Fall of their 6th repeated year
Plot
Abby is new to town and the newest member of the BSC. She is a jock, but she also has a bad case of asthma so she needs to be careful. While babysitting for the Papadakis's, she has a very bad asthma attack. Hannie gets really scared and runs across the street to Kristy's. Kristy is then very worried about Abby's ability to babysit without dying.
Stoneybrook is doing a town carnival to raise money for arts in the schools. All the girls's families are totally into it, but when Abby tries to get her family involved, they are like meh. The BSC also decides to do a booth, too, so Abby will be involved no matter what, but she really wants her family to do something.
Abby (who is a twin - I don't know if you know that) and Anna get yelled at by their mom to get their shit unpacked, so they take an afternoon and start working on it. During that time, Abby finds some cake mold pans and comes up with the brilliant idea to have a food booth where people can buy a baked good and decorate it. Anna still isn't excited and tells her they can talk about it later. Then the girls find a box of their dad's old stuff (he's dead - I don't know if you know that). They think their mom packed it up and forgot about it, so they get mad at her.
Finally the carnival comes, and while Abby's family agrees to help , she is on her own at the booth. It is a huge hit, so the next day she goes home and everyone helps her make more stuff. The next morning Anna goes with her, and her mom has to go to work for awhile (in New York), but will take the train back early so she can help in the afternoon. During the carnival, which Anna is now into and enjoying, Abby hears a news report that a train from New York has been derailed and people are hurt. She starts to lose her mind, so her and Anna shut the booth down and Kristy's mom drives them to the train station, then home, then back to the carnival. They still know nothing. Then all of a sudden their mom comes running up and they hug it out. Turns out her train was behind the train that derailed. They are so relieved that they won't leave each other's sides the rest of the day, and they have a blast working their food booth together.
Everything is great, the carnival saves the arts programs, and Kristy gets over her worries that Abby will die babysitting.
Oh, and also the girls ask their mom about the box and she says she shoved all his stuff away and hid it because the pain was too much for her.
Takeaways
So much happens in this book.
But there aren't a lot of takeaways, other than what I already said in the plot summary.
There is a really cute side story about how Shannon Kilbourne and Anna are becoming best friends.
Oh, and there is another sidestory how the Arnold twins being that FUCKING GOAT to the carnival and sell polaroid pictures with the goat.
Best Character
I honestly think it's Abby, which is weird bc the title character hardly ever wins this one. She is just funny and not overwhelming and not drama.
Worst Character
THAT STUPID DISGUSTING GOAT.
