Books 41-60

41. Mary Anne vs. Logan
42. Jessi and the Dance School Phantom
43. Stacey's Emergency
44. Dawn and the Big Sleepover
45. Kristy and the Baby Parade
46. Mary Anne Misses Logan
47. Mallory on Strike
48. Jessi's Wish
49. Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street
50. Dawn's Big Date
51. Stacey's Ex-Best Friend
52. Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies
53. Kristy for President
54. Mallory and the Dream Horse
55. Jessi's Gold Medal
56. Keep Out, Claudia!
57. Dawn Saves the Planet
58. Stacey's Choice
59. Mallory Hates Boys (and Gym)
60. Mary Anne's Makeover

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#41 Mary Anne vs. Logan

• Dawn and Mary Anne know the gender of Mrs. P's baby, but the other club members want to be surprised.
• poop stain! (p. 25)
• It bothers Kristy that she doesn't wear a bra.
• Mary Anne says that Bart is Kristy's boyfriend.
• The Schafer/Spier house has a fireplace.
• "Acute" count: 3
• Mary Anne wears hammer pants on page 26
• Squirt is 1 1/2 years old
• The word "gigundo" is on page 37.
• Kristy likes Valentine's Day.
• Logan usually sits with the BSC at lunch.
• Logan is sitting with Pete Black.
• SUPRAZZ!!

#42 Jessi and the Dance School Phantom

• Ghostwriter: Ellen Miles
• Jessi's been in ballet since she was 4
• Black robots...what the hell? (p. 3)
• Jessi puts her hair in buns or she braids it.
• Jessi gets new ballet shoes every week??
• Jessi gets the role of Princess Aurora (the lead) in Sleeping Beauty.
• Kristy has goldfish.
• Misty knows her name, and is now a girl.
• Rocky (the cat) is a girl and Midgie (the dog) is a boy.
• Pow is 6 years old.
• Jessi's favorite dancer is Mikhail Baryshnikov.
• Boo Boo likes Max Delaney.

#43 Stacey's Emergency

• Stacey misses a club meeting to go to NYC.
• Kristy's dad walked out when she was 6.
• Dawn is into exercising.
• Stacey's mom has a job!
• Stacey takes French.
• Ms. Baehr is Claudia's pottery teacher.
• Stacey's hospital room is #322.
• Stacey likes: Ross Brown (he likes her, too)
• Cokie got a nose job.
• A reference to Stacey liking Porky Pig (p. 67)
• Urine is mentioned twice on page 69.
• Kristy, Mary Anne, Dawn, and Claudia visit Stacey twice in NY.

#44 Dawn and the Big Sleepover

• Ghostwriter: PETER LERANGIS
• Jordan Pike plays the piano.
• Stacey has a weird calendar with parking jokes on it.
• Dawn has a dishwasher.
• Dawn and Mary Anne's homeroom teacher is Mr. Blake. Ray Stuckey is their "class clown."
• Pete Black is friends with Alan Gray and they get their fortunes told.
• Keishi visits Jessi in this book.
• Goober Mansfield's real name is Peter. (Goober's cousin Julie is in Jessi's dance class).
• The penpals: Vanessa/Rachel Redriver, Adam/Conrad White, Nicky/Joey Evans, Margo/Wendy Jackson, Jordan/Sam, Charlotte/Theresa Bradley, Haley/Nancy Green

#45 Kristy and the Baby Parade

• Ghostwriter: Ellen Miles
• Charlie loves baseball.
• Jessi doesn't know what colic is, but didn't Mallory tell her in Hello, Mallory? Kristy doesn't seem to know either. Besides, didn't Squirt have colic?
• Kristy (and the other girls) have a crush on Don, who teaches them about babies.
• Claudia made (special) brownies.
• Squirt sings along with Sesame Street.
• The Marshalls get a housekeeper.
• Charlie and Sam go fishing.
• One of Kristy's favorite books is Good Night Moon.
• Fights: All of them!

