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Claudia and the Perfect Boy is the 71st book in The Baby-Sitters Club series.

Back Cover Summary

Mary Anne has Logan. Stacey has her new boyfriend Robert. Kristy even has a sort-of boyfriend Bart. Isn't there someone out there for Claudia?

Then one day Claudia is reading a magazine, and she comes across a personal column. It's full of ads from people interested in meeting other people. This gives Claudia a great idea. Maybe she can start a personals column—just for kids—in her school paper. And maybe, if Claudia's lucky, she'll find a boy who's perfect for her...

Summary

Subplot

Marnie Barrett is revealed to be allergic dogs and the Barretts worry about where Pow would have to go. The Pike Family takes him in.

Characters

Claudia's Family

BSC Members

Kids

Preteens

Teenagers

Adults

Locations

Pop Culture and Real-Life References

  • Paula Abdul and Jason Priestly
  • Nancy Drew books
  • Seventeen Magazine
  • Homer Simpson
  • Hawaiian punch (beverage brand)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • The Addams Family
  • Curious George
  • Scooby Doo

Continuity and Inconsistencies

Continuity

Inconsistencies

  • Claudia wears a pink outfit at the beginning of the book only to turn around and say she doesn't look good in pink later.
  • Claudia liked tattoos when she saw the blue star one on the ear lobe of the thief in Stacey and the Mystery Money, but thought they were gross when Rock show her his.

Ann M. Martin's Dear Reader Letter

Dear Reader,

In Claudia and the Perfect Boy, much to her surprise, Claudia finds herself writing for the school newspaper. I never wrote for our school paper, but I loved to write, and all during sixth grade, I wrote and distributed a neighborhood newspaper. It took a lot of work, but I managed to put out an issue every week with a lot of help from my best friend, Beth, and my neighbor across the street, Jessi. In those days nobody had computers, and you could only find Xerox machines in offices and libraries. So, in order to make copies, I had to use carbon paper. It took forever, and there was no erasing a mistake, but it worked.

Once a week, I walked from house to house in the neighborhood collecting news. Just about anything anyone told me could turn into an article for the paper. I wrote about family vacations and new pets, who had won awards, and who was home sick. Also, once a week I ran a contest for the kids in the neighborhood. I didn’t have a personals column like Claudia did, and I didn’t write about gossip like Karen Brewer did in her neighborhood paper, but I had a lot of fun.

Trivia

  • Emily Bernstein is the editor of the SMS Express, the weekly school paper.
  • Shannon has a soft spot for dogs.
  • Claudia hates sushi.
  • Claudia says that she doesn't look good in pink.
  • The Pike Family get Pow since Marnie's allergic to him.
  • Robert is a better talker then listener.
  • Claudia is friendly with Emily Bernstein
  • The SMS Express used to run a pet care column
  • Edward McGill's secretary has been showing Stacey how to use a computer during visits to his office
  • Up until this book Claudia had seen computers as interesting if they could be used for graphic design or pattern-making or something like that. Otherwise, she didn’t have the slightest interest.
  • Shannon narrates chapter eight.
  • Claudia first learns about spell check.
  • Alan's dad has a P.O. Box that he let Alan use.
  • Funnily enough Claudia DOES end up dating Alan later in the Friends Forever series.
  • Kristy would date Brian Hall if she didn't already have Bart.
  • The cover is Claudia on a date with a boy named Kurt, however, we don't see the date in the book.
  • Kristy's watched the track team practice to know that there's nobody that looks like Jason Priestly.
  • The Barretts are accumulating non-allergic animals fast.

