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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I decided to give this book 3 stars because it became a chore to listen to the audiobook somewhere in the middle of the story. However, I still recommend this series to the children it is aimed at because you can learn a few things even though these books are pretty old.
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Mary Anne is stupid enough to leave her kitten, Tigger (whom I always call Tiger in my head), outside on his own when she goes to a BSC meeting. Then, she is totally shocked and dismayed when she comes home and he is missing. What did she think was going to happen? That he was going to be sitting next to the door waiting to go in? Seriously.
Anyway, MA freaks when she can't find him that night and tells Kristy, who gathers the troops and starts making plans for Operation Find Tigger. They pool their money for a reward (I think it's like $17? But they somehow make it into $30) and make up a poster (they don't let Claudia anywhere near the wording). Okay, 2 things: 1. They make Kristy's mom run off copies of the poster at her work, which they make her do ALL the time. I would think she would eventually get in trouble for that? and 2. They looked for Tigger all over, but never even went to any of the neighbors or anything to see if anyone had seen, say, a little girl from Kentucky sneaking Tigger home under her shirt. Annoying.
In between all this, Logan is being a total jerkwad. He doesn't comfort MA, he's totally annoyed that he has to sit outside on the porch at her house (but Claudia's parents are totally cool with him coming in her room lol), and he tells her to stop being such a girl. Like that's a bad thing?? Girls rock. :) It turns out he might get kicked off the baseball team because he sucks and won't take steroids or something and it's totally stressing him out. Don't worry though, MA forgives him in the end.
So that's all the boring stuff, now how about a What Claudia is Wearing? Yay! It's her clothes that amaze me, though. (I think they amaze everyone.) [Yeah, that they let her out of the house in some of these getups.] Claud mixes and matches the weirdest stuff and comes up with the coolest outfits. Like a loose blouse with a fake coat of arms on it worn over a very short black skirt. Around her waist, a scarf. On her feet, short black boots. Dangling from her ears, dinosaurs. And her hair might be piled on top of her head and held in place with hairpins that look like seahorses. She combines all this stuff - and she looks fantastic. [I don't know about that.]
I took some liberties with her outfit, because the coat of arms made me think of Hogwarts and Harry Potter and I think Claudia would totally dig Harry Potter and make it like her uniform for the release week of the last book or something. So I made 2 outfits here...the one on the left is her going-to-school outfit and the one on the right is what she would wear if her parents made her go out to dinner with "important people". Still "Claudia", but toned down. You like?
Oh, "what happened to Tigger?" you say? Well, turns out Logan's little sister, Kerry, "finds him" and takes him home to live in her closet. Even though her little brother, Hunter, is like the Bubble Boy and deathly allergic to everything and it's dusty cousin. Poor kid. MA finds him, rescues him, blames Logan, forgives Logan, Kerry has to wash cars and gets rewarded with a hairless pet. Okay. I would have been grounded for the summer to my front yard and had my bike taken away and then thrown away....oh wait, that did happen to me lol.
Mary Anne is stupid enough to leave her kitten, Tigger (whom I always call Tiger in my head), outside on his own when she goes to a BSC meeting. Then, she is totally shocked and dismayed when she comes home and he is missing. What did she think was going to happen? That he was going to be sitting next to the door waiting to go in? Seriously.
Anyway, MA freaks when she can't find him that night and tells Kristy, who gathers the troops and starts making plans for Operation Find Tigger. They pool their money for a reward (I think it's like $17? But they somehow make it into $30) and make up a poster (they don't let Claudia anywhere near the wording). Okay, 2 things: 1. They make Kristy's mom run off copies of the poster at her work, which they make her do ALL the time. I would think she would eventually get in trouble for that? and 2. They looked for Tigger all over, but never even went to any of the neighbors or anything to see if anyone had seen, say, a little girl from Kentucky sneaking Tigger home under her shirt. Annoying.