#46 Mary Anne Misses Logan

• The Kormans moved into the Delaney's old house.
• Skylar Korman is 18 months old and afraid of cats.
• Mary Anne likes school. A lot.
• Jessi tells some horrible jokes on page 36.
• Kristy is said to bring lunch and make fun of others' hot lunch, but doesn't she usually buy and make fun of her own hot lunch?
• Mary Anne is a big reader.
• Mary Anne and Logan haven't been speaking since Mary Anne vs Logan.
• Logan has read Megan Rinehart books, the sissy.
• The cafeteria is big. (Yes. We needed to know this).
• Pete Black snapped Miranda Shillaber's bra, so she doesn't like him.
• SMS plays against the Brick Township.
• Mr. Kingbridge is the assistant principal of SMS.
• Pete likes being on stage.
• Mary Anne and her group meet author Megan Rinehart and get signed books.
• A whole lot of Pete Black!
• The Kormans are stupid.

#47 Mallory on Strike

• Ghostwriters: Jahnna and Malcolm
• Mal and her family have chestnut hair and blue eyes, but Mallory and Nicky are the only two that wear glasses.
• Mallory gets her nose from her grandfather.
• The Prezziosos live on Burnt Hill Road and are friends with the Pikes.
• Mallory can carry Buddy, what a beast.
• Jessi's studying French.
• Jessi wears size 6 shoes.
• One of Mallory's favorite foods is bacon.
• Mal is in a "special" creative writing class, taught by Mr. Doughtery.
• Mal is 10 minutes late for a BSC meeting.
• David Michael has a friend named Carver Ensign.
• Boo Boo weighs 14 pounds.
• Mal makes a sandwich board to wear!
• Mallory's favorite animal might be a cow.
• Jessi and Mal like Mexican food.
• Pamme Reed, an author, comes to SMS.
• Mal wins Best Overall Fiction for 6th Grade.

#48 Jessi's Wish

• Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey have a rose garden.
• Frodo is named after the character from The Lord of the Rings.
• The Pikes won't let Mallory get a nose job!
• Danielle's kitten is named Mr. Toes.
• One of the weekend club meetings is held at Mary Anne and Dawn's house. Another is held in Jessi's room.
• Volunteering: Kristy at a daycare, Dawn at Baker Institute in Stamford, Mal at a park, Jessi at the Kids Club, Claudia at an art class, Stacey at a diabetes clinic, and Mary Anne with a brain damaged boy.

#49 Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street

• Ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis
• Claudia's middle name is Lynn.
• Mary Anne's grandpa had shingles.
• Rosie's real name is Mary Rose.
• Dan Beasley= Uncle Dandy.
• Alan Gray's art!!

#50 Dawn's Big Date

• Ghostwriter: Suzanne Weyn
• A New Year's Eve sleepover at Mary Anne and Dawn's!
• It's Jessi's first time staying up until midnight!
• Jeff visits from CA.
• Here comes Enormous Hill.
• Harold Hill is the Music Man and a BSC client.
• Cam Geary Sings! At least Mary Anne likes it.
• Claudia thinks Arthur Feingold is "adorable" with "gorgeous" hair.
• Stacey likes: maybe Pete Black?
• Bill Torrance is a cute boy in Dawn's science class.
• Sue Archer is a "cool" girl.
• Dawn rides the bus to school in this book.
• Dawn wears pink lipstick.
• Dawn's first time chewing gum is on page 78.
• Dawn's favorite Stoneybrook restaurant is Cabbages & Kings.
• Mrs. Bruno is a backseat driver.
• Mary Anne's a good bowler.
• Lewis kisses Dawn.
• Fights: Mary Anne vs Dawn

