Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Baby-Sitters Club, #2)

by Ann M Martin

[girlinthepages]

This one was a fun reread! I love Claudia as a narrator and it's so nice to see her loving relationship with Mimi, her trying to find common group with Janine and her trying to balance living up to her family's standards while still acknowledging that her skills and talents are different than theirs and yet still valid. I also liked the mystery element of the story (I always felt this book reads more like one of The Babysitter's Club Mystery books). I also forgot how much Claudia loves reading Nancy Drew! Perhaps those will be my next rereads...after I get through 200+ BSC books lol.

One thing I did not like about this book though is that it perpetuates the whole "boys are mean to girls when they like them" trope and it's brushed off as pretty much OK (which in fact it's definitely NOT and I'm shocked the BSC member who was the subject of this torment just let it go so easily). I think it's definitely one of the elements that dates this otherwise timeless series.

So far Claudia is my favorite BSC narrator, but we'll see if that changes along the way as I reread!