Stacey and the Fashion Victim (The Baby-Sitters Club Mystery #29‪)‬

The fashion perpetrator in this scintillating novel is the one whose passion is crime. The fashion perpetrator in this review is Jack Shepherd, with his docked tee, which he’s converted into a tank. And the fashion perpetrator at Apple was Steve Jobs, with his endless black turtlenecks. Blech, turtlenecks. Right, Tim? 🙃

This scintillating novel reminds us that we’re all fashion victims in this day and age. We’re victims to the fashion for teens. We’re victims to fashion for taxes. And we’re victims to the fashion for friends we made, and lost, along the way.

But while this scintillating novel is an important reminder that fashion is not a victimless crime, it is also a testament to the harsh truth that while it might be fashionable, it is never a good idea to smoke cigarettes. Yes, that’s right, the entire B-plot of this book is that the DeWitt/Barrett kids see Mr. DeWitt smoking and go on a crusade to end it.

Take it from me, a lifelong smoker who regrets every cigarette he’s ever had: Please don’t smoke tobacco. 🥬😉 (this podcast is 420 friendly)

We would have given this scintillating novel five stars had it been any other babysitter, but while it may not be fashionable to say so, we both feel as if we were victims of Stacey this week.

To quote Daniel Day Lewis’s incredibly fashionable character in the fashion movie “Lincoln,” “To keep my sour heart from choking, to break a curse, a house that does not change is a dead house.”

I hope this made sense!

Lots of love,

Jack Shepherd and Tanner Greenring (P.S. We loved this one)

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