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Holt's FriendsThe Holt's Friends series by Brigitte Gutsche is family fare: a wholesome set of books about four youngsters, their friendships, motivations and family relationships. It covers a four-year period from the time Benjamin, Kevin, Ashley and Sue-Ellen are 10 - 14 years old. The novels look at their world from their point of view as they interact with their reality and the adults show influence it. As in real life, the characters have different facets of their personalities exposed as life's situations bring out different qualities or immaturities.The tone of the books is positive, emphasizing maturing youngsters dealing with change. For example: a boy who is in the first book small for his age, shy and lonely, in a later book rescues his extroverted and popular friend from certain death; and two girls, initially in competition with each other, find compassion for each other. The series has plenty of age-appropriate action, both emotional and physical. It never loses sight of the importance of communication. Family matters. Grandparents are respected and trusted. They are care-givers for self-esteem, emotional insights and teachers. Handled delicately is the storyline of Benjamin's widowed mother and Kevin's perception of how threatening to a youngster a change in the parent-child relationship is.
SkippyNovel
Book One in Holt's Friends series. Benjamin is the new boy in town and in his fourth grade class, small for his age, shy and thinks of himself as a coward. He has lost his only friend, a parrot called Skippy. Attempting to find the bird, he hs ventured into the 'off-limits' woods and has been roughed up by a group of older boys for his pcket change. Screeching and pecking, Skippy comes to his rescue. Kevin, also ten years old and the class trouble-maker, is a born leader, admired by all the studens and he befriends Ben.
To Be a FriendNovel
It is Winter. The friends are now eleven years old. Kevin's kidding around has cracked the ice on a frozen-over pond and he has fallen in. Benjamin, always thinking of himself as a coward, afraid of the water and staying safely at the perimeter of danger, now has to push himself to save his friend's life.
House on Oak Tree LaneNovel
Enter a very pretty and athletic Ashley into the friendship equation of Kevin and Benjamin. The members of the group are not twelve years old. Summer time fun in a cave with sink-holes turns into a disaster when Ashley falls into one. Benjamin needs Kevin's help to save her.
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