Winter of their 4th repeated 6th grade/8th grade year
Plot
Claudia is on this serious kick about needing a boyfriend. She creates a list of qualifications the perfect boy would have, and then she shows it to Stacey. She convinces Claudia that the middle school newspaper needs a personals column and Claudia should run it. They take the idea to Emily, , the school newspaper editor, the next day and she loves it. Claudia's column is a huge hit, and then it morphs into a matchmaker type column. Claudia answers three ads from boys, thinking they might be her Mr. Perfect, but they are all duds. Finally she writes her own letter and gets a response she is really excited about. But then Stacey admits she had actually wrote the letter to her. Claudia is super pissed for like three days, then gets over it.
Takeaways
Stacey straight up mother fucking catfishes Claudia. Stacey is the WORST!!
There is one chapter (can't even be described as a subplot) where the Pike's take ownership of the Barrett's dog, Pow. The Barrett's have to give up the dog because of the baby's allergy. The Pike's are cool enough to take the dog, but then the Barrett kids go there EVERY SINGLE DAY to visit. That would get old fast.
Again, I can't get over the fact that Stacey catfishes Claudia.
Also, one of the ads Claudia ends up answering is Alan Gray's. She calls him, figures out who he is, and he is all excited. But then when Claudia is like um gross...he's like oh yeah, this whole thing is a joke. But I do not think it was a joke. Actually, I think they end up dating at some point towards the end of this series.
Best Character
Poor, poor Alan Gray.
Worst Character
Stacey the catfisher
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