Gallery

Baby-Sitters Club Books
The Summer Before | #1 Kristy's Great Idea | #2 Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls | #3 The Truth About Stacey | #4 Mary Anne Saves the Day | #5 Dawn and the Impossible Three | #6 Kristy's Big Day | #7 Claudia and Mean Janine | #8 Boy-Crazy Stacey | #9 The Ghost at Dawn's House | #10 Logan Likes Mary Anne! | #11 Kristy and the Snobs | #12 Claudia and the New Girl | #13 Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye | #14 Hello, Mallory | #15 Little Miss Stoneybrook... and Dawn | #16 Jessi's Secret Language | #17 Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery | #18 Stacey's Mistake | #19 Claudia and the Bad Joke | #20 Kristy and the Walking Disaster | #21 Mallory and the Trouble with Twins | #22 Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter | #23 Dawn on the Coast | #24 Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise | #25 Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger | #26 Claudia and the Sad Good-bye | #27 Jessi and the Superbrat | #28 Welcome Back, Stacey! | #29 Mallory and the Mystery Diary | #30 Mary Anne and the Great Romance | #31 Dawn's Wicked Stepsister | #32 Kristy and the Secret of Susan | #33 Claudia and the Great Search | #34 Mary Anne and Too Many Boys | #35 Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook | #36 Jessi's Baby-Sitter | #37 Dawn and the Older Boy | #38 Kristy's Mystery Admirer | #39 Poor Mallory! | #40 Claudia and the Middle School Mystery | #41 Mary Anne vs. Logan | #42 Jessi and the Dance School Phantom | #43 Stacey's Emergency | #44 Dawn and the Big Sleepover | #45 Kristy and the Baby Parade | #46 Mary Anne Misses Logan | #47 Mallory on Strike | #48 Jessi's Wish | #49 Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street | #50 Dawn's Big Date | #51 Stacey's Ex-Best Friend | #52 Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies | #53 Kristy for President | #54 Mallory and the Dream Horse | #55 Jessi's Gold Medal | #56 Keep Out, Claudia! | #57 Dawn Saves the Planet | #58 Stacey's Choice | #59 Mallory Hates Boys (and Gym) | #60 Mary Anne's Makeover | #61 Jessi and the Awful Secret | #62 Kristy and the Worst Kid Ever | #63 Claudia's Freind Friend | #64 Dawn's Family Feud | #65 Stacey's Big Crush | #66 Maid Mary Anne | #67 Dawn's Big Move | #68 Jessi and the Bad Baby-sitter | #69 Get Well Soon, Mallory! | #70 Stacey and the Cheerleaders | #71 Claudia and the Perfect Boy | #72 Dawn and the We Love Kids Club | #73 Mary Anne and Miss Priss | #74 Kristy and the Copycat | #75 Jessi's Horrible Prank | #76 Stacey's Lie | #77 Dawn and Whitney, Friends Forever | #78 Claudia and Crazy Peaches | #79 Mary Anne Breaks the Rules | #80 Mallory Pike, No. 1 Fan | #81 Kristy and Mr. Mom | #82 Jessi and the Troublemaker | #83 Stacey vs. the BSC | #84 Dawn and the School Spirit War | #85 Claudia Kishi, Live From WSTO! | #86 Mary Anne and Camp BSC | #87 Stacey and the Bad Girls | #88 Farewell, Dawn | #89 Kristy and the Dirty Diapers | #90 Welcome to the BSC, Abby! | #91 Claudia and the First Thanksgiving | #92 Mallory's Christmas Wish | #93 Mary Anne and the Memory Garden | #94 Stacey McGill, Super Sitter | #95 Kristy + Bart = ? | #96 Abby's Lucky Thirteen | #97 Claudia and the World's Cutest Baby | #98 Dawn and Too Many Sitters | #99 Stacey's Broken Heart | #100 Kristy's Worst Idea | #101 Claudia Kishi, Middle School Dropout | #102 Mary Anne and the Little Princess | #103 Happy Holidays, Jessi | #104 Abby's Twin | #105 Stacey the Math Whiz | #106 Claudia, Queen of the Seventh Grade | #107 Mind Your Own Business, Kristy! | #108 Don't Give Up, Mallory! | #109 Mary Anne to the Rescue | #110 Abby the Bad Sport | #111 Stacey's Secret Friend | #112 Kristy and the Sister War | #113 Claudia Makes Up Her Mind | #114 The Secret Life of Mary Anne Spier | #115 Jessi's Big Break | #116 Abby and the Best Kid Ever | #117 Claudia and the Terrible Truth | #118 Kristy Thomas, Dog Trainer | #119 Stacey's Ex-Boyfriend | #120 Mary Anne and the Playground Fight | #121 Abby in Wonderland | #122 Kristy in Charge | #123 Claudia's Big Party | #124 Stacey McGill... Matchmaker? | #125 Mary Anne in the Middle | #126 The All-New Mallory Pike | #127 Abby's Un-Valentine | #128 Claudia and the Little Liar | #129 Kristy at Bat | #130 Stacey's Movie | #131 The Fire at Mary Anne's House
Super Specials
#1 Baby-sitters on Board! | #2 Baby-sitters' Summer Vacation | #3 Baby-sitters' Winter Vacation | #4 Baby-sitters' Island Adventure | #5 California Girls! | #6 New York, New York! | #7 Snowbound | #8 Baby-sitters at Shadow Lake | #9 Starring the Baby-sitters Club #10 Sea City, Here We Come! | #11 The Baby-sitters Remember | #12 Here Come the Bridesmaids! | #13 Aloha, Baby-sitters! | #14 BSC in the USA | #15 Baby-sitters' European Vacation
Portrait Collection
Stacey's Book | Claudia's Book | Dawn's Book | Mary Anne's Book | Kristy's Book | Abby's Book
Other
The Baby-Sitters Club Notebook (1987) | The Baby-Sitters Club Postcard Book (1991) | Trivia & Puzzle Fun Book (1992) | Ann M. Martin: The Story of the author of the Baby-sitters Club (1993) | The Baby-Sitters Club Guide to Babysitting (1993) | The Baby-Sitters Club Chain Letter (1993) | The Baby-Sitters Club Secret Santa (1994) | Audio Books on Cassette Tape (1994-5) | BSC Movie Novelization (1995) | The Complete Guide to the Baby-Sitters Club (1996) | Autograph Book (1998) | BSC Graphic Novels (2006-present) | We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers (2021) | Welcome to Stoneybrook: A Guided Journal (2021) | The Official Coloring Book (2023)
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