![]() ![]() In fact, Mallory was usually assigned to whichever girl got there last. Though I recall a physical fight once breaking out over who would place Stacey, there was no rush to pick Mallory. We took that last lesson to heart the most deeply. Also like the Bible, The Baby-Sitters Club was our primary moral text, giving us lessons in how to live a good, honorable life: Take your responsibilities seriously! Don’t be a snob! Wear “ very baggy lavender plaid overalls” whenever the spirit moves you! And don't give much thought to Mallory Pike. ![]() Martin’s blockbuster middle-grade series had only started five years earlier, in 1986 - which to us third-graders made it basically as old as the Bible. When I was an eight-year-old baby nerdling, there was only place I wanted to be at recess: on the edge of the soccer field, where all the girls in my grade who got 100s on their spelling tests gathered to act out Baby-Sitters Club books. ![]()
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