Book #13, Graphix #11
Original Book - Writer: Ann M.Martin
Graphix Book - Illustrator: Gabriela Epstein
Basic plot
Stacey's family are moving back to New York. She feels quite conflicted, she is excited about some things but will miss the BSC a lot. They help her organise a yard sale and throw her big going away party.
Things that are kept the same
- After staying later at as BSC meeting, Stacey's mom rings to ask her to come home for a talk. After some wild guesses at what their news it, the McGills tell her they are moving back to New York because of father's job.
- Stacey begins to get excited about move and calls Laine, but then she is sad and goes over to Claudia's house. They have idea that she could live with Kishi's until end of school year but that is quickly shot down by their parents.
- Stacey tells the rest of the BSC about the move, when Stacey s not there, the club try to think of a special going away party for her.
- Mary Anne while babysitting Dawn's brother Jeff sees a letter that he really wants to move back to California to live with his Dad.
- Stacey has to tell her favorite client Charlotte about the move,which isn't easy and Charlotte does get upset at first.
- While babysitting the Barretts, Dawn gets an idea for Stacey's party.
- Stacey and the BSC organise a yard sale to get rid of all the stuff they won't be able to take to New York. The day of yard sale is busy but successful.
- The BSC take their part of yard sale money to throw Stacey a goodbye party. They surprise her by having their clients at the party and having lots of fun and games.
- At the last BSC meeting Stacey officially hands her treasurer duties to Dawn.
- Moving day arrives and the club come with a banner to wave her off. Their are tears, but Stacey goes to New York optimistic about future.
Things from other books
- Nothing stuck out as being from other books.
- Something that has been left out previously is in the graphix this is first mention of Jeff wanting to go back to California, whereas in the books him being unhappy in Stoneybrook has been building up over the books.
Things that are changed
- The book starts in school before Stacey's sitting job with Charlotte, in the graphix it just starts at the sitting job.
- Two chapters of other babysitting jobs are left out. Claudia and Mal babysitting the Pikes who are playing a game of spies and Kristy babysitting at the Brewers who have a run in with Mrs Porter "Morbidda Destiny"
- One of the purposes of the Pike babysitting jobs is to show Mal as a potential replacement for Stacey. They discuss this further in the last BSC meeting and Stacey rings Mal offering her a trial run in the BSC. At this stage in graphix Mal and Jessi are already part of club and at BSC meeting they just mention being able to take on more jobs, so no big search for replacement.
- Logan and Shannon come to the yard sale, it is mentioned Logan did come in the book as well, but it's nice to see both of them here and having interactions with the club, makes them seem more part of the group.
Final Thoughts
No more Netflix series to continue with, but the graphic novels are going strong, so it seems like will have lots more of the updated books to look at. The graphic novels are pretty close adaptions but it is interesting to see the little changes, and the visual medium brings a lot to the books. All the artists have done a really good job. I haven't read the next book yet, obviously Hello, Mallory has been skipped over as that was already partly adapted in the graphix no. 5. Surprisingly Little Miss Stoneybrook and Dawn has also been skipped over, so we get Jessi's Secret Language next and apparently another Stacey book in just three books time.
