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Jan 06, 2010
Ciara
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another classic of my childhood. i remember this one came out around halloween--veyer thematic, as the entire premise is that claudia has a crush on the school poet, travor sandbourne, & hopes that he'll ask her to the halloween hop. in the meantime, a local robber called the phantom caller has been calling the homes of rich people & then breaking in & stealing jewelry when no one answers. the babysitters are concerned that someone may rob the houses where they are babysitting, or that parents w
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This one is good for nostalgia as it is 100% outdated. Ironically it’s one I remember the most. I remembered the entire plot. I’m kinda glad the new tv show didn’t do this book as now with smartphones the plot is super outdated. Even in the late 90’s this would’ve been outdated because of *69ing the number before we had caller ID. Now when I see a number I don’t know I let it go to voice mail. I figure if it’s important they’ll leave a message. I know some of the BSC books have been updated so I
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