School Friends - Success at Silver Spires by Ann Bryant (From Worcester News)

School Friends - Success at Silver Spires by Ann Bryant

1:01pm Monday 23rd August 2010 in News

SYNOPSIS:

Crammed with the glamour and gossip of boarding-school life, this fabulously aspirational series from a well-loved author continues...

Sasha loves her life at Silver Spires, but hasn't quite found her special passion yet. While all the other girls are pursuing their dream hobbies, Sasha begins to wonder if she isn't getting left behind.

But all that changes when she begins sculling at the local water sports club. Balance; agility; speed; concentration; Sasha has it all and she is thrilled to have finally discovered her true talent - and with it, a newfound confidence. But Holly, a student with previous sculling experience, soon makes it clear that she's keen to thwart any competition on the water.

In fact, Holly is determined to come out on top... even if that means pushing both herself and Sasha to their ultimate limits.

Can Sasha rise to the challenge and gain success at Silver Spires? Filled with secrets, hopes, dreams and, above all, the power of friendship, "School Friends" is addictive reading for girls everywhere.

REVIEW
by Orla Goulbourne, aged 10yrs
Published by Usborne Books, paperback RRP £4.99

Sasha is a student at Sliver Spires and she doesn’t have any talents… well not like Issy or Nicole anyway… until she tries rowing. Rowing makes her feel happy and she would have loved rowing if it wasn’t for Holly. Holly is amazing at rowing and is the best Sasha has ever seen but as Sasha improves and becomes a threat to her title, Holly decides to make things a little more difficult…

I found this book thoroughly entertaining. I have already read one of this series of books but it didn’t matter whether I had or hadn’t. Ann Bryant wrote this book extremely well and I couldn’t say anything bad without lying!