Baby-Sitters Club #08: Boy-Crazy Stacey

When I reached that age (eleven or so) when suddenly boys were on my mind (and how!), this had to be my FAVORITE book! I loved how the girls got to go on a trip to an awesome little boardwalk town, and also that they had such a cool family to baby-sit for, but above all else, Stacey and Mary Anne were (like me) intrigued by cute boys they had just met!The perfect book for girls just discovering the exciting world of liking boys....My mom even used to call me "boy-crazy Stacey" as a nickname after I read this book! :)

Stacey and Mary Anne are baby-sitting for the Pike family for two weeks at the New Jersey shore. Things are great in Sea City. There's a gorgeous old house, a boardwalk, plenty of sun and sand...and the cutest boy Stacey has ever seen!

This is a cool book! It reminded me of when me and my family always went to Westport on the Washington state coast every summer because Sea City reminds me a lot of Westport. I read this when I was 12 (I'm 23 now)and still enjoy re-reading it. It's funny. I was 11 when the BSC first came out and I watched everyone go crazy over those books and my younger cousin was bonkers over them (she's 6 yrs younger than me) and she was even crazier about the BSC than I. She got them by mail every week, was in the fan club, got the newsletters and other goodies like bsc mirrors, purses, you name it. And I still enjoy those books and now she's moved on to Goosebumps and Stephen King. Kinda sad, some kids i feel like they grow up too fast. Anyway, about this book, I could identify with Stacey and her broken heart. It was very entertaining and the Pike kids are some well-established characters. Anyway when I was 12 and I read the part where she meets Toby and describes his looks and "cool" clothes, I thought that I'd melt if i met him cause he sounded so cute. Now he sounds like a dork! But it is such a good book!

Boy-Crazy Stacey is really one of the best BSC books. Stacey and Mary Anne are mother's helpers for the Pikes for 2 weeks on the Jersey shore. Stacey meets a lifeguard and it's love at first sight for her!!!! But soon Mary Anne gets reeeally mad at Stacey. Will Stacey and Mary Anne survive Sea City? Will Mary Anne forgive Stacey. Does the lifeguard love Stacey. It's a sort of mystery and that's why I like it.

This is the first BSC book that I've read. I had a lot of the BSC books but I never read them until one day when I read this. I was hooked onto the BSC series right at the moment. This book is about when Stacey and Mary Anne goes on a dream trip to Sea City, New Jersey during the summer. Of course, there was a catch -- they have to watch the eight Pikes kids! This was supposed to be a two sitter job, but when Stacey falls in 'LUV' with an eighteen years old life guard named Scott, Mary Anne began to do all the work for her. This is a good book because this is when Stacey chooses between boys and baby-sitting. Which did one she choose? Will Scott like her back? Will Mary Anne ever forgive Stacey? There's only one way to find out -- read the book!