starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Jan 13, 2009 16:37:07 GMT -5
^ It was all but dropped after that, though. I think it was mentioned once when Dawn was getting ready to go back to CA for her 6 month visit, but I don't know if Lewis ever came up before or after that.
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Post by candykane on Jan 14, 2009 11:26:37 GMT -5
^Still, that's better than a lot of the one-off characters or other things that were the focus of a whole book and then faded into obscurity. Like the band All The Children. Or Elise, Jessi's synchro partner. Or Mallory being on the archery team. I'm sure there's many more, but that's all I can think of right now.
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Jan 14, 2009 11:28:33 GMT -5
^ Elise was mentioned briefly in "Don't Give Up, Mallory," but just by name....nothing about her work with Jessi.
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Post by featherearrings on Jan 14, 2009 12:16:46 GMT -5
The archery team was mentioned a couple of other times, but I think it was just in the chapter 2's. That's too bad. I would have liked to hear more about it, since my dad taught archery when he was a camp counselor in his late teens. Anyway, back on topic , this book was always one of my favorites, but I'm not really sure why since it was extremely unrealistic. I think it's mostly because of the cover, it always makes me crave a cheeseburger lol.
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Jan 14, 2009 12:39:07 GMT -5
^ I always want grilled cheese, since that's what they actually end up eating!
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Post by candykane on Jan 14, 2009 14:05:38 GMT -5
Remember how Dawn was worried that Travis might order something with meat in it, because she hadn't told him she was a vegetarian? Well, what if he had ordered meat? Would she have just eaten it anyway? After all, when it comes to a guy, her individuality always flew right out the window.
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Post by featherearrings on Jan 14, 2009 18:01:17 GMT -5
I'm sure she would have choked it down. After all, she ate chocolate for Richie in New York, New York.
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Post by candykane on Jan 15, 2009 8:55:18 GMT -5
^ That's right, she did! I forgot about that.
She also choked down a hot dog in SS#2 (and "choked down" were pretty much her exact words) but that was a little different since it was either eat the hot dog or be extremely hungry.
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digigirl02
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Post by digigirl02 on Jan 25, 2010 21:14:26 GMT -5
^ I just sort of assumed that Travis's apparent habit of trying to make over 8th graders was some joke that Sara was in on. Could have been like some type of initiation into the group or something. Either way the guy seemed like a tool.
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Post by supprazz on Jan 29, 2010 6:51:57 GMT -5
I'm sure she would have choked it down. After all, she ate chocolate for Richie in New York, New York. but she didn't eat cotton candy for Clarice in Dawn & Whitney Friends Forever
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Post by snakebracelet on Jun 26, 2010 22:35:52 GMT -5
My favourite part of this book on pages 127-128. Dawn has just joked that she should have given Travis a few fashion tips herself, like getting rid of his stone-washed jeans. Then we have this:
"You would have been wasting your breath", Stacey said, examining her nail polish. "He's so conceited, he probably thinks he's perfect".
Maybe it's totally innocent, but it looks to me like the ghostwriter is taking a jab at Stacey. Either way, I think her comment is hilariously ironic, and I love the fact that she happens to be examining her (undoubtedly dibble) nail polish at the time.
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celaeno
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Post by celaeno on Jul 15, 2010 19:31:20 GMT -5
Awww man, I'm sad to see everyone pan this book when I actually ended up liking it. I think this might be influenced by some other books I read right before this one - namely, SS#3 Baby-sitters' Winter Vacation and SS#4 Baby-sitters' Island Adventure. I know that most of you think the authors didn't attempt to develop the characters, and any signs of character development are usually just inconsistent writing, not character depth. For the most part I agree with this, but I think these books are an excpetion in that they actually did attempt to show the changes Dawn was going through in life. When we first meet Dawn, she really was just so COMFORTABLE with herself. I think she genuinely was the independent and confident person she thought she was when she lived in California, and I don't think she ever suspected that transplanting her entire life could change her, but she learned otherwise. SS#3 and SS#4 show Dawn for the first time in her life losing her confidence and caring what others think of her, and also losing her cool and not coping too well in a situation where others rely on her. The most important thing is that in both of those books she is AWARE of it. That's why I liked this book; I think it continues in developing her character. All her life she has been so comfortable with herself and hasn't felt the need to change herself to gain approval. Is it really because of strength of character, or is it because she's simply never faced pressure before? Maybe one reason I liked this book is because I could kinda relate to it. Like Dawn, when I was younger (15, not 13), a hot and popular Older Boy suddenly became interested in me. And I guess like Dawn, I believed that I didn't care what other people thought of me, and I idealistically believed that I wouldn't care about any guy unless he really liked me for me. And like Dawn's Older Boy, my Older Boy did a 180 when he found out I wasn't the girl he wanted me to be, and I was disposed of just as quickly as Dawn was - no calls, no talks, just basically acting like we had never met. I guess because that was such a learning experience in my life (he was the first and last guy I have ever cried over), I like reading about Dawn in a similar experience, and I like that she's learning that she's not quite the strong person she thought she was.
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Jul 18, 2010 23:08:51 GMT -5
^ I've always liked this book, too. It's not one of the better written ones in the series, but it never fails to entertain me.
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Post by anzuhana on Jan 31, 2011 18:43:42 GMT -5
I thought that Sharon and Richard's disagreement about the situation was realistic. I would've liked it if it was brought up again in the book. I like how Dawn didn't get mad at Sara. That was mature of her.
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Feb 4, 2011 13:43:49 GMT -5
^ I agree! It always bugs me when girls only blame the "other woman" for stuff...hello, it takes two to tango!
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