Baby-Sitters' Winter Vacation
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- Author：Ann M. Martin
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Reviews
Tara
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Not one of my favorites， but it does have a character named Teensy Mooseman， so there's that 😂 Not one of my favorites， but it does have a character named Teensy Mooseman， so there's that 😂 。。。more
Amanda L。
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I love the BSC but this was so ungodly boring I couldn’t finish it
Jennifer Maloney
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2。75。 Not a big fan of this one but it was fine。 I felt like there wasn’t much of a through-line in this book， just a bunch of disconnected happenings。 Day to day life at a winter lodge。 Each babysitter learned valuable life lessons。 The end。 😂 Less of an adventure and more just everyone having problems and not speaking to each other half the book。 Would’ve loved to see more of the other students， considering the entire school pretty much was present on this trip。 Would’ve been a good opportunit 2。75。 Not a big fan of this one but it was fine。 I felt like there wasn’t much of a through-line in this book， just a bunch of disconnected happenings。 Day to day life at a winter lodge。 Each babysitter learned valuable life lessons。 The end。 😂 Less of an adventure and more just everyone having problems and not speaking to each other half the book。 Would’ve loved to see more of the other students， considering the entire school pretty much was present on this trip。 Would’ve been a good opportunity to interact with more of them。 Also would’ve been fun to hear more about the ghost story that was hinted at。 I feel like that storyline didn’t get much justice。 I’ve read a lot of these books before but this one didn’t seem familiar， so I don’t think I ever read this one。 In general I remember really enjoying the Super Specials as a kid though， but this one was more of a dud than I was expecting。 More than usual too， I found myself having trouble keeping the various POVs separate in my head。 Everything in this book felt kind of jumbled together， repetitive， and not super interesting。 Oh well。 🤷🏼♀️ 。。。more
Chelsea
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It's a fun read but Mary Ann is annoying in this one。 It's a fun read but Mary Ann is annoying in this one。 。。。more
Kerri
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This is my least favorite BSC book in my re-read！ The way that Mary Anne is written really bothered me- and Mallory is even more annoying than I usually find her！
Isabel Cohen
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I love this book it is fun to read and I like that all of the girls are narrators
A。
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I first read this well over twenty years ago， but rereading it now had me wondering just why the babysitters always have to work while they're on holiday。 Seriously， there's sixteen elementary schoolers and the staff and teachers at the resort are just like， sure， we'll get half a dozen middle schoolers to wrangle them for free while they're on their own vacation， rather being adults and figuring it out themselves。 （Yes， I know the books are about babysitters， but the specials are their own thin I first read this well over twenty years ago， but rereading it now had me wondering just why the babysitters always have to work while they're on holiday。 Seriously， there's sixteen elementary schoolers and the staff and teachers at the resort are just like， sure， we'll get half a dozen middle schoolers to wrangle them for free while they're on their own vacation， rather being adults and figuring it out themselves。 （Yes， I know the books are about babysitters， but the specials are their own thing， to an extent， and I certainly wouldn't insist on kids doing childcare while they were on holiday）。 。。。more
Jaclyn
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Not bad。 LOL at the BSC swooping to the rescue with the bus of kids。 Meh at Mary Anne's level of pining over Logan。 LOL at Stacey finding true luv yet again。。。and yet again realizing how much love hurts。 Aww at Claudia falling for an older man。 Meh at Dawn's storyline being all about her clumsiness at sports which makes her self-conscious for a bit but then never really gets brought up again。 Unsure how I feel about the Pinky storyline。 I like how it made Jessi reflect on how she immediately ass Not bad。 LOL at the BSC swooping to the rescue with the bus of kids。 Meh at Mary Anne's level of pining over Logan。 LOL at Stacey finding true luv yet again。。。and yet again realizing how much love hurts。 Aww at Claudia falling for an older man。 Meh at Dawn's storyline being all about her clumsiness at sports which makes her self-conscious for a bit but then never really gets brought up again。 Unsure how I feel about the Pinky storyline。 I like how it made Jessi reflect on how she immediately assumed Pinky was being racist when （view spoiler）[she was just grouchy to everyone coz she was homesick （hide spoiler）]， but like， the reason behind Pinky's grouchiness was thin given how horribly grouchy she was to people。 Meh on Kristy being so competitive about the silly winter war， but eh， it's in character and I like that it led to real consequences （view spoiler）[with the kid that broke his ankle coz Kristy pressured him to compete。 （hide spoiler）]The framing device about MARY anne making a book for Logan coz he was in Aruba was a bit weak， but okay。 。。。more
