May of 8th repeat
Plot
Robert broke up with Stacey several months ago for his friend Andi. Their relationship didn't last very long, but Stacey is still with the guy she met and started dating after Robert dumped her. His name is Ethan and he lives in New York, so Stacey sees him a few times a month. She is really happy, but Robert is in a noticeable weird funk. He has kind of given up on everything - his friends, his school work, his family - he even quits the baseball team right before their championship game.
Stacey runs into Robert's little sister, who yells at Stacey and says it's her fault that Robert is in a depression. So she goes completely overboard trying to "fix" Robert. She tries to become his best friend, and Robert will let her in for awhile but then he would get pissed and push her away. Finally Stacey calls into a radio show therapist and asks for help, and the therapist tells her she needs to get an adult involved. Stacey tells that to Robert, who gets pissed, but then he shows up at Stacey's house in the middle of the night, sobbing, begging for help. They call his baseball coach, who helps Robert a lot. He finally seems to be getting better. Stacey and Robert go to the spring dance, as friends, and they declare that they love each other as friends.
The side story is there is a strawberry patch that opens in Stoneybrook, and of course all of Stoneybrook is obsessed with it. Kristy and the BSC throw a Strawberry Festival and of course the entire town came and it is the biggest success in the entire world.
Takeaways
These baby-sitting club books are getting pretty deep lately.
It was pretty clear that Robert was going through a depression, and I can't believe Stacey didn't catch on sooner. She just kept telling him to snap out of it.
Her parents are also pretty patient with her, considering she decides at a moments notice to go to NYC for the day. Also, it's kind of weird that a 13 year old is in a long distance relationship.
Best Character
I mean, obviously Stacey who tries so hard to help even though she is getting no where - and this guy dumped her, so she really had no reason to want to help him.
Worst Character
I would say Robert's family, because WTF. They should maybe be paying more attention to their kid rather than just saying "that's how teenagers are".
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