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keys_on_fire
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Just another lighthearted BSC mystery! These are fun to read to stay within the autumn/spooky/Halloween theme but as a break between heavier, creepier books.
#OutstandingOctober @Andrew65

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swynn
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Mehso-so

(1987) I've never read a BSC book, figured it wasn't my thing, but I saw this one in PEN America's list of book bans and picked it up out of curiosity. Per PEN, it was banned from libraries in Missouri's Fox C-6 School District. The reason for the ban is unclear to me -- maybe it's because a 13- year old girl talks about her "skimpy" bikini? I notice someone has strategically placed a sticker on the cover of my library's copy...

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Smrloomis Huh, sometimes book bans are so hard to figure out. I personally find the BSC stuff to be so…bland. Just meh. 2y
swynn @Smrloomis Yeah, my take on SBC is about the same. No shade intended: I'm not in the target audience. It's the ban that has me fascinated. Because as book bans go, this is one of the more puzzling ones. 2y
mandarchy I have the graphic novel in my library (K-5). A teacher has asked me to stop checking it out because there's an image of people kissing. I just bob my head and smile. Like kids haven't seen that! But romance is rare in primary/middle grade lit. 2y
swynn @mandarchy " ... because there's an image of people kissing." smh. I guess keeping that out of library books will postpone middle schoolers' curiosity about kissing? I am the opposite of a child development specialist, but I'm pretty confident that's not how it works. Kudos to you for working the front lines in that battle. 2y
mandarchy @swynn yes. I find it hard to believe that book banners never kiss in front of their kids. Or didn't start kissing or crushing for a kiss in grade school. 2y
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Charityann
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This one brought back lots of memories from childhood.😆 For the #ominousoctober prompt “wicked”. #scarathlon #teamslaughter @Clwojick

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect! 🙌🏻📚 2y
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delaneylabelle23
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The graphics in this book are amazing. You can tell when a character is moving and all their expressions on their face give so much meaning to the text.

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delaneylabelle23
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I really enjoyed this comic. I never really read any comics but I did not realize how much a comic can rail you in and you want to read more and more.

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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An iconic Stacey book. Also Mary Anne is badass in this one: she stands up to Stacey for ditching the Pike kids to hang around the lifeguard, and she asks a boy out on a date!

Lol at how the cover artist drew Scott the hunky 18-year-old lifeguard to look about 30!

annahenke This cover art is sooo hilarious 2y
LiteraryinPA I was thinking the same thing looking at the cover! 2y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian @annahenke all the original BSC cover art is a good time, but this one takes the cake! 2y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian @LiteraryinLawrence they often make the 13 year olds look like 17 so I guess they had to age up the older teen guy lol 2y
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Kshakal
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Eggs Blast from the past!! 3y
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Brooke_H
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I picked this up because I have officially run out of graphic novel adaptations to read before season 2 of the Netflix show (which is great) arrives. We don't yet know when that will be or which books the show is going to adapt, so I chose a few of the novels that I think make sense for season 2. I thought I might be weird to pick up a novel after reading only the first novel and the rest in graphic novel format, but that was not the case at all.

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JackOBotts
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ Oh, how I wanted to be like Dawn with a secret passageway in my house. I even made a friend search her own home with me in hope of discovery (no such luck).

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JackOBotts
Mehso-so

Stacey gets sucked into a “summer love” and leaves Mary-Anne to pick up the slack...not cool, Stacey. Not cool. I get a kick out of these and they take me back.

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