Drew Ising
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Makenna and I read this together as a bedtime story last week。 It。。。 wasn't great。 But， and this may come as a surprise， but an almost-40 year-old man is not the target audience for this book。 😅 So I would usually defer to Mak on the rating for the book; she gave it 3 ⭐s。 I knocked off a star for some fat-shaming and a few anachronisms that haven't aged well。 Makenna picked up on a few of them， and a few she missed。 We didn't like how unlikeable some of the babysitters were in the book， but most Makenna and I read this together as a bedtime story last week。 It。。。 wasn't great。 But， and this may come as a surprise， but an almost-40 year-old man is not the target audience for this book。 😅 So I would usually defer to Mak on the rating for the book; she gave it 3 ⭐s。 I knocked off a star for some fat-shaming and a few anachronisms that haven't aged well。 Makenna picked up on a few of them， and a few she missed。 We didn't like how unlikeable some of the babysitters were in the book， but most of our exposure to the BSC is through the Netflix shows and some of the newer graphic novel remakes。 Perhaps this is consistent with all the original books， but we didn't care for it。 Something that was consistent， we both liked Mary Anne， who remains a queen of queens， even though she spent most of the first half of the book actively simpering over a boy。 [Boys are 🤢， obviously。 😁] 。。。more
Janet
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I liked these better when I was younger。 I adore young adult fiction， but this wasn't as enjoyable as I remembered。 I used to devour these books as a kid。 I still enjoyed reading it， but the plot seemed to move too fast。 It was harder to read the handwritten notes at the beginning of each chapter on an e-reader。 I didn't mind that some aspects of the plot had not aged well， like Mary Anne writing letters to a boyfriend and receiving a long distance call。 I liked these better when I was younger。 I adore young adult fiction， but this wasn't as enjoyable as I remembered。 I used to devour these books as a kid。 I still enjoyed reading it， but the plot seemed to move too fast。 It was harder to read the handwritten notes at the beginning of each chapter on an e-reader。 I didn't mind that some aspects of the plot had not aged well， like Mary Anne writing letters to a boyfriend and receiving a long distance call。 。。。more
Christina
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Yikes
Jess
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Re-reading the BSC series as a grown ass woman， super special edition: The absolute HELL I would raise if I found out that my children had been left in the care of some random 13 years olds on a school trip would be something to behold。 They would speak about it in hushed tones for years to come as that time they saw their lives flash before their eyes due to pure fear。 That aside though， this installment is a bit bleh。 Why are the girls always falling for grown ass men？ And not only that， Claud Re-reading the BSC series as a grown ass woman， super special edition: The absolute HELL I would raise if I found out that my children had been left in the care of some random 13 years olds on a school trip would be something to behold。 They would speak about it in hushed tones for years to come as that time they saw their lives flash before their eyes due to pure fear。 That aside though， this installment is a bit bleh。 Why are the girls always falling for grown ass men？ And not only that， Claudia thought a man old enough to be married with two kids was interested in her。。 what kind of men are these girls exposed to？！ Anyway， definitely not my favourite。 Yawn。 。。。more
Dakota Smith
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Cute story but way to much romance for a 13 year old！！！ Like the winter activities and I want to stay at a ski 🎿 lodge。 （ Winter Challenge-Book w/ Winter in the Title）
Amita
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It was really close to a five star。 But at some points I felt as though the chapters kept being about the same 3 characters and some characters barely had any chapters about them。
Sean Harding