#51 Stacey's Ex-Best Friend

• Mal are Jessi are at it again- the gum wrapper chain.
• Claudia is tall.
• Ben has taken Mal to the Winter Wonderland Dance.
• Claire and Margo are best friends.
• Retro is a singing group that Laine likes.
• Stacey has a stuffed pig collection.
• A BSC sleepover at Stacey's!
• Claudia thinks Ron Belkis, a 7th grader, is cute.
• Dawn thinks Dave Griffin is cute.
• Dawn went to the Winter Wonderland Dance with Price.
• Saugatuck Sam?? A BSC-land Punxatawny Phil?
• Stacey doesn't have a phone in her room anymore.
• Mal and Ben fight over the library card catalog!
• Jessi makes sure the Hobart boys aren't gay (page 70).
• Kristy cancels a club meeting because of the dance.
• Valentine's Dance: Stacey/Austin Bentley, Laine/Pete Black, Mary Anne/Logan, Kristy/Bart, Mal/Ben, Jessi Curtis Schaller (a 7th grader)
• Mary Anne makes a big deal about dancing, even though she hasn't minded it much before.
• Laine and Stacey had been friends for 8 years. Their moms were also friends.
• Pete has a dad and also a mom.
• Fights: Stacey vs Laine

#52 Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies

• Crazy Sharon leaves the hedge clippers in a bread drawer.
• Dawn says when she gets married she'll keep her last name.
• The Shillaber Twins' parents are divorced, but apparently still making babies...
• Dawn and Mary Anne aren't in the same homeroom anymore.
• Stamford is the nearest city to Stoneybrook.
• There's another "bears and balloons" themed nursery.
• Kristy is forever trying to get Mary Anne to smell disgusting things.
• When Stacey was five, she was terrified of pigeons.
• PIKE INCEST!
• Mrs. Salem is on the board of the Small Animal Rescue League.
• Shawna Riverson turned dumb.
• The word SEX on page 128. Miles is excited about sex education.
• Mary Anne and Logan write a 32 page report. Holy crap.
• Mary Anne and Dawn say they love each other.
• The pairs for the egg baby experiment: Mary Anne/Logan (Baby Samantha), Kristy/Alan (Baby Izzy), Austin/Stacey (Baby Bobby), Dawn/Aaron Albright (Baby Skip)
• Fights: Mary Anne vs Logan

#53 Kristy for President

• Ghostwriter: Nola Thacker
• "Absolutely no sugar" for Stacey. (p. 31)
• Stacey brings her own lunch to school.
• SMS has a fencing team.
• Claudia has a braid with seven bows in it!
• Dawn wants some 'shrooms. (No, Dawn!)
• Mallory is elected 6th grade secretary.

#54 Mallory and the Dream Horse

• Ghostwriters: Jahnna and Malcolm
• Mallory wants to write horse stories instead of children's stories.
• Mal is still good at bargaining.
• There is only one Pike listed in the phonebook.
• Mallory's dream is to be a writer and live on a ranch with horses.
• Kristy was once hit in the face with a baseball and flinched for a year.
• Jessi gets nervous before ballet performances.
• Dawn is said to be kind of dating Lewis.
• Stacey is the Queen of Dibbleness (p. 17).
• Jessi weeps over Pax's beauty.
• Becca was so troubled by the Little Miss Stoneybrook contest that she forgot she wasn't even in it.
• Nicky can walk on stilts.
• Fights: Mal vs Jessi

#55 Jessi's Gold Medal

• Ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis
• Jessi's Daddy sounds like James Earl Jones.
• Stoneybrook is 90% white.
• It gets very hot in Stoneybrook.
• Mr. Thomas has married someone else.
• Alan Gray still has a crush on Kristy.
• Mrs. Rosenaur is a gym teacher.
• Spuds Diamond is an Olympic coach.
• Jessi's grades were better (and blacker) in Oakley.
• Mallory sprains her ankle and has to use crutches (and a cane!).
• Jessi's synchro partner is named Elise.
• A Sports Festival is going on at SMS.

#56 Keep Out, Claudia!

