Books for 9-13 girls

The NY Times has an interesting article about a series of books written with health experts consulting, and it was shown to have a positive effect. In one experiment, girls at an obese camp read a book about being healthy to control your weight. The ones who read it lost weight, and the ones who didn't read it gained weight. The book series is called Beacon Street Girls, written under the pseudonym Annie Bryant.

Here's a snippet:

"The stories, which revolve around five middle-school girls in Brookline, Mass., are shaped by leading experts in adolescent development, with the goal of helping girls build self-esteem and coping skills. But can expert health advice wrapped up as fiction really make a difference for the books’ young readers? A surprising new study suggests that for some girls, it can."