Late spring of their 5th repeat
Plot
Claudia is feeling bored so she comes up with a (ridiculous) list of things to try, such as tuba, dance classing, choir, etc. They all lead to dead ends, but then she hears of a radio contest where they are looking for young people to host a radio show. She submits a pretty clever essay and ends up winning. When she goes to the studio for her first day, she finds out Ashley Wyeth, who is an artsy 8th grader who Claudia was good friends with for a short time but now doesn't speak to, got 2nd place in the essay contest so she gets to be her co-host.
The girls decide to do a "For Kids Only" show where each show has a theme and they have guests come on to sing songs, read passages, be interviewed, etc. They do auditions to get acts for each of their shows, and Kristy becomes obsessed with getting on the show. Finally, she submits an idea that fits right into Claudia's theme, so she lets her on.
The show ends up being a huge success and the mom of one of the listeners calls in to thank the girls and sends in a huge check, which is a tremendous help bc the station is almost ready to shut down due to budget issues.
Takeaways
This is like the third book in a row where Kristy is absolutely awful. She has so many terrible ideas and she just thinks she is a fucking genius. Also, when Claudia wins, she somehow gets Charlie to drive her to her first day and then insists on going in with her, and then tries to follow her back to the meeting. It's seriously awful.
Oh, and she tries to get Claudia to say "This is Claudia Kishi and this show is sponsored by the BabySitters Club!" Claudia says no.
The first week's theme is Friendship, and Claudia talks about losing Stacey and how much she misses her. Stacey ends up calling after the show's run ends and tells Claudia congratulations. It's very sweet, and I'm surprised there was nothing about how the rest of the BSC was pissed that Claud mentions Stacey.
Again, I have to reiterate how terrible Kristy has been acting.
Best Character
Claudia, because she took a chance and tried out for the radio show, and then she does a really good job. It was nice seeing her succeed and be good at something.
Worst Character
Fucking Kristy.
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