School has started yet again, so it's the beginning of the fourth 8th grade year.
Plot
School has started again, business is booming and Stoneybrook is having a huge community event that everyone is psyched for. However, Dawn cannot shake her depression that she has been hinting towards for several books now. She misses her dad, Jeff and California and wants to go home.
She blurts this out during a particularly fun and sweet family moment and completely kills the mood. But, relatively quickly, everyone just adjusts and before you know it, Dawn has a ticket for a six month trip back to California.
After that, Dawn starts struggling because it seems like everyone is fine with her leaving. Then she starts to really enjoy life and starts thinking she is crazy for wanting to leave. She goes back and forth for awhile, but eventually gets on the plane. Also, all the BSC members and all the kids they babysit for have a going away party for her.
While all of the back and forth is going on, everyone is preparing for Run for Your Money, a big community event against a neighboring town to raise money for charity. It is a huge event with a million events, and teams got to sign up for whatever they wanted. Each family has a team, and then the BSC has a team, of course. Stoneybrook ends up winning, obviously.
Takeaways
Stoneybrook has more community events than any town I've ever heard of. No one should ever bitch about being bored there, there is literally something going on every weekend.
I think Dawn is so so selfish with this whole six month trip. Like seriously. You are "so close" to your mom, but you can do this to her? Also, why not just go for like two weeks and get a California fix? Or wait for a school break like a normal person?
To be honest, this book was pretty dull. Dawn is sad, Dawn is excited, Dawn is sad again. Everyone is sad she is leaving, but kind of fine with it.
Also, MaryAnne doesn't really cry that much in this book, which is weird.
Best Character
I would say Dawn's mom is the best. It has to be killing her, but she's just like "okay, here's your ticket."
Worst Character
Dawn is pretty selfish, so we'll go with her.
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