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Post by booboobrewer on Sept 12, 2015 17:15:36 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be heavy for 13 year olds to carry though?
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Post by candykane on Sept 14, 2015 12:38:15 GMT -5
^ That's why I always pictured something smaller, too. If they rode bikes to all their sitting jobs they could put something a heavier in a bike basket, but they seemed to walk over to a lot of the clients' homes.
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mallorypike
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If I were thirteen instead of eleven, life would be a picnic...
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Post by mallorypike on Jan 3, 2016 23:02:35 GMT -5
I love this book! Of course, I love the earlier books and the first book for every sitter (excluding Abby). I've noticed on the original cover, Stacey is on the chubby side. Not fat obviously but she was always made out to be skinny or thin. Also she's smiling and looks happy in a candy store. The new (90s) cover is more accurate; Stacey is thin and looks sad but she can easily be mistaken for 25...on the original cover, she looks 12. Charlotte is adorable BTW. Speaking of Charlotte, I loved her in this book. She was an entirely different little girl. Shy and quiet and sensitive. Being bullied at school because she's smart. (Hate how the BSC totally rubs it in on how incredibly SMART she is...) it was interesting seeing her slowly crawling out of her shell. Plus, the relationship between Stacey and Charlotte is so, so sweet. It was more sisterly in this book than the later books in my opinion. Polly's, that candy store, sounds wonderful! I would love to go there. Small town candy stores and bakeries are often better than the ones in big cities. I liked how Ann included the bit where Stacey almost buys herself chocolate. Very realistic. It must be so tempting. oh and the candy was so cheap! Two chocolates for, what, only a quarter? It was a few cents. Wow! I like how bratty and immature (well, compared to later series Stacey) Stacey acted towards her parents. It was totally understandable why she was frustrated with Maureen and Ed. I would've been, too. Though, I can understand why Maureen and Ed are concerned and paranoid about her diabetes. They just cared about their daughter and wanted to give her the absolute best. It was ignorant of them to find a cure for diabetes. 12 year old Stacey had more logic than her mom and dad lol. The relationship between Stacey and Dr. Johanssen (sp?) was sweet BTW. it would've been cool if she was her doctor although I don't think Dr J specializes in diabetes. What kind of doctor is she, anyway? The subplot was enjoyable and amusing. One of my favorites. The BSC vs. the BSA competition was utterly awesome. The sandwich board scene was hilarious. Oh, Kristy...it was nice of Stacey to be so loyal to the BSC. Later on (#80 above) she was too "cool" for the BSC. Early Stacey wasn't that snobby yet. Well, except for the "don't forget where I'm from - new York" lol the BSA was awful. I hated them. I can see why Mrs Newton wanted older sitters to babysit Lucy - 12 is too young to look after babies especially newborns. Heck, even 13 and 14 is too young. If I was a mother of a newborn baby, I would only allow a qualified, trained babysitter age 16 at the youngest. I'd prefer an adult 18 and over actually. Although I wouldn't rely on the BSA - they may be older but they are less responsible and mature than the BSC. As the BSC pointed out, age isn't everything, reliability is more important.
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Post by Enigma on Jan 4, 2016 2:22:59 GMT -5
I personally wouldn't hire any sitter for an infant under 4 months, except for maybe family. Smaller infants are quite portable and most will sleep in the infant seat even in restaurants and other places before they become mobile so I'd take them with me; if invited to place where babies were not allowed, I wouldn't go . About the book, Stacey seemed much more likable in this one; just trying to be a normal kid while dealing with her diabetes (I agree that she has incredible self control to be BFFs with junk foodie hoarding Claudia). It also seemed normal that the BSC was afraid of ratting on the BSA for being bad baby-sitters as being labelled a tattletale is one of the worst things for a 12 year old. However, Jamie's parents and Charlotte's parents seem among the most caring and concerned among the regular clients so of course, it was absurd that it to the BSC members to unearth what was going but this is the beginning of the BSC as 'super sitters' often knowing the children better than their own clueless parents, a common main them of many of the later BSC books.
