The Against Taffy Sinclair Club

by Betsy Haynes

Book Overview

Embarrassing moments at school and home show a young girl that everyone has faults, some that others can't accept. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553157124
• ISBN13: 9780553157123
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Skylark Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

A FABULOUS Read!!!!

This book was GREAT!! I think it's the best on in the Taffy series- it's sooo funny!!! Mrs. Haynes has a terrific sense of humor and there were numerous places in this book where I just burst out laughing! She really captures a 5th grade girl well. Yup, not right to gang up on someone just because you don't like them, but Jana did know what she did was wrong and EVEN IN THE BOOK she thought about what a horrible person she was and resolved to change for the better. (she and Taffy still get into tiffs in the future though) I don't think Jana comes off mean at all in this book- I feel sorry for her. She's just a little kid without a dad (a very normal problem today)- the parts about her dad and how she feels about him are so-- touching. :*) I think it's stupid Jana and her friends worried about how undeveloped they were compared to Taffy, though- come on! They were only 10 years old. This book makes you hate Taffy's mom- she's a witch! Poor Taffy! No wonder she's the way she is. Kind of weird how NONE of the boys (save Clarence) in her class are mentioned in this book, when they play such a big part in the rest of the Taffy series. Anyway, this book had a lot of embarrassing moments in it for Jana, but it's was VERY well written, VERY realistic, VERY funny, and had a VERY good message. You're crazy if you don't want to read it!!!

Give Jana a break- she was only in 5th grade!

Yeah, I can see the mean part in ganging up on someone you're jealous of, but it's not abnormal. There are always enemies in schools, and I don't like how people try to compare the Fab Five with BSC. The BSC girls are NOT perfect on they are immature in their own ways too. Anyway, the book is basically about TEN YEAR OLD Jana starting a club against totally snotty and beautiful Taffy Sinclair. Jana and her friends write down all the snotty things Taffy do, and then it gets into the wrong hands and Jana gets in trouble. No, Taffy and Jana do not solve their differences and still wage war in the 6th grade. But they do make up in the 7th grade! (read Yearbook Memories) I don't think jana is a mean person, though. Maybe you'll think Taffy is misunderstood after reading this book and feel all sorry for her- well, she's no angel.