Comments on: The Against Taffy Sinclair Club

By: CNJ

CNJ — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:16:57 +0000

Hey, does anybody remember Tony Calcaterra? As sweet as Katie; those two dated in middle school? Well, they’re in their mid-twenties and poor, poor Tony found out he can’t father children!

Katie and Tony had drifted apart in high school and went to different colleges, but I suspect they are about to re-meet again. They both now are successful attorneys in Washington, DC.

And Melanie and Logan Bruno wound up marrying; Logan transferred to Burkeview High (after Wakeman) in 11th grade and he and Melanie wound up together, but they bicker lots.

What do you all think?

By: notemily

notemily — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:01:40 +0000

Oh man, I loved the Taffy Sinclair books. I think the best one is the modeling one, and it’s also the one with the best title–Taffy Sinclair and the Melanie Make-over. I still remember all the “modeling tips” from that book and how everyone felt so awkward trying them except Taffy and Melanie, and then they were all eating carrot sticks or whatever and only one of them, Katie I think, had the sense not to starve herself.

I think if I ever start a band it’s going to be The Against Taffy Sinclair Club. Team Taffy!

By: 4ever12

4ever12 — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:16:15 +0000

From reading these books I remember Jana was always so embarrased that she would die & remember Pink had breath that would stop a tidal wave?

By: Prentiss

Prentiss — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:12:40 +0000

I just recently dragged this entire series out of my attic and started re-reading them. They were my favorite books when I was younger. Anyway, it’s upon re-reading that I’m totally realizing how awful the Fabulous Five actually were. I didn’t think about it too much in the Taffy Sinclair books, until I read the Diary of Taffy Sinclair when you get to hear her side, and you realize how lonely she really was. But it’s when they start dealing with the Fantastic Foursome that you really see how vindictive they are. I mean, Laura McCall will say something snippy, but relatively harmless, and as soon as she walks away Beth will be like “We have to get even!” It’s like, let it go. Admittedly, the Fantastic Foursome weren’t totally innocent, but it seems like they never got to win. Ever. I also always found it hard to believe that none of them had boyfriends. I mean, the Fabulous Five always had guys swarming around them, and the Fantastic Foursome, though supposedly pretty, did not. It’s like, other than Funny, they had no redeeming qualities.
Still, these were my favorite books. I was totally crushed when their 8th grade year never came out, even though it was implied on the back of the last book that the series was going to continue. I found Betsy Haynes’ website and I was going to e-mail and ask her why she stopped writing them, but, although her site is peppered with all these other books she’s written, aside from the four Super Edition books, which seem tacked on as an afterthought, neither the Taffy Sinclair or The Fabulous Five series are mentioned. I’m wondering if she doesn’t like talking about them.

By: lilli

lilli — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:08:44 +0000

Oh god i remember in the fifth grade me and me friends had a fabulous four club…..our mission was to ruin the social life of our ex friends ginny&dess….I was Jana in grade school…only less flatchested!

By: Sexy Sadie

Sexy Sadie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:59:25 +0000

I could relate to Taffy because I was the early bloomer in the 5th grade and other girls were mean to me. I haven’t come across any YA novels from the point of view of the early bloomer girl, but I have plans to write a few.

By: Jeanna

Jeanna — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:52:52 +0000

Thank you so much. I was wondering if this was the same series! I have been searching for years to find these!!

By: ihatewheat

ihatewheat — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:55:22 +0000

Yes, of course! It was the Pen Pals series which I just started reviewing! Max comes in later in the series.

By: Jeanna

Jeanna — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:53:21 +0000

Thanks so much for the flashback. I’d totally forgotten about Taffy Sinclair! I also loved the Pen Pals and Sleepover Friends series.

I’ve been on a mission to find a lot of these books, but the one that’s still stumping me is a series featuring a girl with red hair named Max (short for Max….?) and her friends. I’m thinking it was also a boarding school type situation; partially because I have a vague memory of the girls moving into their suite and freaking out about the trunk with the name Max on it thinking it was a boy moving in. Ring any bells?

By: wanderingfrog

wanderingfrog — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:28:48 +0000

Um, I mean Bad News Ballet. Sometimes I forget whether I’m commenting on a board using UBB Code or a blog using XHTML…