BSC Mystery #1 Stacey and the Missing Ring

[blue828]

So, this book starts out with Stacey about to let us in on a huge secret, and imploring us to not tell her friends because she would so die if they knew. Wait, wait, dont tell me Stacey, let me guess. You let Toby get to second base in Sea City? You occasionally sneak puffs out of discarded cigarettes?  You think Karen Brewer is actually the anti-

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[toesock29]

yeah - I loved this book way back when. Thanks for doing it!
And I love the Home Alone references!

[glitterberrys]

I hate to admit it, but if I had a strange teenager in my home and something suddenly went missing, I'd probably assume they had something to do with it too. Though, you know, I wouldn't be hiring a thirteen-year-old I don't know to watch my hypothetical kid, my cats OR my (sadly also hypothetical) piles of diamonds in the first place...

Even if they're sweet, blueberry pancakes without syrup would still be pretty dry.

[tonights]

Naaah. Properly made, pancakes are totally moist and delicious - I never ever use syrup!

[evewithanapple]

Kristy responds that Mrs. Gardella doesn't know Stacey is guilty and therefore should not be making claims against her she can't prove.

Whaaaat? Kristy takes Stacey's side instead of blaming her for RUINING THE BSC FOREVER OMG? What is this Bizarro world?

[ifandonlyif]

nahh, just the first book in the mystery series

[littlelatte]

The whole "I'll sit for free until the ring is paid off" idea is so full of fail. If I were Mrs. G and thought my baby-sitter stole my diamond ring, there's no way in hell I'd let her baby-sit for me again. Also, having another sitter there doesn't make it better - especially when you don't even know this other sitter

[flipflopgoddess]

Yeah, Kristy seems to do this a lot, thinking that people will have mad respect for the President of a baby-sitting club.

[ldywati2d]

A diamond ring doesn't have to be that expensive. I don't think it's appropriate for a 14th birthday, but I did get a birthstone ring for my 16th, so did my sisters. Mine is a sapphire, but if my parents had an April daughter, she would have gotten a ring.

http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-wedding-ring-white-gold_12836 (and you can find less expensive)

[littlelatte]

True enough. I guess I just picture Stacey taking after her mom and loving Tiffany's. Or maybe I'm just still bitter that my cousin got a ruby Tiffany's bracelet for no reason when she was 14, and I, 20 at the time, was still buying cheap jewelry that breaks/falls apart a few months later! lol (I still do, but at least now I have a topaz ring, so not all of my jewelry is cheap, just most of it!)

[prufrock_girl]

I remember loving this one too...unlike the other mysteries. But I couldn't remember the plot, other than Claudia looking through Stacey's jewelry which I remember thinking at the time was a pretty clever cover. Eh.

Also, my claim to fame in life is that I share Stacey McGill's birthday! April 3rd. And while I never expected my parents to get me a diamond, I do say it sucks that April's birthstone is the only one that costs like ten times more than all the others, so we never get our stone on anything.

Great recap!

[lillysghost]

Seconded! I'm also an april baby, and never had a diamond till my fiance proposed on my 22nd birthday, wheras my best friend was a march baby, and had aquamarines coming out of her ears by the time she was 13. It always bothered me. But then again you can look at it like we have the king of jemstones as our birthstone, while the other months have stones that are not nearly as impressive. Having said that, i must also admit that i like pearls better than diamonds anyhow - and both my mum and sister are June girls. (which is why they both acted like Karen Brewer on a bad day when they found out Nanna had left ME her pearl necklace - suck it bitches! You should have been nicer to Nan!)