to BSG. All the BSG miss her, and happy to see her. Was very good book to read.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Title: Freestyle with Avery (Beacon Street Girls)
Author: Annie Bryant
Genre: Young Adult
Challenges: 101 Books in 1001 Days Challenge, Book Around the States Challenge, Monthly Mixer Mele (A), Read and Review Challenge 2010, 2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge, 100 + Reading Challenge, Young Adult Reading Challenge, Audio Book Challenge 2010, Pages Read 2010,

Rating: 4/5
No. of Pages: Audio (240)
Published: 2009


Back Cover: Hey, sports fans!
Avery here, comin’ at you live form Colorado, home of my dad – and the first ever Telluride Snurfer Snowboarding Competition! With mascot dog Marty at my side, I’m totally psyched to compete. But this trip is getting CRAAZY. At in Crazie Kazie, the all-star boarder who wants to wind as much as I do. The only thing crazier is her cat, Farkle….aka Franken-Cat!

I just might score some coaching tips from a certain celeb. And shout-out to my new friend, Jason – he loves animals, like me. You won’t believe the creature he’s keeping in his shed…it’s almost ready to be released into the wild.

Shred on , Avery
Mine: What a wonderful series for young girls. My only question is how can the parents be so clueless as to your daughters feelings (it’s usually the dad that doesn’t get it). Avery’s dad is now got a girlfriend and with that comes her daughter Kazie that is the enemy. Kazie seems to have taken Avery’s job at the ski shop and is her competition in the Snurfer Snowboarding Competition
Avery also makes friends with Jason the new kid in town that everyone else wants to know about also. Jason is a quiet kid with lots of with lots to hide the most interesting thing is the hawk he is caring for.

[Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 As part of the Beacon Street Girls (BSG) Special Adventure series, the story is told from one of the BSG's perspectives - in this case Avery. Avery visits her father in Colorado and is looking forward to snowboarding in the Telluride Snurfer Snowboarding Competition, but learns that her father has a girlfriend, who in turn has a snotty and extremely talented snowboarding daughter. Then Avery meets the new boy in town, Jason and they begin to form a friendship. Competing in snowboarding and for her father's attention start to wear on Avery, but she deals with her problems maturely. This is a fun realistic fiction story and will appeal to snowboarding and animal fans (Jason and Avery have several pets). Snowboarding terms are bolded and then a glossary, pointing to the page where the word was first used, is located at the end of the book. Also included is a quiz, an interview with a hawk, and facts about
Colorado.

[Lee Jia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hey! Are you interested in some snowboarding?Read this super incredible book to find out how this one girl, Avery, of the beacon street girls takes off to Colorado with their group mascot, Marty,on their way in competiting in the first-ever Telluride Snurfer Snowboarding Competiton! However, This trip is getting crazy! As in crazy Kazie, Avery's dad new girlfriend's daughter and her super scary cat, Farkle.Kazie's also psyched to win this competition!During the trip, Avery meets someone amazing and totally unexpected and made a new friend, Jason. He is keeping a amazing creature in his shed and it is almost ready to be released into the wild.So, if u are interested in finding out who who won, what happened in the middle of the story, the creature and even the mystery person.... Then dig out this book and immerse yourself in this snurfer snowboarding!

[Julia Concepcion · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun and interesting but a little sappy. Considering Avery's crazy, sports-loving character, you'd think the book centered in her point of view would be chock-full of athletic action but not really. In the book, Avery flies to Telluride, Colorado to visit her dad and enter the Snurfer (snowboarding competition) while meeting some "wacky" characters. Even though there's a glossary in the back, I'm pretty sure people don't use the snowboarding lingo as much as Avery does because I don't even understand it. I like Avery because she's all about the environment and cares about animals and because she's the only Korean you'll ever see in all of the series. She doesn't look it but she actually is. But that's the only time you'l see that.

[Ashtyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is also a good BSG book about Avery and she goes and lives with her dad for winter break and she is a god snurfer (its like snowboarding) and she meets a friend that she helps...... I cannot say anymore because I dont want to ruin it for people who want to read it.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Refreshing read for all the serious books I now read. I read this series two years ago and finished the books out so far except for this one. Now I've read it and I still remember what I loved about this series before I became infatuated with fantasies.

[Kayla Crockett · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a book given to my daughter Avery for Christmas. I'm trying to stay a bit ahead of the game with her reading so I thought I'd read it quickly before she did. It was okay. I think she'll love it.

[Avery Liu · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book because the girl's name is Avery just like me and we have a lot in common. We both like winter sports, hot chocolate (well, almost everyone likes hot chocolate), we don't like pop, lots of other things. I loved this book.

[Theodora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Avery is in the snurfer race. Can she win it?

[Sophia · Rating 5 out of 5]

i thought it was a wonderful book about friendship and following your dreams

[Bryanna Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

[Ajo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was an exciting book and I was very interested.

[Alexandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed Avery's adventure! Can it be that the girl who doesn't like sport (AKA, me) thinks that this might be her favorite Special Adventure novella? Hm... what has this world come to?

[Marnina · Rating 3 out of 5]

i prefer skiing, but whatever