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Despite the fact that the main characters never age there are events that happen and even though you try to follow the order of books， occasionally they tell you a book goes here and you come across a whole bunch of spoilers， well anyway this was BSC to the rescue with normal carrying on and Kristy being a jackass。 I wish that people who run things that tell you the order of books actually would do it correctly， I'm looking g at you not so Fantastic Fiction。 Despite the fact that the main characters never age there are events that happen and even though you try to follow the order of books， occasionally they tell you a book goes here and you come across a whole bunch of spoilers， well anyway this was BSC to the rescue with normal carrying on and Kristy being a jackass。 I wish that people who run things that tell you the order of books actually would do it correctly， I'm looking g at you not so Fantastic Fiction。 。。。more
Elizabeth
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Pure nostalgia。
Kristi Clemow
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Cute - interesting how much they can cram into one short week in a book - seemed to be way too few chaperones - especially for such little kids。 I like the super specials as they have all points of view。 Personal summary/spoiler in comments
aem
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Silly
Pastel Paperback
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This was a slog for me。 I don't know， I just wasn't feeling it。 The entire "project" of the super special is a book documenting their trip for Logan， who is simply going on a different vacation then Mary Anne。 Like。。。they're spending a week apart。 They act like it's months。 The elementary school bus accident is also a bizarre way to introduce babysitting into the mix， but I guess they were trying to make things more exciting。 Overall， I liked the winter atmosphere， but found this SS pretty lackl This was a slog for me。 I don't know， I just wasn't feeling it。 The entire "project" of the super special is a book documenting their trip for Logan， who is simply going on a different vacation then Mary Anne。 Like。。。they're spending a week apart。 They act like it's months。 The elementary school bus accident is also a bizarre way to introduce babysitting into the mix， but I guess they were trying to make things more exciting。 Overall， I liked the winter atmosphere， but found this SS pretty lackluster。 Extra start for nostalgia。 。。。more
Kelsey
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Funny to read this book again as a teacher who has chaperoned overnight field trips several times， for kids who are the same age as the members of the babysitters club。 What a flip in perspectives！I didn’t feel the same nostalgia reading this one as I did reading the Little Sister Super Special。2021 notes for the book written in 1989:-Guy’s handling of Claudia’s crush on him is disturbing。 He’s a grown man with a wife and child， yet has a skiing student who is infatuated with him。 He responds by Funny to read this book again as a teacher who has chaperoned overnight field trips several times， for kids who are the same age as the members of the babysitters club。 What a flip in perspectives！I didn’t feel the same nostalgia reading this one as I did reading the Little Sister Super Special。2021 notes for the book written in 1989:-Guy’s handling of Claudia’s crush on him is disturbing。 He’s a grown man with a wife and child， yet has a skiing student who is infatuated with him。 He responds by slow dancing with her and then writing her a postcard。 The book treats it as normal。-there’s a brief anecdote of fat-shaming with the boys in the back of the bus on the way home。 What makes it worse is that Mary Anne snidely narrates that the taunting of the boys didn’t stop the girl they made fun of from eating three snickers bars。 Shut up Mary Anne。-I believe that， if written today， Ms Halliday would be gay and not crying in the bathroom， missing her fiancé bc she was away from home for five days。-Jessi’s story line involves her wondering if Pinky is mistreating her out of “prejudice”。 Jessi learns at the end that she was mistaken and feels ashamed for thinking that， wondering if maybe SHE Has maybe been racist for wondering such a thing。 That she needs to go home and think through that with her parents。 This…felt weird。-Mallory’s story line was underdeveloped。 She was terrified of going to the dance。 She ended up going and Stacey mentions off hand that Mallory was dancing with a boy！ Well who was it？！ It never comes up again。Anyways， criticism aside， I still remember being swept away by this story the first time I read it and thought of all the BSC members as adults away on a skiing trip。 😊 。。。more
Amanda
