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The Baby-Sitters Club: The Truth About Stacey

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Stacey McGill is the new girl in town. Before she moved to Stoneybrook, she lived in New York City. With her permed hair, cool clothes, and breezy-but-mature attitude, her new friends think she's wildly sophisticated. The truth is Stacey's a little shakey. She misses her old friends and the big city. Though she likes being a member of The Baby-Sitters Club, she's worried that they'll find out her big secret - she has diabetes.

In this line of BSC graphic novels, illustrator Raina Telgemeier has done the beloved books justice. She has completely retained the original stories, lifting dialogue - speech and thought bubbles - directly from the original text. Her artwork is adorable, and the characters all look to be the proper ages. The graphic novels are just as squeaky-clean as the books upon which they are based, and I recommend them just as highly.

A must read for anyone with type 1 diabetes, or who knows someone with type 1 diabetes, or who likes to read a great book.

I was driving when my 8 year old daughter announced that "Stacy has type 1 too, mom!" "Who is Stacy?" I asked her. "Stacy, the babysitter..." she replied. I started to tell her she didn't have a sitter named Stacy when I realized she was talking about the book she was reading, The Truth about Stacy. How cool! My daughter has type 1 diabetes and had found a heroine who she could really relate to!

We got other BSC books from the old series to read (not the graphic novels), but they hadn't been updated the way the versions Raina Telgemeier illustrated and adapted. Kudos to Raina, who took the time to learn about type 1 and make sure the information was up to date and accurate.

I bought this for my neice she has expressed her dislike for reading, shes is 8 1/2. I thought If I got her interested in graphic novels she would start to like reading a little more as its only half reading and half just looking at the picture these books can be finished in about an half hour.

I remebering reading the Baby Sitters Club when I was around her age so when I saw they had turned them into graphic novels I purchased them for her.

She loves them and I have to admit so do I. They are illustrated very well and the original story is still there whats good also is that she is now interested in reading the rest of the actual book series.

This one was our favorites as it had to do with Stacey and her battle with diabetes. It also deals with being responsible and being able to stand up for yourself, which I thought were good messages.

I also liked that it updated the series I think the first baby-sitters club came out sometime in the early nintes so this brings it into modern times.

the only thing I was suprised about however was the size of this book its roughly 1/3 the size of the other books in this graphic novel series so its a very short read.

Good story good drawings and appropriate for younger girls.

A super-cute trip down memory lane...this is the book series I grew up with, just in graphic novel form.

This particular book focuses on Stacey and her "battle" to live a normal life as a 12-year-old with diabetes.

I thought this was very well-done. The pics are modernized and so is some of the words, but the original sentiment from the original series is still there.

i think that this book was awesome because that's what I want to do when I get a little bit older I want to baby sit little kids and also the reson why I like also it's a really good book you should look at it some time.

Raina Telgemaier has outdone herself in this adaptation of a book from the incomparable Baby-sitters Club series!!