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Post by candykane on Jan 4, 2016 15:34:41 GMT -5
I recently bought the graphic novel version of this - the newer one that's in color. I love it so much! My favorite scene in it is Kristy making the fake call to the BSA and trying to hold it together while the rest of the girls are laughing hysterically.
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Post by silverneurotic on Nov 6, 2016 20:49:44 GMT -5
Read this today and it was a fun read. I never owned it, so I probably only read it once before but remembered a lot.
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mallorypike
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Post by mallorypike on Aug 14, 2017 21:48:49 GMT -5
I have a theory of what the truth about Stacey was. Obviously everyone knew she has diabetes, so of course that wasn't the truth. I think the truth is that diabetes is a difficult condition to live with and that her parents were quite protective of her due to her diabetes and that she was dragged from doctor to doctor.
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Post by Katie on Jan 31, 2018 3:44:21 GMT -5
I find it a little unbelievable that the parents would just drop the BSC girls who they knew and trusted so completely. It's understandable to occasionally want a sitter who is older and can stay later or to take care of a newborn but the BSC almost immediately stopped getting jobs.
Why would none of the kids mention the bad babysitters to their parents until the BSC suggested it?
The psychiatrist for Stacey's diabetes was strange. If Stacey had been stressed or upset about the diagnosis and the move, maybe seeing a psychiatrist for counseling would have made sense but she seemed to be adjusting fine.
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Post by wistfuldreamer86 on Aug 19, 2018 13:37:34 GMT -5
I don't think I had ever read this book when I was younger. Nothing really seemed familiar as I read it a few weeks ago. I clearly remember "Boy Crazy Stacey" though so I think that was the first Stacey book I read. So I really liked her voice in this one. She seemed more stable and mature than some of the other girls in this one. That probably goes along with her dealing with an illness without the support of any friends or really her family. Her family was so busy dragging her to different doctors, that she got lost in it. It's weird that she didn't tell Laine about it, but I think that's understandable for an 11 year old. If her parents weren't saying anything, she probably thought it was a secret. Or that she should be ashamed of it. Her shame was probably compounded by the fact she wet the bed at her friends house. And her friend turned her back on her instead of asking if she was okay. So it was makes sense that Stacey wanted to protect the BSC. For the first time in a year, her life is stable and she has friends she can rely on.
Usually I understand the parents pov, but I get Stacey's side to this moreso. Her parents uprooted her from the only home she knew and once there, they kept taking her back to NYC to see all sorts of doctors. Even though Stacey is doing well, they just don't seem to trust/believe it. And they don't ask for her opinion on what to do even though she's shown she's taken care of herself. I'm glad she finally got their attention at the end and they promised to stop doing that for a while.
I liked seeing Stacey's relationship with Charlotte develop and how it mirrored her own experiences. I also liked when the girls came around the Newton family when Lucy was born. The scene where they all give Mrs. Newton gifts for Lucy was so sweet. And I also liked the "Big Brother" party.
The plotline with the BSA was kind of weird but it served its purpose. And it gave Kristy/Stacey a chance to interact more which was cool. Like I said on another thread, I like seeing the girls interact with someone besides their "best friend". It was also obvious that the older girls were spies but I guess Kristy was desperate to save the club. I didn't care for that part of the book as much, but I think their reaction made sense for their age group. And they actually do care about the kids and how they're treated.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 29, 2022 17:19:17 GMT -5
French Stacey looks like Link from Legend of Zelda.
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Post by anzuhana on Mar 29, 2022 18:22:50 GMT -5
I wouldn't have thought that that was Stacey due to her hair, in both its length and color. I could've thought that it was either Kristy or Mary Anne if it was longer and in pig tails or a pony tail.
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Mar 30, 2022 7:55:54 GMT -5
Claudia has so much cool artwork to display, but for the most important spot she went with three blue rectangles.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 30, 2022 18:32:55 GMT -5
Stacey's hot and maybe 25. That is a fancy looking bakery that they're in.
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Post by booboobrewer on Mar 31, 2022 20:32:25 GMT -5
She’s like “watch me eat this entire cake!”
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Post by anzuhana on Mar 31, 2022 20:52:39 GMT -5
Stacey pretty much looks like a model. I wouldn't mind trying a piece of the cake.
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