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Abby's Book (Baby-Sitters Club Portrait Collection)

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Abby is, without question, my favorite member of the BSC series. (Yes, folks, the BSC has a following of ALL ages). Abby is smart, funny, wonderfully clever and gifted with natural expression. She's great! I like the way she tells her story in a tone of unflinching honesty and the part about the deep bond she and her dad have is classic. I also loved the way Abby's twin, Anna used musical terms to name the chapters of her version of their lives together. The sisters balance one another well. Abby is a very distinct personality and she is sorely missed in the new series. I wish Ann M. Martin would bring her back. Abby rocks!

stick with amazon, everyone. :) i loved this book. abby is my favorite character, because she is so like me. i have a twin sister, jeannie. i am allergic to like everything on the face of this earth, and i'm just always pumped. this book helps the reader get to know her a lot better, and i think it's a great book! so, buy it!

Abby is a neat character who is optimistic in the face of the terrible tragedy of losing her dad. Also her mom is courageous and strong in dealing with her grief of widowhood. A real departure from many books about single-mother families. So many traditional books portray the single mother as being always financially struggling, miserable, and chronically lonely and waiting for another husband to "rescue" her from her woes and paint the kids as being either in trouble or "deprived" and longing for a dad "replacement." Abby's family goes through the normal grieving process, mourns appropriately, then slowly, realistically bit by bit, pick up their lives and survive and emerge closer than ever. I like how Rachel is stable financially so she doesn't have to worry about being able to support her daughters and doesn't pine around for another husband. The twin relationship between Abby and Anna is fascinating and realistic also. They're twins, yet not clones.

I love this book, it has to be my favorite book of all time. Abby is the new girl in town and she moved her from Long Island with her mom and twin sis, Anna.

Anyways Abby is made to write a bio about her life for English. I seriously think this is the best one out of the Portrait Collection. Abby is so down to earth, humorous, and down right honest it's hard not to like her.

There are painful siturations in the book such as the details of her father's death, and the way she and her family handled it. It was with such honestly, you felt for Abby really bad espeically if you lost someone you truly and honestly love.

The hightlights of the book were whenever her family decided to go to Florida for Winter Break, and they althrough started out in seperate ways, but ended up retelling their favorite holiday stories, and creating new ways to celebrate the holidays together as a new family.

If you haven't read this book you should have. You will not be dissappointed. The way the book was written you find it hard not to like Abby especially after all the tragic situration her and her family had to endure, makes her a winner in all levels.

The book has some parts which are funny and sad. Abby tells us how she was born and how she lived on Long Island.

This book was so sad, it went into alot of detail about Abby's dad's death and how her mum never really gets over it (well, thats my impression) and how and how she went through everything. You really start to feel bad for Abby in the end! Read it if you like serious books, but not if you dont!

This book is the best, since Abby's the best baby-sitter! I really miss her in the new series, Friends Forever! I wish that there was a real person like Abby, so I could meet her! Please write some more regular BSC books, Ann, I really miss Abby!

I think this book was great because Abby has always been my favorite BSC member. It's sad that Abby's father died, but I think that she really handled it like a normal person. I also think that Anna is really cool. Totally an awesome book. One of Ann's best!

I think that this is one of the best Baby-sitters Club books.Abby has been through a rough time and it's really sad. I liked when Abby and her twin sister, Anna, were first graders, and they had to dress in certain colors so their teacher could tell them apart. I also liked when they were in Sanibel, but I won't spoil the book by telling you the whole story so, bye.

Abby's book was really good. It was a TINY bit depressing, but that was simply brought on when her dad died. I actually cried when Abby recalled her experience of her dad being killed. Read this book. Besides just being good, it also brings on an incredibly powerful message.