Freaked Out

Beacon Street Girls #7

by Annie Bryant

Julia Faber's Hawaiian-themed birthday bash is the talk of Abigail Adams Junior High, but one of the Beacon Street Girls doesn't get an invitation. Should the others be loyal to their slighted friend and miss the party of the year? And Maeve's got more than the party on her mind: She's in deep trouble in math class and afraid she may have to repeat seventh grade.

It's no wonder the BSG are freaking out!

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Fiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2006

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

[Jennifer Wardrip · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reviewed by Allison Fraclose for TeensReadToo.com

Even though Maeve has managed to work with her dyslexia to become an okay student, her math grade may end up spelling her doom. Mr. "The Crow" Sherman seems to have it in for her, and if Maeve can't pull it together for the midterm math test, she may risk getting left behind.

There's even more to worry about with Julie Faber's birthday bash coming up. The whole school is talking about it, and every member of the Beacon Street Girls receives an invitation... except one. The rest of the girls are trapped between loyalty to their friend and their desire to not miss out on the party of the year.

Even after it grows painfully obvious that her exclusion is no accident, the left out BSG member struggles with her own insecurities, and tries to keep in mind that plenty of other classmates also did not receive an invitation.

Trying to put the problem of the party aside, the girls work to make learning math fun and easy for Maeve, but Maeve's problem may not have anything to do with math itself, but may be more related to how she is approaching the situation. With luck, maybe Maeve can take her mind off of the impending party and focus on her grades to come up with a solution.

It was amusing to watch the Beacon Street Girls tackle this common problem among groups of friends. It's nice to see how different opinions and approaches are taken into account, so that the reactions of the characters appear most natural and likely in a real life setting.

[Carly Shaffer · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am a huge fan of the Beacon Street Girls series, but I was disappointed in this seventh installment. It did not have any of the inspirational power that the previous six books did.

[Serena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Never liked how some of the characters were total mean girls. But I did like how some characters stood up for each other.

[Gabs · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a nice fluff read for me. I don't know if this necessarily should be considered a fluff read, with all the social issues Annie Bryant packed into this 248 page book, but it was. I'll explain what I liked and didn't like about the social issues later in this review.


The Beacon Street Girls have made their rebound from Lake Rescue! Yay! I hated Lake Rescue, guys. Absolutely hated it. Any-who....this was an enjoyable story that is perfect for girls ages 8-11. I don't know if it's really a book a lot of teens will like because of the way it is written, but that age group would love it. The girls go through regular tween stuff and there's not too much romance in Freaked Out. A crush is mentioned a couple times, but that isn't the main focus of the book, which is nice. Many kids will be able to relate to Maeve's test issues.


What I found unrealistic about the girl's behavior, however, was their dialogue. I kept trying to attach it to the way regular 7th graders would speak, and I couldn't. And sometimes, the girls would act a bit Mary Sue-ish. This doesn't happen all the time in the book, but every once in a while I would pick up on it.


Also, the underage drinking thing....I know I might get some backlash for saying this, but I didn't like it that much. First off, the boys who are drinking are in eighth grade. I know that some kids start that young, but I felt that it would have been way more realistic if they were already in high school. Also, when the kid barfs all over Maeve, I kept thinking of Pitch Perfect, where Aubrey pukes all over and then Lilly makes a puke angel. (Gross, I know!) So, I couldn't really take the scene seriously, I just kept giggling.


It was good, but it wasn't great. I liked it, I didn't love it. The first book was by far the best, in my opinion. Still, younger girls will really like this series, regardless of the flaws.

This review can be found on http://myfullbookshelfreviews.blogspo...

[2017zoeh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Beacon Street Girls Freaked Out (#7) by: Annie Bryant is About the Beacon Street Girls (Avery, Maeve, Charlotte, Katani, and Isabel) and how they handle social pressures.
There is a huge party and almost every one in the whole seventh grade is invented accept Avery. Charlotte, Maeve, Katani, and Isabel are so excited to go until they find out that Avery is not invited. They really, really want to go to the party, but they also want to stay loyal to Avery. Avery feels hurt that she can't go, but she still wants her friends to have fun at the party. She tells them that they can go to the party without her. Then, Isabel can't go to the party either because her mom is sick. Katani, Maeve, and Charlotte go to the party, but it all gets ruined when Julia's (the host's) brother trashes their party. The big party turned out to be different than they expected.

Other stories in the book involve Avery and Isabel who are volunteering at hospital for kids who have cancer. They take the kids around the neighborhood and play with them and feel good about helping the kids. Meanwhile, Maeve is freaking herself out because she thinks that she will fail her math test and have to retake seventh grade.

I think this book was good. It had some interesting parts, but sometimes it was slow and boring. I liked it though because sometimes it gave me good advice to use when I have a problem with my friends or family. I would recommend this book if you wanted a holiday book.

