It is winter, just past New Years Day. So they skipped all the holidays. And it's now winter of their third 8th grade/6th grade year. They have the January Jamboree dance at school at the end of the book.
Plot
Okay, I'm going to try really hard not to give any opinions until I get to the takeaway section.
MaryAnne is looking through a magazine before a club meeting and sees a haircut she likes. She asks her friends for their opinions and they are like um no. It's not you. She is hurt but says nothing.
She goes home and can't stop thinking about it, so she looks through some more magazines and finds an even better haircut. She works up the nerve to show her dad and he is surprisingly all for it, even saying he has always thought a short haircut would suit her. They plan on going to the mall on Saturday to get it done, and MA wants to keep it a secret until then.
MA and her dad go to the mall and have a great day. She gets her haircut, then a makeover (where her dad buys her some of the makeup) and then they go clothes shopping. They get lunch and laugh and talk and are feeling all close. They stop and get dinner for everyone and go home to reveal the new MaryAnne. Sharon is very exited and supportive but Dawn is a HUGE FUCKING BITCH. Then, before MA can surprise the club members, Dawn tells them all and they are all HUGE FUCKING BITCHES. They are like "dude, we told you that haircut is not for you" and "meh, it'll grow out". Seriously, they are terrible. TERRIBLE. Meanwhile everyone else in the school is losing their shit over how great she looks, and Logan freaking loves it. So while her friends are being absolutely wretched whores to her, she gets to know other girls and spends a lot of time with Logan. She starts skipping club meetings because they are being so mean. They are being SO MEAN. SO MEAN!!
There is also a rumor going around that these two high school boys like MA now. It's a bit ridic. It's never explained who started it but I'm going to go with Kristy. She just seems immature enough to do it, and the boys are supposedly friends with her brothers.
Finally she has had enough and confronts Dawn, who doesn't really apologize but says she was hurt MA kept a secret from her and went shopping with her dad instead of her. Then MA goes to a club meeting and they all make up too, even though the girls never really apologize or explain why they were such bitches. They all go to the January dance and everything is fine.
The subplot is that Carolyn Arnold is making a time machine and she really thinks it is going to work and sets up appointments with all the neighborhood kids and charges them a $1 to use the machine. Then she's like "fuck, this isn't going to work" and she gives all the money back.
Okay, I'm going to try really hard not to give any opinions until I get to the takeaway section.
MaryAnne is looking through a magazine before a club meeting and sees a haircut she likes. She asks her friends for their opinions and they are like um no. It's not you. She is hurt but says nothing.
She goes home and can't stop thinking about it, so she looks through some more magazines and finds an even better haircut. She works up the nerve to show her dad and he is surprisingly all for it, even saying he has always thought a short haircut would suit her. They plan on going to the mall on Saturday to get it done, and MA wants to keep it a secret until then.
MA and her dad go to the mall and have a great day. She gets her haircut, then a makeover (where her dad buys her some of the makeup) and then they go clothes shopping. They get lunch and laugh and talk and are feeling all close. They stop and get dinner for everyone and go home to reveal the new MaryAnne. Sharon is very exited and supportive but Dawn is a HUGE FUCKING BITCH. Then, before MA can surprise the club members, Dawn tells them all and they are all HUGE FUCKING BITCHES. They are like "dude, we told you that haircut is not for you" and "meh, it'll grow out". Seriously, they are terrible. TERRIBLE. Meanwhile everyone else in the school is losing their shit over how great she looks, and Logan freaking loves it. So while her friends are being absolutely wretched whores to her, she gets to know other girls and spends a lot of time with Logan. She starts skipping club meetings because they are being so mean. They are being SO MEAN. SO MEAN!!
There is also a rumor going around that these two high school boys like MA now. It's a bit ridic. It's never explained who started it but I'm going to go with Kristy. She just seems immature enough to do it, and the boys are supposedly friends with her brothers.
Finally she has had enough and confronts Dawn, who doesn't really apologize but says she was hurt MA kept a secret from her and went shopping with her dad instead of her. Then MA goes to a club meeting and they all make up too, even though the girls never really apologize or explain why they were such bitches. They all go to the January dance and everything is fine.
The subplot is that Carolyn Arnold is making a time machine and she really thinks it is going to work and sets up appointments with all the neighborhood kids and charges them a $1 to use the machine. Then she's like "fuck, this isn't going to work" and she gives all the money back.
Takeaways
I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why MA went back to these heinous bitches. They are TERRIBLE. Why does Stacey think she is the world's leading expert on beauty and fashion? Her "poofy" perm sounds fucking ugly as shit. And DAWN. DAWN IS A TERRIBLE PERSON.
MaryAnne mentions that the Arnold twins used to be required to dress alike and act alike, but then MA talked to their mom and convinced her to let them be their own person. Um, pretty sure Mallory did that. Nice job trying to take the credit, MA.
While none of the girls are talking, MA starts talking to two other girls and she says that the BSC always thought the girls were snotty but really they are not. Then she says "maybe the BSC are the ones who are snotty" and TRUER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN.
Best character
MaryAnne's dad.
MaryAnne's dad.
Worst character
It is a four way tie between Kristy, Dawn, Claudia and Stacey. Again, I cannot express how fucking horrible these girls are. The entire series should have ended right now, with MA dropping out of the club and then setting their houses on fire.
It is a four way tie between Kristy, Dawn, Claudia and Stacey. Again, I cannot express how fucking horrible these girls are. The entire series should have ended right now, with MA dropping out of the club and then setting their houses on fire.
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