Luna Bay #1: Pier Pressure: A Roxy Girl Series [Paperback]

Between nieces, godchildren and daughters of close friends, I have many teenage girls in my life. I am constantly concerned about the personalities and images that they are exposed to through popular media and the pressures put on girls to imitate some of the worst of these images.

I am always on the lookout for books for young readers that promote good values and realistic images of women. Books that I can give with confidence to the girls in my life, trusting that any influence the book might have will be a positive one.

Well, so far, the Luna series wins my praise; it's exceptional. In this series, Ms Lantz (a surfer herself, according to an article I read in my local paper), has created a team of young female characters (with a sprinkling of equally interesting male characters) who, I believe, accurately reflect many of the challenges that face teenage girls today. These are real girls. The situations they find themselves in are quite believable, reflecting some of life's complexities. The characters thoughts and reactions to the situations ring very true.

I have given these books to the young teenagers in my life. Each of these girls has truly enjoyed them. I highly recommend them and look forward to the rest of the series.

I really liked it because I like surfing even though, I dont surf. I watch surfing competitions on television and it looks like fun. Ive always wanted to know how to surf and I think that I would be good at it because, I snowboard and there both almost alike. I also like it because it takes place by the ocean, and I love the ocean. When I think about the ocean it makes me feel cheerful and cool.

Luna Bay is about five best friends, Rae, Luna, Cricket, Kanani, and Isobel. They all love surfing together. They are all counselors of Lunas parents, Tuck and Cates, surfing camp. At surf camp Luna meets a kid David she falls in love with, and they start dating, but her parents dont want her hanging out with him because it will interfere with her training for the contest, but Luna still hangs out with him. At night when she goes out to train she doesnt, she goes to meet David, and teaches him how to surf. On the nights she does go training she lifts weights and jogs. David doesnt know how to surf because he lives in Florida and his dad sends him to see his grandparents for a month, and his dad signs him up to learn how to surf. Luna is so happy because she just found out that she qualified for the ASA ( Amateur Surfing Association Western Championship) at Cresent Cove right down the street from her. Her mom was the three-time champion in th world, and she wants Luna to win. Luna is very pressured about winning, so she can make her mom proud of her daughter. If Luna wins the contest the SG Magazine will have her in the magazine, but she doesnt think shell win because some of the best surfers are coming to town to be in the contest.

Overall, I think this book was really good. Read the book and find out if Luna wins or if she loses the championship.