So I first saw this book at the book fair at my school, and I was pretty dog-gone excited. Growing up I LOVED the Baby-Sitters Club (BSC), and I was eager to get my hands on the book. For one reason or another I didn't get it at the book fair, but after a little searching I found it at a bookstore (the Books-a-Million that I normally go to didn't have any).
Anyway, the book was well.... Okay let me back track, I used to read these books in 3rd-6th grades so I was pretty young, which I have to remind myself that that is who the intended audience for the book is. So with that in mind, it was an enjoyable book.
The story was sweet, and reminiscent of the BSC Super Specials, where each chapter was titled with the narrator's name and the chapter was the characters perspective. I liked this, a lot. It was interesting to see what it was like BEFORE the BSC began.
Now from an adult perspective, no wait from a teacher's perspective: This book was okay. Like many series books it is formulaic and lacks interesting use of language. It is sort of junk food for the mind, because it doesn't really challenge the reader to process very much. It is a straight forward story, no bells or whistles.
Overall it was nice to revisit with characters that I became so familiar with as a child. Reading the book was like catching up with long lost friends, where you have a shared history, but don't have much in common with anymore. So Kristy, Mary-Anne, Claudia, and Stacey it was nice to see you again, glad you are doing well :)
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