So, my library only had a copy of this one in large print, and something about reading a BSC book in large print made me feel really old.
Today's special: Claudia is studying for a big time math test with her sister, Janine, and actually has a grasp on the material this time. Side note: I seriously think Claudia may be dyslexic, based on her atrocious spelling and mentioning how the words and numbers jumble on the page. Was this ever addressed? Guess I'll have to continue reading the series to see if she is ever tested or anything. Anyway, back to the story. Claudia takes the test and gets an A- for the first time in her life, but horror!, it turns out that another classmate, the popular Shawna Riverson (one of these characters you hear about in one book and never see referenced again), got the same score and made the exact same mistakes on the test. So Mr. Zorzi (awesome name) calls them out, and Shawna, normally an A student, says she would never cheat and walks out of the room. Mr. Zorzi believes her.
Ok, I get why a teacher would be more suspicious of the C average student than the A student, however, I find it really hard to believe that both the teacher and principal would take the word of one student and not investigate further. Plus, when Mr. and Mrs. Kishi are called and informed of this, instead of marching up to the school to straighten this out, they do nothing because Claud doesn't want them involved. I call b.s. on this. I once got an inexplicable C for PE in 2nd grade, I don't know how that is even possible (my friend Laura Wilson got one, too, so I wasn't alone in the misery, at least). In that case, for a grade that didn't really matter in 2nd grade, both sets of parents immediately called the school to complain, and we both got A's on the next report card. So what parents would actually do nothing in this case?
Anyway, the BSC play Nancy Drew, including breaking into Shawna's locker because Dawn somehow knows the combo (good one, AMM), all to no avail, but finally Janine convinces the teacher to let Claudia retest (apparently that was too logical to begin with). Claudia gets another A, and Shawna the Cheat confesses. Happy ending.
What Claudia wore:
"Since I had a big test, I thought that I'd start with my lucky earrings - the ones that look like Princess Di's. They're huge (pretend) emeralds, surrounded by thousands of tiny (phony) diamonds. Then I thought I'd work downward from there, wearing my new green-and-blue-tie-dyed (all-the-hyphens-must-stop) T-shirt dress (the casualness of the dress would be an interesting contrast to those fancy earrings) over green leggings. The only thing I hadn't figured out was the shoes - should I go with my old ballet flats or the black leather high-tops I'd just gotten?" Claudia later specifies that she chose the ballet flats. Plus, this girl has a serious thing for tie-dye.
Claudia, take 2:
"I decided my theme for the day would be The Sea. I put on a blue skirt with brightly colored tropical fish all over it. Then I put on a green blouse. I figured it could represent seaweed or something. I pulled my hair into a ponytail, over to one side, and I pinned it with a sand-dollar barrette I made last summer. I ran to my closet and pulled out a pair of shoes. They're the plastic kind called "jellies" that I had decorated with stickers of seahorses and shells." (Side ponytails, jelly shoes, sounds like most of my photos from elementary school...)
What Amy wore: Today she chose her dark wash skinny jeans, topped with a beige long sleeved shirt with a coral-colored fox imprinted on the front. She chose sterling silver owl earrings (she thought the owls would provide an animal food chain type contrast to the fox on her shirt) and finished the look with black leather riding boots (because historically, people rode horses when they hunted fox, so this completes the circle of life). Take that, Claudia Kishi.
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