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Post by booboobrewer on Jul 14, 2008 13:21:52 GMT -5
It's my favorite Abby book
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2008 5:49:17 GMT -5
I didn't mind this one really. I actually like Abby and she's pretty badass in this one!
Maybe its because I was reading the ebook but the writing in this was incredibly clunky and kinda ruined the book for me a bit.
Exhibit A:
Prepared by what had happened with Claudia, Mary Anne, and Mallory the previous week, Jessi wasn’t too surprised when Mrs. Braddock told her that there were snacks in the kitchen, the phone number where she could be reached was by the phone, and that the children weren’t allowed to watch television.
Jessi said, “Okay.”
Ugh its like it was written by a primary school kid.
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Aug 4, 2008 10:03:58 GMT -5
^ I actually felt that way at the beginning of the book, too, but somewhere along the way, it got good.
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Post by sparklymouse on Feb 6, 2009 13:25:18 GMT -5
I see I'm in the minority here. The Bat Mitzvah plot seems to be a popular one, but I was bored by it. It was surprisingly informative for a BSC book, I'll give it that much. I liked the part about the BSC coming up to light the candle. Typical. I'm not sure what the suspension policy was at my school, but I'm thinking there had to be actual contact between the parents and the vice principal. (The VP did all the discipline, the principal was our Pal. : A letter sent home or a message on the answering machine wouldn't have cut it. I know that you were given a zero for any homework assigned during the time you missed, so Abby was lucky that she got to keep up with her classes. Maybe SMS should stop with these big tests/assignments that count for such a high percent of the kids' grades so their students don't start having nervous breakdowns. The subplot seemed random because when have the kids of Stoneybrook ever been interested in TV? TV watching was almost always an unacceptable activity under BSC watch. I liked that Jenny was obsessed with the Home Shopping Network. Her parents better not leave any credit cards around when she gets older. If I was Mr. Prezzioso I would have been angrier that my door was taken off the hinges and the doorknob was removed than my kid had a tantrum and watched TV in a locked room for an hour. Anna is wearing a prom dress from the 80s on the cover, and Abby looks like Morticia Addams.
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starrynight
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Post by starrynight on Feb 24, 2009 14:59:44 GMT -5
Maybe the kids' love for tv wasn't mentioned because we never saw them at home with only their families; we only saw them with the BSC. Since the BSC planned so many activities for their charges, they didn't really have much of a need to park them in front of the tv.
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Post by oldhickory on Dec 24, 2009 14:38:02 GMT -5
going back to what somebody said a while ago, i think the reason that the study guides were so cheap was to prevent anybody from getting suspicious. if brad simon charged a ton of money for them, everybody would have gotten word of it, and it makes it seem like they are way more important and top secret than they really are. a regular old study guide SHOULD cost less than a stolen test, and brad couldn't expect everybody to pay for a stolen test when he was marketing them as just study guides. right?
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Post by shannon86 on Jan 23, 2010 10:12:13 GMT -5
This is my all-time favorite Abby book! Love the book cover a lot.
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Post by anzuhana on Jun 7, 2010 20:15:20 GMT -5
I liked reading about the Bat Mitzvah and the family celebration. I liked how Abby deleted the messages so her mom wouldn't know that she wasn't at school because she was suspended. The part where Mrs. Stevenson catches Abby eating pizza makes me cringe.
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Post by lilafowler on Jun 10, 2010 22:35:13 GMT -5
^It makes me cringe, too, so much that I always skipped that part when rereading as a kid and I don't reread it at all now because I associate the whole book with feeling uneasy knowing what is coming.
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Post by oldhickory on Jun 12, 2010 19:50:34 GMT -5
i love how abby makes a point of saying that her teacher isn't very nice, and her name is frost. it just seems like such an abby thing to say.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 13, 2010 19:43:49 GMT -5
^I think for once the subplot of moving into the world of being adult, being responsible to do the right thing, actually related to the main plot--amazing!
I too cringed when Abby was caught. I actually would not have minded "seeing" (reading about) her serving her punishment. That was made an issue out of but then letgo. Oh well.
Lighter note, I had a professor in college with the surname Frost. She was a sweet person but not the best...or most interesting, I should say of teachers.
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Post by nat2412 on Aug 10, 2010 17:37:52 GMT -5
I'm reading this one now and i'm loving it! This is actually the first Abby book i have ever read and i wasn't too sure if i would like her as she was introduced after i finished reading the BSC years ago. All that said i really like Abby, she's quite funny and seems very real and down to earth. I really like all the bat mitzvah stuff and find it very interesting. Hopefully i'll get to fininsh this one tonight! :-)
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Post by u4me on Feb 8, 2011 20:30:18 GMT -5
I'm rereading this book and am getting mad at Abby all over again for not saying something to the teacher when she took the test.
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Post by anzuhana on Feb 8, 2011 22:44:57 GMT -5
^ Do you think the teacher would've believed her if she did?
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Post by zoar3 on Feb 8, 2011 23:13:39 GMT -5
^Probably not, unless magically other students in the class immediately came forward. I wonder what would have happened had Abby not witnessed Mary Anne buying the study guide and/or it had been a student who was not about to give up "the answers." Either would have been much more interesting, though I was happy MA actually stood her ground and talked with Ms. Frost.
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