lyricalangel
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Post by lyricalangel on Apr 23, 2007 15:30:46 GMT -5
Well, in BSC-land, even one taste of a sweet will practically send Stacey into a diabetic coma, so I could imagine in their world, even the SMELL of chocolate would be hazardous to Marnie, lol. Speaking of Marnie, my bosses step daughter is named Marnie. Never thought I'd know of a real person with that name! Yesterday at the store I saw a license plate that read"Marnie." I thought this was funny because we were just talking about this.
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mckay
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Post by mckay on Apr 23, 2007 17:17:36 GMT -5
I would tend to agree with Lyricalangel's first post that it was more a matter of quantity. Also agree that Marnie wouldn't have known better but don't really think Mal was overreacting. Know from personal experience how serious allergies can be. I'm not saying that food allergies can't be deadly serious, but I'm wondering if Marnie's was. I mean, it's never specified if we're talking anaphylaxis or hives. And when they're really severe allergies, usually a tiny amount is enough to set off a reaction, so Marnie would probably have gotten sick from eating those M&Ms if she had been severely allergic. I figured Mrs. Barrett had mentioned to Mallory at one point, "Marnie's allergic to chocolate," meaning it makes her break out or throw up, and Mal assumed it warranted tackling the child to the ground to get it away from her. (Would a piece of a brownie contain more chocolate than a handful of M&Ms?) (Now I really want M&Ms. Or a brownie. Or a brownie with M&Ms. Siiiigh.) Actually, for some people with food allergies, the smell can set it off. I knew someone with a daughter whose throat started to swell because of the scent of Cheez Doodles. Poor kid was deathly allergic to, uh, pretty much everything ever.
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ktag
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Post by ktag on Apr 24, 2007 2:16:48 GMT -5
Whatever the severity, why would there even be chocolate in the house if she were allergic? Let alone within easy access of a two year old. Well, this is Mrs. Barrett we're talking about. Oh well, inconsistency.
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 24, 2007 10:09:29 GMT -5
I can see having chocolate in the house but it should have been out of Marnie's easy reach. Maybe it had been, though, and Buddy or Suzi had just forgotten to put it away (but agree that it was probably their mom Back to this book, is this the one where Buddy's dad takes him and Dawn doesn't know where he is? I think this is my favorite Dawn book and I'm getting ready to reread so I will be able to answer my own question then, I guess
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2007 18:31:45 GMT -5
^I think it is. I remember this is the first BSC book I ever read, because my mom used to be a teacher and she bought this book for her class and I found it lying around the house so I read it and decided they were cool. I think this is my favorite Dawn book.
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 24, 2007 19:28:23 GMT -5
I think this was one of the first 5 BSC books that I read and it's always been a favorite (all of the old Dawn ones are). It is my favorite Dawn book, too. I love the way she cares for the Barrett kids, house, etc. I used to fantasize about being able to kind of "take over" someone's household and show how "old and responsible" I was
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Post by sotypical42483 on Apr 24, 2007 22:38:41 GMT -5
Yep it's the book where Buddy's dad takes him. I re-read it recently and honestly that part is just ridiculous. His dad takes him because he wants to like, teach Mrs. Barrett a lesson or something and then poor little Buddy sneaks away at a gas station to call the house. Ugh!
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 26, 2007 10:28:35 GMT -5
Just reread and it is still one of my favorites - definitely my favorite Dawn book. My earlier thoughts are still the same and I still love all of the same things about Dawn "taking over" the Barrett house, her relationship with the kids, and her spending the day with Kristy (swinging from the rope in the hayloft sounds like so much fun - though dangerous). Also like the Memorial Day BBQ and got a good laugh over Sharon - "red meat?!" Dawn didn't think it was a big deal, though, nice change from the later Dawn. A few questions after reading this time. Why did Dawn's barn have hay in the loft still? I guess it doesn't matter because it allowed an interesting story but I was curious. Also, I was surprised that the police came so quickly after finding out Buddy was missing. Don't you have to wait so many hours before they get involved? This would make sense, I would think, or the cops would spend all of their time tracking down kids who forgot to tell their parents that they went to a friend's. But maybe the police came because Jordan thought Buddy had been kidnapped?
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Post by sotypical42483 on Apr 26, 2007 11:21:03 GMT -5
Oh I loved the scene in the barn too, I LOVE Dawn/Kristy scenes, it's good to see them get along and I was proud of Dawn for making the effort even though Kristy was probably like WTF?
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msstock87
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Post by msstock87 on Apr 26, 2007 11:27:41 GMT -5
Dawn definatly seemed more like the Dawn I liked in this book. I liked how she made an effort to figure out her problems with Kristy and then worked at resolving them. She was very likable in this book.
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lyricalangel
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Post by lyricalangel on Apr 26, 2007 23:17:31 GMT -5
I agree early Dawn is one of my favorite characters. It was really nice to see her interaction with Kristy. I like seeing the girls interact with a different person other than her BFF.
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 26, 2007 23:34:26 GMT -5
I forgot to bring up the m&m and Marnie thing yesterday but did look for it. What it said is, Dawn was cleaning up the house with the kids and Marnie sat down on the floor and started eating some m&ms that she found (they easily could have just been left out somewhere within her reach though she was not supposed to have them as it sounds like the house was a pigsty). Dawn stopped her (doesn't say how many she ate but it easily could have not been that many). Anyway, after reading that I still think that doesn't say anything about how severe her allergy was. I would guess it had more to do with quantity that she didn't have a reaction though know (from experience) that with a very severe allergy, even a tiny bit can hurt. I had a point that I was going to make with posting this but now I see that I don't really know what it was One of those days...
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lilafowler
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Post by lilafowler on Apr 27, 2007 15:12:41 GMT -5
I think this only applies to adults. The police can get involved as soon as you notice a child is missing, but someone 18 or older must be missing for at least a day or so.
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 27, 2007 15:14:52 GMT -5
I wondered about it being different for kids. It seems like there would be a lot of false reports, though, and there probably are. Maybe the police in this case got even more involved because they suspected a kidnapping. I admit it would have been scary to think he might have been kidnapped. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been quite (but almost ) as worried.
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Post by Kylie90210 on Aug 21, 2007 21:44:17 GMT -5
I agree with everyone that this is a great Dawn book. I also feel that, on one hand, Mrs B had time to put herself together so well, but not her kids!? on the other hand, it was a realistic portrayal of a recently single mother of three (one who is hopeless anyway). Can you imagine Sharon if her and Jack divorced when Dawn was like 7?
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