In between all this, Logan is being a total jerkwad. He doesn't comfort MA, he's totally annoyed that he has to sit outside on the porch at her house (but Claudia's parents are totally cool with him coming in her room lol), and he tells her to stop being such a girl. Like that's a bad thing?? Girls rock. :) It turns out he might get kicked off the baseball team because he sucks and won't take steroids or something and it's totally stressing him out. Don't worry though, MA forgives him in the end.
So that's all the boring stuff, now how about a What Claudia is Wearing? Yay! It's her clothes that amaze me, though. (I think they amaze everyone.) [Yeah, that they let her out of the house in some of these getups.] Claud mixes and matches the weirdest stuff and comes up with the coolest outfits. Like a loose blouse with a fake coat of arms on it worn over a very short black skirt. Around her waist, a scarf. On her feet, short black boots. Dangling from her ears, dinosaurs. And her hair might be piled on top of her head and held in place with hairpins that look like seahorses. She combines all this stuff - and she looks fantastic. [I don't know about that.]
I took some liberties with her outfit, because the coat of arms made me think of Hogwarts and Harry Potter and I think Claudia would totally dig Harry Potter and make it like her uniform for the release week of the last book or something. So I made 2 outfits here...the one on the left is her going-to-school outfit and the one on the right is what she would wear if her parents made her go out to dinner with "important people". Still "Claudia", but toned down. You like?
Oh, "what happened to Tigger?" you say? Well, turns out Logan's little sister, Kerry, "finds him" and takes him home to live in her closet. Even though her little brother, Hunter, is like the Bubble Boy and deathly allergic to everything and it's dusty cousin. Poor kid. MA finds him, rescues him, blames Logan, forgives Logan, Kerry has to wash cars and gets rewarded with a hairless pet. Okay. I would have been grounded for the summer to my front yard and had my bike taken away and then thrown away....oh wait, that did happen to me lol.
Fantastic books for young girls getting into reading!! Great stories about friendship and life lessons. The characters deal with all sorts of situations and often find responsible solutions to problems.
I loved this series growing up and wanted to start my own babysitting business with friends. Great lessons in entrepreneurship for tweens.
The books may be dated with out references to modern technology but the story stands and lessons are still relevant.
Awesome books that girls will love! And the series grows with them! Terrific Author!
I loved this series growing up and wanted to start my own babysitting business with friends. Great lessons in entrepreneurship for tweens.
The books may be dated with out references to modern technology but the story stands and lessons are still relevant.
Awesome books that girls will love! And the series grows with them! Terrific Author!
Mary Anne is unable to find tiger while Logan seems behaiving distantly. Is there a connection between the two?
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I've decided to now not rate children's books because come on, they're children's books (unless they're really really really bad) but I thought it'll still be nice to leave some of my thoughts.
I love it. nostalgic, wholesome, cute. plus how Mary Anne and Logan dealt with the elephant in the room at the end? so much better than most adults. I need more of these types of books. glad it's a series
I love it. nostalgic, wholesome, cute. plus how Mary Anne and Logan dealt with the elephant in the room at the end? so much better than most adults. I need more of these types of books. glad it's a series
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Mary Anne loves her kitten, Tigger, and takes great care of him. But one day, Mary Anne notices that Tigger is missing. After he has been gone for two days, Mary Anne is distraught. With the help of the BSC, she puts up posters, and does finally find Tigger...but in a surprising place!
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I asked my mom what she remembered about Logan. She said, "Nice, cute, baby-sitter".
That's how everyone remembers Logan... but Logan was a huge jerk in this book. He didn't care at all when Mary Anne lost her kitten. Mary Anne and Logan were both kinda annoying in this book, but Logan really was the worst.
Logan was just mopey because he made a mistake at baseball practice. And it turns out, Tigger was taken by Kerry, Logan's sister, who thought he was a stray and hid him in her room from their other very very allergic brother. Kerry didn't know Tigger was Mary Anne's at first, but decided to keep him even after she found out. I think Kerry got off easy with her punishment
That's how everyone remembers Logan... but Logan was a huge jerk in this book. He didn't care at all when Mary Anne lost her kitten. Mary Anne and Logan were both kinda annoying in this book, but Logan really was the worst.
