Stacey's Emergency

by Ann M. Martin

Book Overview

Thirteen-year-old Stacey needs the support of the Baby-sitters Club when the pressures of school, work, and home pile up and her diabetes puts her in the hospital. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590435728
• ISBN13: 9780590435727
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 10 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Not really worth it.

That’s all I’m gonna say.

A Cool Book!

Stacey visits her father and does not stick to her diet. But when Stacey keeps on drinking water, Stacey's dad thinks it is time to call the doctor. Stacey begged her father not to say it to her mother, but Mr McGill still said. In this book, Stacey learns a lesson that is valuacle to her: Always stick to her diets.

Poor Stacey!

Stacey is having troubles with her diabetes diet these days. She is a brittle diabetic which means she has a tricky form of the disease and she must stay away from sweets. The temptations seem to drive her crazy and so she slips and eats the "forbidden food". This sets her down a tricky path because she wants more now not to mention her blood sugar is already messing up because she was sick previously. Pretty soon she ends up in the hospital and has to get better. I think this book is really good. Some people say the information is not true about diabetics but much of it is - especially considering she is a brittle diabetic. Enjoy!

STACEY ROCKS!

I like the Stacey character. She's bright, attractive and she is coping with a life threatening illness. She has been very soldierly about her diabetes and the Stacey books have been helpful in explaining and taking stigma out of the condition. Stacey understandably wants to eat like a non-diabetic. She craves sweets, and this unfortunately throws her insulin off the charts. She helps her favorite charge Charlotte and Charlotte's friend Becca bake brownies and is overcome with temptation. She sneaks the brownies and this aggravates the down cycle her diabetes has taken. Stacey's father invites her to spend a weekend in Manhattan. Tired and sick, Stacey reluctantly agrees. To add to her stress level, her father makes pointed comments about her mother and grills her about her mother's social life. Stacey in turn has to go through a similar interrogation from her mother when she returns from a visit to Manhattan. Her divorced parents fight over her and Stacey handles this maturely.Once in Manhattan, Stacey is so ill that she is almost immediately admitted to a hospital. Her BSC friends from CT visit and the one time Stacey convinced both parents to visit her together ends up a major disaster. The parents scream at each other until Stacey finally tells them to leave. After a seemingly long recovery period, Stacey is discharged. Once back in safe Stoneybrook, she tells her mother that she will no longer be "the monkey in the middle" by delivering nasty messages from one parent to the other. She points out the unfairness and cruelty in this and to the mother's credit, she supports Stacey and recognizes the mature way Stacey approached this. Stacey then calls her father with her stand. She has stood her ground and she has succeeded.Stacey is here to stay.

AWESOME!!!!!!

Stacey's in real big trouble.She's a diabetic and latley she's been eating too much sweet's.When she goes to New York she suddenly lands in the hospital.Her friends are so worried.What's wrong with Stacey? If you are a fan of the BSC,READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!

Stacey has to go to the hospital.

Stacey is diabetic but she eats some chocolate even though she is not supposed to have it. She has to stay in the hospital for two weeks. It tells a lot about her stay in the hospital. Christina Tidmore