[Emma Xoxo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED THIS BOOK! It was my level of dramatic. When Avery doesn't get invited to the IT-PARTY of the year, she feels like she's down in the slums. Isabel can't go (even though she was invite) because she had to babysit with her sister. Through many dramatic days, the party day finally comes. Avery and her brother Scott somehow get persuaded into helping their mother at the Children's hospital, and Avery invites Isabel. At the hospital Isabel and Avery find very cute kids, and take them to the park. Since they're all in wheelchairs ( the hospitalized kids), they decided when they went to eat burgers that they should go through the driveway. The person didn't let them, when Isabel had one of her ideas. They ended up on the news, in a cardboard You-Can't-Stop-Me bus. (read book 4 more details!!!). Meanwhile, the other BSG have been calling back and forth on party dressing plans. They all dress at Charlotte's house then go to the "Party of the year". Inside, everything was quiet people whispering, not really knowing what to do. That's when the bad stuff started. Julie's older brother came in drunk with his friends. Tim ended up throwing up on Maeve, DJ wouldn't let go of Maeve, and DJ punched Dillon in the eye. Everything was disastrous. It all ended up for the best though, so you should read the book! I rate it 5 stars. ***** - Signing off, Emma Xoxo

[Damaris Vicarte · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I think of Beacon Street Girls (freaked out) is that its interesting due to the fact Julie Faber hosts a party and invites the whole school to her hawaiian birthday bash.Which makes everybody like her and makes herself more popular.Due to this party and all the students invited to go.There are a few problems though, the problems are due to the message given out of alcohol been dangerous.Now all students attending Adams Junior High are creeped out and backed out from drinking.The bigger problem is that at Julie’s party everyone is drinking.But after they find out drinking alcohol is dangerous for them.Everyone starts freaking out and regrets drinking.The students find out its true due to the fight there was at the party, due to the 2 dunk guys fighting.They are over here making bad choices, while Maeve was in trouble and more worried about passing 7th grade due to her accomplishments, Maeve's mom had been proud do to the positive steps she had been taking to pass.Many girls were making a lot of bad choices and would not take school and their life’s serious.Like Maeve had been taking math class seriously at the end due to her not wanting to fail that class.Maeve was very different to all the other girls and took school and things more seriously, with more responsibilities.

[Cathyl · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a nice book about how all the BSGs are loyal to their friends. Even though everyone in the BSG was invited to Julie's birthday party except Avery, they decided not to go because Avery wasn't invited. Avery was loyal by saying that the others should go and she knows they are dying to go to the birthday party, especially Maeve, who is a party-type of girl. Talking about Maeve, I find it that Maeve was overreacting about the math test. It couldn't be THAT bad. I think that was the reason Maeve flunked the math test on her first try. The part I got extremely grossed out was at Julie's party. Tim Cole, Maeve's dance partner at her dance class puked right in front of her. How disgusting! Eww! That is why I think Tim should have apologized to Maeve. Also, since the party got out of control, Katani told Julie's parents. Julie and her friends thought Katani was tattling. I don't think so. I think Katani was reporting. She thought that someone needed to know what was going on. About Katani, just want to say, I think Katani likes Pete. I hope you enjoy the book.

[Erin H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

11/13/10

I am reading the book Freaked Out by Annie Bryant as an 'FRB' in my free time at home.

So far I am really enjoying the book!! In the book, Maeve is scared to death of flunking a huge math test. With the help of her friends could she pass the test and be able to go to 'the party of the year'?

NOTE: I'm not that far in to the book yet so I don't know how she does on the test.



12/10/10

I have finished this book and I really enjoyed reading it!

[Nhu · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is really good because it has some really funny parts in the story, the main idea of this book is that there is a party coming up but one of the BSG (Beacon Street Girls) weren't invited to the party! Meave (one of the BSG) a very professional party girl was really upset when the BSG said that everyone in the BSG is not going if one people is being left out, What will the BSG do? Will they get to go to the Party that Meave have been waiting for the whole week?

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Beacon Street Girls just got their invitations to Julie Faber's party, but Avery wasn't invited! The other four girls were invited, but they don't think it's fair to go without Avery. Maeve thinks she's going to fail her big math test, and she wants to go to the party to get her mind off math. Will the party get out of hand, or will the girls really think that it was "the party of the year?"

[Kendall · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked "Freaked Out" because it shows how "the party of the year" that not everyone is invited to isn't always what it's cracked out to be. I am glad that Isabel and Avery went and helped the kids at the hospital instead of going to the party. It shows that helping someone can be more fun than partying sometimes.

[Caroline]

Monday, February 25: 2 hours
------------------------
Friday March 8: 1 hour
Saturday, March 9: 30 minutes
---------------------------
Sunday, March 10: 60 minutes
---------------------------
Monday, March 18: 20 minutes
----------------------------
Sunday, March 31: 20 minutes

[Fashiongirlgoldberg · Rating 1 out of 5]

Such a dumb book, possibly the worst in the series (if that's even possible). If a lame/weird plot and (of course) a bunch of stupid boys don't make this book bad I'm not sure what else does.

[Bunny Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

?

[Isabella · Rating 4 out of 5]

i love this book! i learned that your friends and family are always there for you. YOU CAN COUNT ON THEM!!!

[Haleigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cool! Annie Bryant is an amazing author!

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think you can really learn about middle school from all of these BSG book

[Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Abbey · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book I read on my new kindle! I love my kindle and this book (I read this in less than 2 days)! Great story!

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book.

[Abby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome Book Totally Ephamtic

[Tessa Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so awesome

[Latifah]

It was great!!

[Aqsah · Rating 3 out of 5]

read in 2008

[Elisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

[Analia Bignami · Rating 5 out of 5]

these books are so cute!