Yeah, it doesn't make sense that Linny Papadakis would be involved. He doesn't go to the same school! Sure, he might want to help because he's David Michael's friend, but it seems like the ghosties have the private school kids mingling with the SES kids more often than they might in real life. I don't know about you guys, but there were six elementary schools in my town and we never really hung out with kids from the other schools until we got to the middle school. Even things like sports and religious education were local, so the kids on your soccer team/in your church/etc. were also kids from your school.
It's like the book (I think it was a Super Special?) where they were all in a production of Peter Pan, and Karen gets to be Tinkerbell. It wasn't a community theatre production; it was a school production. She shouldn't have been there.
I used to live in Chicago, and in my neighborhood alone there were three elementary schools--public, Catholic, and Lutheran. The only reason I knew kids from all three was because they lived near my house. Heck, I barely knew kids outside of my grade, and that was just within my own school.
It was really bizarre to keep reading about people from Kristy's neighborhood going to the carnival, buying things (that their kids had donated, even) at the yard sale, etc. I mean, it's great that they wanted to help, but seriously.
Ooh, you made me realize something important that I didn't mention--the Zunis live on a reservation. In the letters they write they do make it sound like they have less than the Stoneybrook kids, like one mentions that her relatives have only a TV, not a VCR.
As for the 13-year-olds and their quarters, well, Alan was involved, so it wasn't very hard. :)
Thanks! You have the updated cover, though--trust me, the original orange is obnoxious. And tell me she's not grabbing the boob of the girl on the right.
I have a feeling I might have mentioned this the first time around, but you'd think Dawn would like that they're called "sister schools" and not "brother schools". Isn't she the type who's all about renaming it the "winter ovester" because "semester" begins in the same way as "semen" and is thus male-dominated?
Wet blanket MA points out that SES and SMS are in session at the same time. Hello, for something like this you'll get permission to leave school for a little while.
Or, you know, they could just call the ES and have one of the teachers announce it? Oh wait, BSC > adults. My bad. Carry on.
Ms. Downey, the school secretary, will drive the girls over. In a station wagon.
Again, why can't they just CALL THE DAMN ES?!?! I'm sure the sec has better things to do than ferry the neighbourhood's pubescent cult across town.
When Dawn calls on Jordan Pike, he asks what's crawling on the wall behind MalloryWE GET IT, ANN. You hate Mallory because she represents the nerdy, dorky little girl you used to be. Go get some therapy already.
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"WE GET IT, ANN. You hate Mallory because she represents the nerdy, dorky little girl you used to be."
this. I think it's the first time I've ever seen someone express that thought on here. I don't think AMM needed therapy, I think she just needed to grow up/grow past that resentment. I did, so it can happen.
When Dawn calls on Jordan Pike, he asks what's crawling on the wall behind Mallory
Maybe I'm mean, but that was always my favourite part in the book. Holy crap, a kid acting like a bratty younger brother in BSC Land!
Dawn is a dumbass and wonders why Adam and Byron are charging a quarter to participate in something called a free-throw contest. Seriously, Dawn?That reminds me of when I was on a train a couple of weeks ago. I asked for a diet Coke when the drink cart when by, and the train attendant (steward?) asked if I wanted a Coke Zero instead, since they offered both. Another passenger said, "Why would anyone pay for something called Zero?" I think I was supposed to laugh, but I didn't
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Agreed that this should have been a Mallory or Kristy book, especially since Mal is pretty involved with everything. Although I suppose there's a lot of reusing/recycling going on with the sales and clothing drive, so that fits into Dawn's character trait of saving the planet.
Thanks! I'm working on #36 next, and it's worse than this one. Like, all Jessi does is bitch and moan that Aunt Cecelia is moving in. I just want to smack her and tell her to get over it.
How weird. I just found a couple BSC books at a second hand store, and they were #44 and #36. o.O (I KNOW I had them originally but they disappeared somewhere...)
Jessi is unbelievably annoying in that book, I wanted to smack her through the whole thing, too.
(And they couldn't have had Mal organize the sleepover in this book because Mal can't have good things, of course!)
This post is totally 4 years old and I found it by Googling "Dawn and the Big Sleepover" because the BSC page on Facebook just asked what is your favorite BSC book and mine's this one, but I had been thinking that #36 was possibly next in line, at least in the "quotes that made me laugh like a moron" category, so it's funny that you mentioned it here :)
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It's like the book (I think it was a Super Special?) where they were all in a production of Peter Pan, and Karen gets to be Tinkerbell. It wasn't a community theatre production; it was a school production. She shouldn't have been there.
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It was really bizarre to keep reading about people from Kristy's neighborhood going to the carnival, buying things (that their kids had donated, even) at the yard sale, etc. I mean, it's great that they wanted to help, but seriously.
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As for the 13-year-olds and their quarters, well, Alan was involved, so it wasn't very hard. :)
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And tell me she's not grabbing the boob of the girl on the right.
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Wet blanket MA points out that SES and SMS are in session at the same time. Hello, for something like this you'll get permission to leave school for a little while.
Or, you know, they could just call the ES and have one of the teachers announce it? Oh wait, BSC > adults. My bad. Carry on.
Ms. Downey, the school secretary, will drive the girls over. In a station wagon.
Again, why can't they just CALL THE DAMN ES?!?! I'm sure the sec has better things to do than ferry the neighbourhood's pubescent cult across town.
When Dawn calls on Jordan Pike, he asks what's crawling on the wall behind MalloryWE GET IT, ANN. You hate Mallory because she represents the nerdy, dorky little girl you used to be. Go get some therapy already. ( ... )
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this. I think it's the first time I've ever seen someone express that thought on here. I don't think AMM needed therapy, I think she just needed to grow up/grow past that resentment. I did, so it can happen.
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As for the secretary, she was actually glad to get away from her computer for an hour. Guess so, if she's willing to cart the BSC around.
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Ah, the days before the internet!
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Maybe I'm mean, but that was always my favourite part in the book. Holy crap, a kid acting like a bratty younger brother in BSC Land!
Dawn is a dumbass and wonders why Adam and Byron are charging a quarter to participate in something called a free-throw contest. Seriously, Dawn?That reminds me of when I was on a train a couple of weeks ago. I asked for a diet Coke when the drink cart when by, and the train attendant (steward?) asked if I wanted a Coke Zero instead, since they offered both. Another passenger said, "Why would anyone pay for something called Zero?" I think I was supposed to laugh, but I didn't ( ... )
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Thanks! I'm working on #36 next, and it's worse than this one. Like, all Jessi does is bitch and moan that Aunt Cecelia is moving in. I just want to smack her and tell her to get over it.
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Jessi is unbelievably annoying in that book, I wanted to smack her through the whole thing, too.
(And they couldn't have had Mal organize the sleepover in this book because Mal can't have good things, of course!)
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/run-on sentence
/cool story bro
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