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After enjoying the first two installments of Mary Bard's Best Friends series, I expected to simply love Best Friends at School, not simply because it is the conclusion of the story, but also because it is a school story - a genre I have been investigating of late, and find absolutely fascinating. Unfortunately, although I did find it engaging enough, and appreciated the school story aspects - there is a fabulous discussion in which Oli (Becky Doane), the girl longest in attendance at the school, explains the high standards which a Laurel Crest girl is expected to uphold - I also found myself rather irritated with the portrayal of Paunami, and with the way Bard handled Co-Co's involvement with her. Somehow, although I know Bard meant to be sympathetic to her Hawaiian character, it felt as if she were being treated more as an exotic infant by her creator, than as an real flesh-and-blood girl with problems adjusting to a very different lifestyle and culture. It's admirable that Bard sought to depict that struggle to adjust sympathetically, of course, but one wishes she'd made Paunami less one dimensional. After all, Co-Co too was a new-come immigrant, in the first book, and I never got the feeling that she was a walking stereotype. Similarly, although Bard is clearly trying to draw a parallel between Co-Co and Paunami's experiences, in explaining Co-Co's defense of her new friend, I found her depiction of Co-Co's quick flip-flop, in which she decides she must be stern with Paunami, rather unconvincing.
Despite these issues, I did enjoy Best Friends at School, and recommend it to those who have already read the first two books, or to those who are looking for American school stories. ( )