• Claudia likes Bach.
• Jessi has long eyelashes that make her look like she's wearing mascara.
• Kristy and Jessi hoard money like squirrels hoard acorns.
• Mary Anne goes to the Presbyterian Church.
• Jamie has an invisible friend named Boris.
• Carrot is getting fat.
• Did you know that Jamie's great-great-great-grandfather was an Indian?
• Pete thinks Claudia is awesome-looking.
• Sam has a kazoo.

#57 Dawn Saves the Planet

• Ghostwriters: Jahnna and Malcolm
• The Rodowsky's dog Bo can sing Home on the Range.
• Frederick Duvall from the NYC Ballet is teaching a technique class for Jessi's dance class.
• Erica Blumberg is in Mary Anne and Dawn's homeroom.
• SMS has a bad band.
• Shawna eats lunch at Burger Town. Are SMS students allowed to leave campus?
• On page 82, it sounds like Claudia isn't eating lunch with the rest of the BSC.
• Boo Boo now weighs 17 pounds. A 3 pound gain since book #47!
• Stacey and Dawn's report is, like, 5 pounds.
• The Schafer/Spier family can all sit in the front seat of their car if Dawn sits on Mary Anne's lap.
• Mrs. Keane is the major of Stoneybrook.
• Dawn co-chairs the SMS recycling project.
• Fights: Dawn vs Stacey

#58 Stacey's Choice

• Dee isn't Mrs. Pike's real name; it's Mrs. McGill's nickname for her.
• Mrs. McGill no longer has a job.
• Stacey has Call Waiting.
• Stacey likes: Sam Thomas
• Mr. McGill is promoted to vice president of the company he works for.
• Dawn won't touch red meat.
• The BSC claims to have made up the phrase "California Casual."
• The Rosebud Cafe opens.
• Mallory visits her grandparents.
• Zingy's is in downtown Stoneybrook.
• Vanessa has freckles.
• A girl in Stacey's NY school had leukemia. Were the students as afraid of her as they were of Stacey?
• Stacey stays home from school to take care of her mom. She also misses club meetings.
• The caregivers of Mrs. McGill include Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Barrett, Mrs. Braddock, Mrs. Prezzioso, and Mrs. Pike.
• Mary Anne's mom arrived at midnight to watch Mrs. McGill!

#59 Mallory Hates Boys (and Gym)

• Ghostwriter: Suzanne Weyn
• Byron slouches and isn't as athletic as Adam and Jordan.
• Logan comes to a club meeting.
• Mal thinks she looks like a "gangly scarecrow with bony knees and elbows" in her gym uniform.
• Aunt Cecelia irons underwear.
• This book has the first baby-sitting chapter centered around Logan Bruno, boy baby-sitter!
• Ben goes to a meeting of the school newspaper.
• Ben's favorite martial arts movie is A Slice of Death.
• Mallory makes the archery team.

#60 Mary Anne's Makeover

• Ghostwriter: Peter Lerangis
• January Jamboree: Mary Anne/Logan, Pete Black/Dawn, Stacey/Sam, Sabrina Bouvier!/Carlos
• Pete Black and Dawn have their first date.
• Mary Anne shimmies!
• Logan is an expert dancer.
• Claudia is a Junk Food Squirrel.
• Jessi has read a lot of science fiction.
• Kristy has been in track, softball, gymnastics, and volleyball.
• Joyce is Stacey's favorite stylist.
• Mary Anne gets a bowl cut!
• Mary Anne is a late spring or winter.
• There's possibly a transvestite working at one of the stores.
• Mr. Spier knows his jazz.
• Logan "wolf whistles" at Mary Anne.
• Mary Anne skips a club meeting.
• Mary Anne says hello to her jaw. (But not to her friends because they're being too bitchy).
• Sam has a friend named Chris.
• Some boys in the SMS library are looking through the dictionary, on Dirty Word Patrol.
• Kristy thinks Mary Anne is her girlfriend.
• Carlos Mendez is one of the hunkiest guys in high school.
• Dawn's never had a steak dinner.
• When Mary Anne was 8, she was convinced she was a fairy princess.
• Fights: Mary Anne vs the BSC

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