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This super special was absolutely wild and ridiculous， and I loved it。 The premise is ridiculous on about five different levels， but it was just pure fun。 It seems like Ann M。 Martin learned from previous super specials that there are too many POVs and plotlines， and she found a way to condense them into a more cohesive story。 I knew this book was going to be fun， because it takes place while the BSC is in eighth grade， in winter， after Mimi is already dead—which means we went both forwards and This super special was absolutely wild and ridiculous， and I loved it。 The premise is ridiculous on about five different levels， but it was just pure fun。 It seems like Ann M。 Martin learned from previous super specials that there are too many POVs and plotlines， and she found a way to condense them into a more cohesive story。 I knew this book was going to be fun， because it takes place while the BSC is in eighth grade， in winter， after Mimi is already dead—which means we went both forwards and backwards in time。 The older girls should be in the winter of their ninth grade year， but they're now doomed to repeat eighth grade forever。 KRISTY: Kristy is truly in her element in this book， and I fucking loved it for her。 A winter sports paradise with emergency babysitting duties and a serious competition is like heaven on earth for Kristy。DAWN: Ann always does something unexpected with Dawn in a super special。 This time， Dawn is bad at sports and a little bit bullied。 We're 29 books and three specials in at this point， and it feels like she hasn't decided whether Dawn is "cool" like Stacey and Claudia or dorky like Mary Anne and Kristy。CLAUDIA: Claudia is apparently a championship skier？？？ Random。 I also don't like Claudia anymore， so I loved that she got completely humiliated by her love interest。STACEY: Stacey completely faded into the background in this book！ After getting all the diseases at camp， I'm glad she had a solid vacation。 MARY ANNE: Even in a Logan-free book， Mary Anne's whole plotline is dedicated to Logan。 Great。MALLORY: SO GODDAMN ANNOYING。 Seriously， Mallory almost redeemed herself for me after I liked Mallory and the Mystery Diary， but here she is back to being such a creepy little weirdo。JESSI: When I saw that this took place at a winter sports lodge， I was so worried we were going to have to read a Jessi POV that didn't incorporate the performing arts， but but THANK GOD she found a way to not grow as a character at all and stick her in lane。 。。。more
Susan Bazzett-Griffith
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This 3rd "Super Special" felt pretty phoned-in- Mallory even didn't even GET a new storyline- she just is playing Harriet the Spy on another trip。 Stacey and Claudia meet boys and Mary Anne is again weirdly lovesick over just a week away from Logan。 And I found the idea of the girls being tasked with being basically the adult chaperones of 16 kids from Maine without even some paperwork or something to be implausible， even in the late 80s。 Like。。。I remember how permissive our parents were back th This 3rd "Super Special" felt pretty phoned-in- Mallory even didn't even GET a new storyline- she just is playing Harriet the Spy on another trip。 Stacey and Claudia meet boys and Mary Anne is again weirdly lovesick over just a week away from Logan。 And I found the idea of the girls being tasked with being basically the adult chaperones of 16 kids from Maine without even some paperwork or something to be implausible， even in the late 80s。 Like。。。I remember how permissive our parents were back then， but I can't see how like they just sent a kid with a broken leg to the hospital amd then back on a BUS without hoa folks being called in or anything when they're only a few hours from home。。。。 I don't know。 It was ok， but I definitely didn't like revisiting this one as much as the first two- mostly because I found the plot a little ridiculous。 2 stars。 。。。more
Andrew Dittmar
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When I was in high school， my 40-person marching band made a trip to Disney World， twice。 Between the two trips， all matter of morally and legally questionable activities occurred。 It was an enormous headache for the adults involved， and stories of our trip were widely dispersed among our high school。 Ten years after my graduation， I have now been a teacher and have been a chaperone for many a single-day field trip。The prospect of taking an ENTIRE middle school on a full-week trip sounds like a When I was in high school， my 40-person marching band made a trip to Disney World， twice。 Between the two trips， all matter of morally and legally questionable activities occurred。 It was an enormous headache for the adults involved， and stories of our trip were widely dispersed among our high school。 Ten years after my graduation， I have now been a teacher and have been a chaperone for many a single-day field trip。The prospect of taking an ENTIRE middle school on a full-week trip sounds like a spectacularly hellish experience for any adult involved and I truly have to wonder about the soundness of the decision to plan this trip and the soundness of the parents' decision to allow their children to go。 That said， this was a fun BSC read。 It fits between books 29 and 30， for anyone curious。 。。。more
