Comments on: Mallory Pike, 11 going on 40 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/ the best friends you'll never have Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:18:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Virjo http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-2690 Virjo Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:10:35 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-2690 that was my fabe book too! it was totally its fault that i got my ears pierced! that was my fabe book too! it was totally its fault that i got my ears pierced!

]]> By: wanderingfrog http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-318 wanderingfrog Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:50:24 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-318 I actually mentioned that passage on the boards a couple of months ago. I agree with you totally! Even the first time I read this book, when I was eight, I was still thinking, Um, Mallory, you *are* little. You're eleven. Admittedly, at the time I think I would have thought nothing of it if one of the thirteen-year-old sitters said something like that, but not Mallory. I actually mentioned that passage on the boards a couple of months ago. I agree with you totally! Even the first time I read this book, when I was eight, I was still thinking, Um, Mallory, you *are* little. You’re eleven. Admittedly, at the time I think I would have thought nothing of it if one of the thirteen-year-old sitters said something like that, but not Mallory.

]]> By: Lou http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-262 Lou Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:43:00 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-262 Goodybags were always awesome. I think Mal just had lame parties. Plus I think she is like, 42 inside. It always drove me NUTS that Mal and Jessi were only 11. In New Zealand, where I live, you're not even legally allowed to baby-sit til you're 14. As a series this would have made way more sense if Mal and Jessi were 13 and the others were 15. Argh. Goodybags were always awesome. I think Mal just had lame parties.
Plus I think she is like, 42 inside.

It always drove me NUTS that Mal and Jessi were only 11. In New Zealand, where I live, you’re not even legally allowed to baby-sit til you’re 14. As a series this would have made way more sense if Mal and Jessi were 13 and the others were 15.
Argh.

]]> By: WickedWonder http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-259 WickedWonder Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:31:51 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-259 Mallory and the Trouble with Twins was my first BSC book. So I guess it's my favorite by default. Since I bought it new (through the Scholastic book club!) I always *felt* that the girls were older than me, even after I passed eleven and thirteen. As for the goody bag thing, ours used to be tight, so I have no idea what Mallory is going on about, as usual. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins was my first BSC book. So I guess it’s my favorite by default. Since I bought it new (through the Scholastic book club!) I always *felt* that the girls were older than me, even after I passed eleven and thirteen. As for the goody bag thing, ours used to be tight, so I have no idea what Mallory is going on about, as usual.

]]> By: cpennylane http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-253 cpennylane Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:42:57 +0000 http://blog.stoneybrookite.org/2007/10/30/mallory-pike-11-going-on-40/#comment-253 Maybe they goody bag standard hadn't changed, but Mallory was always invited to lame parties? As for 11 being the age of wisdom and miraculous responsibility and cusp of adulthood, I do not know. Maybe because in the majority of schools in the U.S., 6th graders are in Jr. High, instead of elementary school? It's the new building, it turns them into mini adults. When Dawn got skipped into high school, she went from being a 13 going on 32 year old to an angst ridden ageless teen. (I think. I've read like 2 of them). ;-) Maybe they goody bag standard hadn’t changed, but Mallory was always invited to lame parties?

As for 11 being the age of wisdom and miraculous responsibility and cusp of adulthood, I do not know. Maybe because in the majority of schools in the U.S., 6th graders are in Jr. High, instead of elementary school? It’s the new building, it turns them into mini adults. When Dawn got skipped into high school, she went from being a 13 going on 32 year old to an angst ridden ageless teen. (I think. I’ve read like 2 of them). ;-)

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