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Summary: It could have been better.
Review: Ann M. Martin started her series with 4 pretty much normal 12th graders forming a club. It was a good plot, and I think she handled it well. However, 100-some books later, the baby-sitters seem to have turned into a bunch of mature, well-rounded, highly sophisticated fairy tale characters. Get real here! Even Mallory and Jessi (age 11, for pete's sake!) act like adults. The books seem to have veered far away from their central theme--baby-sitting, remember?--and become a series where everything is perfect: there is a baby-sitter of every ethnic origin, a baby-sitter with every problem imaginable (Stacy has diabetes, Abby's father died, Jessi deals with an anorexic friend, a lot of them have divorced parents)...not that any of this is bad. Ethnic diversity is great--but there is only one African-American member, only one Jewish member, only one Asian member. It's like Ann said, "Whoops, I have to have diversity! Quick, add one of each!" It doesn't ring true at all. Plus, I don't like how all of the baby-sitters seem to be upper or upper-middle class. Are there no poor people in Stonybrook, CT? If they are so accepting, why don't the sitters baby-sit some kids who don't live in a subdivision? I'm sick and tired of a bunch of middle schoolers acting like adults, running off on trips to Europe and Hawaii and California, having complicated "boy trouble." Why didn't they just stay put in Connecticut, baby-sitting and doing their homework? I liked the series much better before Ann got her big ideas. So read the first 4 books if you want realistic settings, and read the rest of them only if you're prepared to handle fairy-tale circumstances.
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Summary: It could have been better.
Review: I found the book quite entertaining. It made me feel like I was in Europe again. I was a little sad when I had realized that bsc only went to a couple of places. Also, it is VERY fictional when it came to the part of Abby meeting the queen. I mean, come on! THE QUEEN. I would suggest renting the book from the library 1st. If you really like it, then you can buy it.
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Summary: Good book!
Review: Okay. It's totally unrealistic, I'll admit that, but this is a great book about friends and troubles and that sort of thing... funny, imaginative and well-written, this is one of the best BSC books I've ever read.Here's some of the stuff that happens in this one: 1. Abby sees the Queen at Vic's flower-handing-over ceremony.
2. Kristy gets a crush on a French-speaking Canadian boy.
3. Janine and Claudia bond (at Playground Camp).
4. Stacey finds the remains of a dead guy in her suitcase.
5. Jessi dances as a substitute in Gotham Rhythm.
6. Mallory finds that William Shakespeare is a relative. This is a great book!
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Summary: A must read BSC book!
Review: This book was really good. Although not everyone likes it mostly because it's not realistic, I really liked it. It had a lot of adventure, action, and suspense to it. So I personally think that this book was really good. Great job you're doing, Ms. Martin, and keep up the good work! Go across the world ... with the BSC! The BSC is going global! Kristy, Stacey, Abby, Jessi, and Mallory have signed up for their best school trip yet: a week in London and Paris! Stacey can't wait to shop and museum-hop. Jjessi's excited about a special dance performance. Abby's dyying to visit the BSC's little princess, Victoria Kent. Mal's looking forward to meeting her distant cousins. And Kristy finds love... when she least expects it. This time, the Baby-Sitters are going to have plenty to write home about. What is going on about Mary Anne, Claudia, Dawn, and Logan? Their at a playground camp. So what is going on about the Baby-Sitters' adventures? Read this book to find out!
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