{"id":4611,"date":"2021-07-05T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4611"},"modified":"2021-07-03T22:34:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T02:34:23","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-175-claudia-and-mean-janine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-175-claudia-and-mean-janine\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 175 &#8211; Claudia and Mean Janine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <em>Baby-Sitters Club #7, C<\/em><em>laudia and Mean Janine <\/em>by Ann M. Martin. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-175-claudia-and-mean-janine\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/absolutely.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/absolutely.jpg\" alt=\"Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cillalee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4612 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cillalee-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire by Susan Tan\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cillalee-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cillalee-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cillalee.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fishtree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fishtree-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Fish in a Tree by Linda Mullaly Hunt\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fishtree-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fishtree-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fishtree.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Absolutely Almost<\/em> by Lisa Graff (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2V0cPQZ\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780147508577\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire<\/em> by Susan Tan (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2V4LOMu\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250144003\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Fish in a Tree<\/em> by Linda Mullaly Hunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3hqGudC\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780142426425\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/front-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Front Desk by Kelly Yang\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/front-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/front-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/front.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lucywu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lucywu-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lucywu-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lucywu-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lucywu.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mochi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mochi-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mochi-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mochi-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mochi.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Front Desk<\/em> by Kelly Yang (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jHdqlc\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781338157826\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Great Wall of Lucy Wu<\/em> by Wendy Wan-Long Shang <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TwSxhL\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780545162166\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>I Love You So Mochi<\/em> by Sarah Kuhn <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2V0dLVv\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781338608366\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keiko.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keiko-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Keep it Together Keiko Carter by Debbi Michiko Florence\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keiko-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keiko-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/keiko.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"New Kid by Jerry Craft\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/newkid.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends-150x217.jpg\" alt=\"Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham\" width=\"152\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends-150x217.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/realfriends.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Keep it Together Keiko Carter<\/em> by Debbi Michiko Florence <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dErg3I\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781338607529\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>New Kid<\/em> by Jerry Craft <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3yzmfSj\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062691194\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Real Friends<\/em> by Shannon Hale <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dFWoQt\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781626727854\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Baby-Sitters Club #7, Claudia and Mean Janine by Ann M. Martin. Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[865,864,2065,850,1824,1458,2068,240,30,2066,147,1459,2067],"class_list":["post-4611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-ann-m-martin","tag-baby-sitters-club","tag-debbie-michiko-florence","tag-flashback-summer","tag-jerry-craft","tag-kelly-yang","tag-linda-mullaly-hunt","tag-lisa-graff","tag-readers-advisory","tag-sarah-kuhn","tag-shannon-hale","tag-susan-tan","tag-wendy-wan-long-shang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4620,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4611\/revisions\/4620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}