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Post by aln1982 on Apr 1, 2006 9:33:08 GMT -5
Nah, I enjoy your rambles... Stacey was such a huge hit with the fans... probably the reason I didn't like her that much. I've always tended to go against popular opinion. Much prefer Mallory's awkward realism to Stacey's flirty boy-crazy "sophistication". I feel the same way. Maybe I can relate more to Mallory. I'll bet lots of other kids can, which is possibly why both have their appeal - Stacey as the novel and Mal as the familiar.
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Post by inge on Apr 1, 2006 12:05:58 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess a lot of kids wanted to be like Stacey - cool, beautiful, sophisticated, from NYC... if it wasn't for the diabetes she's be too good to be true. I never really disliked her, but she is not in my top 3 babysitters, either.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Apr 10, 2006 16:17:53 GMT -5
Just re-read this book a week or so ago. I liked it a lot. I did feel bad for Karen, Nancy, and Hannie when Lou wrecked their playhouse, they seemed to be trying pretty hard to include her. It was cool to see Mary Anne of all people being stern with Lou.
Do the Papadakises give up on the whole "let's have a foster child!" thing after this book? Is it ever even mentioned again?
Isn't the title of this book a little offensive? I mean, Lou did (of course) come around in the end. It's not REALLY her fault she is so "bad" - she's been through a lot of hard things.
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Post by macca on Apr 10, 2006 17:42:34 GMT -5
^ for such a PC series, the BSC had a few things that were borderline offensive. The "ew-ing" at Stacey's insulin injections, for instance.
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Post by Amalia on Apr 10, 2006 22:44:35 GMT -5
Yeah the "ew-ing." I might be mistaken but I think I remember once when Kristy "ewwed" at the health food that Carol brought home for dinner in one of the ss. I thought that was kind of rude.
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 18, 2006 16:26:45 GMT -5
Did Lou's aunt and uncle have thier own kids in this book? For some reason, I thought that I remembered they did but I just read Abby and the Best Kid Ever and they didn't. Can anyone help me on this one? As for Abby and the Best Kid Ever, liked it much better than Kristy and the Worst Kid ever. I especially liked the subplot - one of my favorites I think. Probably because I like history. I've always wanted to visit a secret passage from the Underground Railroad so Dawn's house fascinates me.
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Post by Amalia on Apr 22, 2006 20:42:29 GMT -5
I just looked it up and they don't.
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Post by aln1982 on Apr 23, 2006 8:38:16 GMT -5
Thanks. I don't know why I was thinking that they did.
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Post by Amalia on Apr 23, 2006 21:03:54 GMT -5
They are so inconsistent sometimes that I'm surprised that they got this one right.
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Post by hitzpink on Aug 7, 2006 9:40:33 GMT -5
Bringing this thread back from the dead because I just read this book. I actually thought this book was kind of boring. Lou's story, in general, was interesting and sad, but it seemed like every chapter was the same up until the very end -- somebody babysits for the Papadakises, Lou terrorizes the kids/the cat/etc, and the baby-sitters discuss how difficult she is. But I liked the end when Kristy gave Lou that book and Lou wrote her a nice thank-you letter. Also, the part where she was in Hannie's room holding the doll was very sad. Is this the book that dealt with child abuse? I went into it thinking that it was, but there weren't any actual mentions of abuse in it. I kept thinking at the end it would come out that Lou had been abused but it didn't really, did it?
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Post by greer on Aug 7, 2006 9:52:37 GMT -5
I think you're thinking of claudia and the terrible truth.
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Post by sugarmonkey on Dec 2, 2006 12:54:17 GMT -5
I just finished this one for the first time. I don't really have much to add to what's already been said, except one thing. At the auction when Kristy said that when a particular item was up for bid a familiar hand jumped repeatedly in the air and several people laughed, then a familiar voice said "indoor voice Karen." And Karen ends up with the tv aquarium. While it ticked me off that once again Karen did something wrong (the auctioneer took her bid? and her father/stepmother let her get away with it? I'm sure she didn't ask permission) and was rewarded for it (spoiled brat) I thought it was amusing thinking about the sort of casual dry way I imagine Watson saying "indoor voice Karen" like he was just taking it all in stride, yet thought it was cute. I hope that last sentence made sense. I also liked the way that whole scene was written.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 25, 2007 18:22:47 GMT -5
I don't have much to add about the Lou plot except Mary Anne was stupid when she first met her. "Hi Lou! My favorite author is Louisa May Alcott!" Shut up Mary Anne, that has nothing to do with anything. Mary Anne also baby-sat for eight kids by herself with no issues. Well, she had a problem with Lou, but not because of how many kids she was watching. I'm sure Watson only paid her to watch the Brewer/Thomas four even though they had four friends over.
The fundraiser auction subplot. I hope Watson planned on keeping Karen in private schools forever because the competition going on in Stoneybrook's public schools was unbelievable and Karen didn't need any encouragement in that department. I had to roll my eyes too, because not too long before this book was the Starring the Baby-Sitters Club superspecial. They said in that book that the school made enough money to cover the play expenses and then they donated their profits to charity. If they had held on to that money like a normal school would have, then they wouldn't have had to rely on the community buying each others' junk for a few computers. I think too much about this stuff.
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Post by liss31d on Sept 2, 2007 4:38:46 GMT -5
I'm reading this book at the moment and there's so many referances to pizza! It's making me very hungry... Also there are a million referances to Ann's favourite film Don't get me wrong, I love that film but I cannot believe how many times she puts it in her books!
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Post by aln1982 on Sept 2, 2007 17:32:15 GMT -5
^ Oh, now I'll have to reread just for the pizza references ;D I didn't remember that but always like those ;D I haven't read this one for a while anyway as it is one of my lesser favorites. I liked it okay last time, though, so maybe it's growing on me. Lou is one of my least favorite charges. I do feel for her but that doesn't excuse her behavior and I feel for Karen, Hannie and the other kids more, probably because I was in there shoes several times as a kid and had to hear "poor...." while the behavior of a bully was excused because they had a "hard life" but I was supposedly so "spoiled". Anyway, I know I'm probably a bit bitter about that, which gives me a negative impression of Lou and of this book. What is the subplot or other sitting chapters? I can't remember.
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