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Post by aln1982 on Mar 1, 2006 17:45:31 GMT -5
Just reread this one and remembered how much I loved it as a kid. I liked the whole idea of sitting for such a big group of kids and had fun playing this with my barbie dolls. I also like how they brought the two families together and really enjoyed Karen's scream at the wedding. She is such a riot!
On another note, I noticed a big mistake on the part of the editors. In all of the other books and the BSC little sister, Karen and Andrew's mom's name is Lisa and her husband is Seth Engle. In this book, they called them "Sheila and Kendall"!!! Guess it just shows that even big companies like scholastic make major mistakes at times.
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Post by jen on Mar 1, 2006 21:05:37 GMT -5
Guess it just shows that even big companies like scholastic make major mistakes at times.
Heh... on the old boards, we had a thread dedicated to the inconsistencies in the books. There are millions of them.
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Post by macca on Mar 1, 2006 22:23:53 GMT -5
The Sheila and Kendall mistake was so glaringly obvious, though. I remember being shocked when I saw it the first time.
This book is an example of the wholesome life in Stoneybrook. Watson and Elizabeth had to frantically slap a wedding together in two weeks because Elizabeth had an unbeatable offer on the house, but the catch was she had to be out quicker than originally planned. And they couldn't possibly move into Watson's mansion before the wedding.
For such modern books with such a laid-back, PC approach to marriage and divorce, this seemed like an odd concept when I re-read this book recently. Very traditional for Ann, that's for sure.
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Post by aln1982 on Mar 2, 2006 16:59:40 GMT -5
I was really glad to see a book promote traditional morals and values. I agree that it does seem a little out of place in a town with such a high divorce rate but was still happy to see Ann have Elizabeth and Watson get married before moving in together.
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Post by booboobrewer on Mar 3, 2006 21:57:04 GMT -5
One of my all-time favorites. ("In holy moly"...hehee.) I just love the snarky chapters with Kristy and Mary Anne taking the boys for haircuts and Stacey taking her group to the movies to see Mary Poppins.
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Post by buffykay70 on Mar 4, 2006 9:19:28 GMT -5
haha, and stacey being 'humiliated' because they dropped the mints on someone, heheheheh. gosh stacey.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 4, 2006 18:20:17 GMT -5
I think this was the book that had a chapter of Charlie, Sam, and Kristy talking about school and changes and what was/wasn't acceptable to ask of Watson. Charlie said Elizabeth had to pay to keep Kristy and David Michael in their schools because they would now be living closer to different ones. That bugged me because the Kilbournes and the Delaneys went to a different school than Karen and Hannie Papadakis and didn't they all go to private schools? You've got to pay to go to private schools anyway, so I don't see how Elizabeth would be forced to pay to send her kids to public school when her only other option was to pay tuition to the closer private schools. I am obviously overthinking this subject.
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Post by Amalia on Mar 4, 2006 20:21:47 GMT -5
Yeah I agree. It says that the government makes you pay a fee if you live in one district but go to school in another. Is that true anywhere else?
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Post by ktag on Mar 4, 2006 20:52:39 GMT -5
I think Karen's school is just a public elementary school. Although "Stoneybrook Academy" sounds more like a private school, it's the only way it could work. David Michael probably would have gone to that one. The public middle school in the area was Kelsey MS. I found it harder to believe that there was actually a school bus that ran from Kristy's neighborhood to SMS. Why would they do that??
As for the fee thing, I don't think my old district allowed it at all. I know some people from other cities would "borrow" an address so they could go to the (better) schools. Whatever the fee was would probably be a lot cheaper than a private school anyway.
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Post by macca on Mar 5, 2006 16:48:30 GMT -5
Yeah I agree. It says that the government makes you pay a fee if you live in one district but go to school in another. Is that true anywhere else? I've never heard of anything like that. The only issue with going to a public school in a different district is that there may not be enough places as the students living nearby take priority. However if you already attend the school (as Kristy and co would've been) that wouldn't be a problem. When I was in high school, there were school buses that bypassed closer public schools in order to get to another public school further away. School buses are organised by the school and if there were enough students living in Kristy's area and creating a demand for the bus, it's not too unbelieveable that they'd provide one. However, it really seemed as if Kristy was the only kid that attended SMS in her neighborhood and I don't think she's THAT special! ;D |
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Post by Amalia on Mar 6, 2006 2:29:29 GMT -5
If Kristy's being-able-to-stay-in-the-club-and-SMS thing did not face and overcome any obstacles then her staying in SMS would not have been that dramatic or eventful. So Ann made Watson and Elizabeth have to PAY for Kristy to stay at SMS as the obstacle. I mean, the question of "will the club fold?" and "will Kristy be able to stay where her friends are?" were issues facing the series at the time; thus, it needed an interesting resolution.
That's just my opinion, nothing more.
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Post by macca on Mar 6, 2006 5:58:37 GMT -5
Your theories are always interesting mcpon. Something to consider. I think they also included the whole zOMG-how-will-Kristy-get-to-meetings issue as another obstacle as well. Because the Charlie solution is flawed. Surely he'd have better things to do than drive Kristy to and from meetings three times a week, which would mean he'd have to wait outside Claudia's house for half an hour (there would presumably be no point driving home and coming back). There seemed a lot more plausible solutions to the dilemma IMO, but I guess they thought Big Bro Taxi was the most interesting and liked the idea of club dues paying for the "expense" like A Real Business!
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 6, 2006 17:23:22 GMT -5
I'm sure Charlie stopped by friends' houses or ran errands for his lazy-ass parents while Kristy was at her meeting. Sometimes she had to stay a little longer cause she knew he'd be late to pick her up. I mean, he'd freeze if he sat in his car in the winter because I doubt he'd keep the car running the whole time.
Plus even though Kristy's neighborhood seemed far away, it was probably a five minute drive in good traffic. She usually got to Claudia's a little early, so it's not impossible for Charlie to go home for 20-25 minutes and come back and get her.
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Post by jen on Mar 7, 2006 0:48:19 GMT -5
The time of the meetings *is* peak hour, though... But I doubt Stoneybrook would get much of a peak hour rush.
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Post by Amalia on Mar 7, 2006 1:09:54 GMT -5
Or he could have just done his homework in the car or something.
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