Tiffany Spencer
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Baby-Sitters Winter VacationPlot: The kids at SMS get invited to Leicester Lodge by the owners for a week for free and while they’re there they hold an event called the Winter War which is part of the Winter Carnival。 The events are an ice-skating contest， a snowball fight， a snow sculpture contest， a downhill ski competition， and a cross country skiing competition。 Since Logan can’t go Maryanne decides to keep a journal for him。 Kristy， Maryanne， Claudia， and Jessi all have jobs。 Maryanne is th Baby-Sitters Winter VacationPlot: The kids at SMS get invited to Leicester Lodge by the owners for a week for free and while they’re there they hold an event called the Winter War which is part of the Winter Carnival。 The events are an ice-skating contest， a snowball fight， a snow sculpture contest， a downhill ski competition， and a cross country skiing competition。 Since Logan can’t go Maryanne decides to keep a journal for him。 Kristy， Maryanne， Claudia， and Jessi all have jobs。 Maryanne is the record-keeper， Kristy is over the war， Claudia is going to judge the snow sculptures， and Jessi is over Talent Night。 There’s a scare of a snowstorm and the bus in order to avoid a deer skid into a snow embankment， but they eventually make it there。 Another school （Conway Cove）’s bus has an accident， but this one is worse and the police and rescue squad have to be called。 Kristy volunteers the BSC to go to the scene of the accident and tells each one to grab a couple from the 16 kids on the bus and try to help calm them down。 Maryanne asks them on the way back to each written entry in the book for Logan。 After dinner， the question comes up what to do with the kids。 The Georges doesn’t want to send them home because they won a contest。 Kristy again volunteers the BSC to watch the kids free of charge for five days。 Maryanne: Maryanne is assigned a historian and has to write a paper on the Lodge。 While researching， she finds a ghost tale mentioned in a lot of the books。 She interviews some of the staff， but they all give her cryptic answers。 She then gets distracted and started writing Logan and imagining him with someone else in Aruba。 She tries again to get info out of the staff and they give her some good stuff。 That is until the subject of the ghost comes up。 She’s able to get out of Mr。 George （finally） that the story originated from a guest dying at the lodge and afterward strange things began happening。 But he and his wife have never seen anything out of the usual。 Maryanne afterward has a heart-to-heart with the gym teacher and they both bond over missing their significant others。 Significant because Maryanne spends the book avoiding her because she thinks she hates her because she sucks at sports。 The teacher tho tells her she’s proud of her because she keeps at it。 Dawn apologizes and they make up and become bunkmates again。 Maryanne then has an idea for the play to read this lame skit about a breakup， but Jessi turns it down。 She gets a phone call and is scared that something happened back home but it’s Logan。 Blah Blah Blah they miss each other and love each other sooo much。 They reunite when they get back and he loves the book。Jessi- Jessi gets scared that doing any of the snow events will injure her and thus prevent her from dancing so she volunteers to watch one of the kids named Pinky。 Pinky has a sprained ankle and has to sit out going outside so， in turn， she’s a bitch to Jessi。 Jessi wonders if she’s prejudiced but attempts to play board games with her。 Until she calls her a cheater。 For the rest of the afternoon， Jessi shoves a book at starts to think about what to do for the talent show。 Jessi holds auditions for the show。 She’s a little irritated that Maryanne didn’t write a sketch for the Conway kids， but decides they can do a skit about their school。 Pinky doesn’t agree because she says the teachers won’t like it。 Jessi thinks it's because she’s prejudice even tho Mal says that’s not it。 The talent show goes great！ Jessi’s Swan Lake performance gets tons of applause。 Later she finds Pinky crying in the bathroom and she apologizes。 This leaves Jessi to wonder is she prejudice。Stacey- Stacey volunteers to help one of the teachers take care of the kids and while taking a ski lesson meets a guy named Pierre， that she instantly falls for。 While taking a ski lesson she falls in love with a guy named Pierre。 He feels the same and they spend most of the trip together。Mallory: Mallory is worried because dance is announced on Friday and she’s got no experience with dancing or boys。 The rest of the time she’s snooping on people and making up exaggerations in a notebook under the guise that she’s preparing for a career in spying。 She realizes she’s def not a spy。 At the dance， she volunteers to watch the kids。 But they all start to dance and she’s left alone。 Finally， a boy named Justin asks her to dance。