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A review by ssshira
Claudia's Friend by Ann M. Martin
2.0
this is my first time reading this book!
in another [a:Nola Thacker|133114|Nola Thacker|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png]-ghostwritten book, claudia finds out that she will fail english if she doesn't do really well on an upcoming test.
stacey tutors claudia but really just makes her feel dumb. meanwhile, shea rodowsky is diagnosed with dyslexia. he and claudia bond and end up helping each other learn way better than all the other tutors and bsc members combined. in a silly sideplot, notes addressed to the bsc that say things like "YOU ARE NICE" keep appearing on claudia's door during meetings. everyone in the bsc thinks they are coming from their respective crushes, but it turns out it's archie and jackie rodowsky, who just want to show the bsc they're appreciated.
notes (not really highlights or lowlights/nitpicks):
-shea's dyslexia feels like a vessel to explain what dyslexia is to the reader. classic bsc. this is the dyslexia 101 book, like the autism 101 book (aka [b:Kristy and the Secret of Susan|1382964|Kristy and the Secret of Susan (The Baby-Sitters Club, #32)|Ann M. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388254442s/1382964.jpg|1781098])
-the reason the bsc members think they're getting love notes from their crushes is there's an upcoming dance at the community center. also, they are all self-centered idiots.
-why do the rodowskys get the bsc members to tutor shea? why not only hire professional tutors?
-stacey makes claudia write in a journal and then corrects it. claudia has a separate secret journal in which she exclusively writes about how much she thinks stacey is being a jerk. she accidentally lets stacey take home the secret one to grade, which is how stacey finds out claudia is upset/how their fight gets resolved.
-david michael wants to have a ghost hunt, but stacey (who is babysitting for him and emily) won't let him. then he hides and wants to scare stacey, but while he's hiding the power goes out and he ends up scaring himself.
-the rodowskys' secret admirer-type notes end with a note about meeting at cafe rosebud. the bsc think at this point that the notes are another prank from cokie and co, so they decide to dress as terribly as possible. but then of course the rodowsky boys and other bsc charges (along with mr. braddock) are there, and they are embarrassed.
claudia outfits:
-the ugly one: "I hunted around in my closet and found a big old lime green shirt with a bleached spot (it had gotten mixed in a load of white clothes that were being bleached) near the bottom on the front. I put that on...I found a pair of socks. Kelly green socks. Then I dug a pair of aqua sneakers out of the back of my closet."
-"I changed into something more suitable--a giant blue-and-white striped shirt and socks with blue spots, over blue bike shorts that matched the stripes and spots. I pulled on red high tops, and hung a dangly red earring made of a string of hearts in one ear and another earring that was a dangly row of silver arrows. I pulled my hair back with a red ribbon."
nannie outfit:
-"Nannie was wearing a pink silk dress with a wide twisted silver and pink sash, sparkly silvery earrings, and these really cool flat pale silver slippers."
stacey outfit:
-"She'd changed, too, into black jeans and black Doc Marten's, and a big golden yellow shirt with round black buttons."
jackie disasters:
-winds himself up too tight while swinging his bat and topples over
snacks in claudia's room:
-sour cream and onion chips behind her dresser
-diet soda (n.s.)
-trail-mix (n.s.)
-chocolate twigs (n.s.)
-coconut macadamia nut cookies (n.s.)
-sourdough pretzels (n.s.)
-licorice whips in her bottom desk drawer
-m&ms behind the second shelf of books on her bookcase
-dark chocolate snickers bar (n.s.)
in another [a:Nola Thacker|133114|Nola Thacker|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png]-ghostwritten book, claudia finds out that she will fail english if she doesn't do really well on an upcoming test.
stacey tutors claudia but really just makes her feel dumb. meanwhile, shea rodowsky is diagnosed with dyslexia. he and claudia bond and end up helping each other learn way better than all the other tutors and bsc members combined. in a silly sideplot, notes addressed to the bsc that say things like "YOU ARE NICE" keep appearing on claudia's door during meetings. everyone in the bsc thinks they are coming from their respective crushes, but it turns out it's archie and jackie rodowsky, who just want to show the bsc they're appreciated.
notes (not really highlights or lowlights/nitpicks):
-shea's dyslexia feels like a vessel to explain what dyslexia is to the reader. classic bsc. this is the dyslexia 101 book, like the autism 101 book (aka [b:Kristy and the Secret of Susan|1382964|Kristy and the Secret of Susan (The Baby-Sitters Club, #32)|Ann M. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388254442s/1382964.jpg|1781098])
-the reason the bsc members think they're getting love notes from their crushes is there's an upcoming dance at the community center. also, they are all self-centered idiots.
-why do the rodowskys get the bsc members to tutor shea? why not only hire professional tutors?
-stacey makes claudia write in a journal and then corrects it. claudia has a separate secret journal in which she exclusively writes about how much she thinks stacey is being a jerk. she accidentally lets stacey take home the secret one to grade, which is how stacey finds out claudia is upset/how their fight gets resolved.
-david michael wants to have a ghost hunt, but stacey (who is babysitting for him and emily) won't let him. then he hides and wants to scare stacey, but while he's hiding the power goes out and he ends up scaring himself.
-the rodowskys' secret admirer-type notes end with a note about meeting at cafe rosebud. the bsc think at this point that the notes are another prank from cokie and co, so they decide to dress as terribly as possible. but then of course the rodowsky boys and other bsc charges (along with mr. braddock) are there, and they are embarrassed.
claudia outfits:
-the ugly one: "I hunted around in my closet and found a big old lime green shirt with a bleached spot (it had gotten mixed in a load of white clothes that were being bleached) near the bottom on the front. I put that on...I found a pair of socks. Kelly green socks. Then I dug a pair of aqua sneakers out of the back of my closet."
-"I changed into something more suitable--a giant blue-and-white striped shirt and socks with blue spots, over blue bike shorts that matched the stripes and spots. I pulled on red high tops, and hung a dangly red earring made of a string of hearts in one ear and another earring that was a dangly row of silver arrows. I pulled my hair back with a red ribbon."
nannie outfit:
-"Nannie was wearing a pink silk dress with a wide twisted silver and pink sash, sparkly silvery earrings, and these really cool flat pale silver slippers."
stacey outfit:
-"She'd changed, too, into black jeans and black Doc Marten's, and a big golden yellow shirt with round black buttons."
jackie disasters:
-winds himself up too tight while swinging his bat and topples over
snacks in claudia's room:
-sour cream and onion chips behind her dresser
-diet soda (n.s.)
-trail-mix (n.s.)
-chocolate twigs (n.s.)
-coconut macadamia nut cookies (n.s.)
-sourdough pretzels (n.s.)
-licorice whips in her bottom desk drawer
-m&ms behind the second shelf of books on her bookcase
-dark chocolate snickers bar (n.s.)