Dawn: Dawn has a bad day。 She causes her team to lose because she falls twice during the skating race and she drops the baton。 Later she even falls getting on the ski slope。 To top it off she and Maryanne have a fight because she’s trying to tell Maryanne about her bad day and she’s all spaced out over Logan。 They dump each other as bunkmates。 Pinky helps Dawn see that because she’s around her classmates and she’ll have to be around them on a daily basis maybe that’s the reason she’s been messing up （nerves？） She also sees that Pinky is being a jerk because she thinks she’s being strong， but really she’s home-sick。 Kristy: Kristy lets the kids participate in a snowman building contest and gets Claudia to judge it。 She praises her for her good idea to display the winners of the contest pictures with their creation and ribbons underneath。 But later gets upset when she declares the winner of the snow sculpture contest someone on her team （the Red Team）。 She’s already lost the skating competition and she’s fuming because she just *has* to win！ Kristy gets desperate and pushes some kids to join the cross-country ski event。 One of them （Jay） breaks his ankle。 Kristy feels guilty and realizes she’s too competitive and starts feeling guilty。 But Jay forgives her and dances with her at dance。 （The Blue Team） ends up losing。Claudia: Claudia while taking ski lessons falls in love with the instructor Guy who calls her his star pupil。 But it turns out Guy has a wife and two kids。 Claudia is embarrassed but is glad that she still has Will。 Guy dances with her at the dance and she’s “in heaven”。 My Thoughts:*The Winter Events didn’t do anything for me。 I’m not into sports so toward the end of the book I skimmed through those。*Maryanne’s part was mostly BORING！ I didn’t care about her missing Logan this ENTIRE book。 I hate books， where the girl is away from her boyfriend for a short amount of time and acts like the world， is gonna end。 The only part that was interesting （the ghost part） kind of went nowhere。*Stacey’s part was BORING because in the next Super Special she’ll have found someone else。 She changes love interest like people change clothes。 Sorry Pierre you’re just the flavor of this Super Special。*Claudia’s part was REPETITIVE because does there always have to be a book for each member falling in love with someone older and then discovering they're either with someone else or married？ There was one about Stacey。 There was one about Dawn。 This time it was Claudia。 Poor Will。 I’d never wanna be anyone’s second choice。 But Claudia cluelessly thinks this is okay。*Mallory’s part was BORING because this Lodge is BORING。 There was nothing to go on for her to spy on。 There could have been some kind of “mystery” to give her part a lil more intrigue like in Mallory and the Mystery Diary。*Dawn practically didn’t have a part other than than to screw up in every event and fight with Maryanne over not being heard。*I’m over the repetition of Jessi either being around racist people or thinking everyone is racist。 Then does AMM really know what the meaning of racism is？ Jessi wonders if she’s racist when really she should be wondering if she’s paranoid。*Kristy’s part annoyed me because like I said I could care less about this Winter War。 Like Claudia said “Big deal you win a slice of pizza。 We have that all the time at home and can have it whenever we want。” But I really think Kristy needs some psychological help because if you’re so competitive and obsessive about winning that you push people to the point that they hurt themselves YEAH you need serious help。Ok。 Why are all these people risking their lives to get to this lodge in a FREAKING SNOW STORM that they can WAIT OUT UNTIL ITS OVER？ Why would Logan want a memory book for a trip that didn’t include him？ I once did a memory book for a guy but it was about OUR memories。 And then teenage boys aren’t teenage girls and I doubt that Logan is that sentimental that he wants to keep his girlfriend’s and her friend’s memories in a book。 He’ll probably look at that once and throw it under his bed somewhere。After the accident， the Georges discuss “What they’ll do with the kids”。 Why would they need to *do* anything？ If the point was they’d come there after winning a contest and they got there safely and the teachers wouldn’t be in the hospital but a night why would there be a problem with them continuing the stay there。 The only problem I see is how they’ll get back with the bus crashed。Since when do teachers divulge anything about their personal lives and who they’re seeing to students？ That seems to violate some kind of code。 Not only that if I was in the 8th grade that would just be weird as hell if my teacher sat down and asked me who I was seeing and told me they missed someone like we were girlfriends。 UH NOOO！！！*Lol So Claudia wishes she could speak English？ Guy has an accent but he still speaks in ENGLISH。 “I wish I could speak whatever Guy’s native language is。”*Why is AMM she’s so OBSESSED with either pointing out the racism towards the only black character。 Even when there isn't any？ *And again。 They’re in a SNOW CABIN that’s fully equipped to deal with a snow in。 Why would they assume they’d be evacuated in the middle of a STORM to drive home？ Rating: 5 。。。more
Rose 'I Have Too Many Books To Read And Yet I Want More Barrientos
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I don't know what was worse。。。Jessi's ability to kiss her own ass or Mary Anne's whining。 Now I know why I never reread this。 I don't know what was worse。。。Jessi's ability to kiss her own ass or Mary Anne's whining。 Now I know why I never reread this。 。。。more
Ciara Campbell
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A lovely trip down memory lane to a series I read in my childhood。 It has dated a little but not much and overall is a quick， easy and fun read
Zelda
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The only thing I didn't like about it was that it gave details about cross country skiing， but not snowball fighting。 The only thing I didn't like about it was that it gave details about cross country skiing， but not snowball fighting。 。。。more
Jamie （TheRebelliousReader）
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2 stars。 My least favorite BSC book。 A lot of the girls felt out of character。 And then Claudia was crushing on an older guy which was super freakin’ weird。 But what really pissed me off was Jessi’s storyline。 She gets stuck with a kid， Pinky， who is shitty towards her and Jessi thinks the girls is racist。 Turns out the kid is just a little shit and then Jessi feels bad about thinking she was racist。 Martin does not handle Jessi being Black well at all and she tends to always brush off Jessi’s p 2 stars。 My least favorite BSC book。 A lot of the girls felt out of character。 And then Claudia was crushing on an older guy which was super freakin’ weird。 But what really pissed me off was Jessi’s storyline。 She gets stuck with a kid， Pinky， who is shitty towards her and Jessi thinks the girls is racist。 Turns out the kid is just a little shit and then Jessi feels bad about thinking she was racist。 Martin does not handle Jessi being Black well at all and she tends to always brush off Jessi’s problems with other people when it comes to her race。 She minimizes it into “Well， everyone has problems and is judged for something。” I hate it。 Pinky very much could have some bias towards her because of her race but Martin dropped the ball completely。 It just was handled so terribly and did not sit right with me at all。 。。。more
Christine
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Every winter， the students at Stoneybrook Middle School attended a mandatory trip to a ski lodge in Vermont。 While in Vermont， the SMS students had the opportunity to compete in winter-related competitions， such as a snowball fight， ice skating， and cross country skiing。 A group of students （age 7-8） from a Maine elementary school were also staying at the lodge。 The elementary school teachers were hurt in a bus accident， so the BSC agreed to chaperone the young students for the week。I liked the Every winter， the students at Stoneybrook Middle School attended a mandatory trip to a ski lodge in Vermont。 While in Vermont， the SMS students had the opportunity to compete in winter-related competitions， such as a snowball fight， ice skating， and cross country skiing。 A group of students （age 7-8） from a Maine elementary school were also staying at the lodge。 The elementary school teachers were hurt in a bus accident， so the BSC agreed to chaperone the young students for the week。I liked the premise of the winter trip， but could have done without the unrealistic plot involving the Maine elementary school。 There was no way everyone would be fine with having a group of middle school girls watch the kids all week。 Also， teachers had their own separate dorms， but the BSC decided they needed to move out of their assigned room with other SMS girls to bunk with the young children in their co-ed dorm？！ Where were the parent chaperones？ They should have had some contingency plan in place， other than letting random thirteen year-old girls be in charge。Jessi's plot was about how she thought Pinky， one of the Maine students， was racist against her because Pinky's behavior reminded Jessi of her racist Stoneybrook neighbors。 Mallory dismissed Jessi's concern and said that Pinky was not racist。 In the end， Jessi realized Pinky was rude to everyone and then worried that she （Jessi） was discriminating against Pinky by thinking Pinky was a racist。 As Ijeoma Oluo wrote in So You Want to Talk About Race， "it is about race if a person of color thinks it's about race"。 I wished Jessi's plot had been more nuanced and that Mallory had listened to Jessi's concerns instead of flat-out dismissing them。 Overall， I am giving this book 2。5 stars。 。。。more
Laura
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