Stacey's old boyfriend Robert Brewster has been really down lately. Robert's friends have noticed. But Robert isn't interested in their efforts to cheer him up. He isn't interested in much of anything - except maybe talking to Stacey.
Stacey would like to help... even though it feels weird hanging out with Robert again. He seems to need more and more of her time. Stacey isn't sure that she should be seeing so much of him, but if she doesn't help him, who will?
Main Plot[]
Subplot[]
Clients of the BSC start to pick strawberries and they pick too many including the Pike Family and Papadakis Family. Kristy and the BSC throw a strawberry festival to help people get rid of them. Kristy makes a book of recipes and Claudia does face paints.
The Beatles and their song Strawberry Fields Forever.
Laura Ashley
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
Robert cheating on Stacey is recapped which originally happened in Stacey's Broken Heart.
Stacey talked to Robert about quitting the BSC before she quit/was fired. This was in Stacey vs. the BSC though conversations about quitting between Stacey and Robert aren’t heard.
Inconsistencies
Robert Is allowed back on the baseball team, despite Stacey saying that his grades are horrendous. In Stacey and the Cheerleaders there is a minimum GPA requirement.
In Stacey’s Ex-boyfriend, Stacey wants to help Robert but realizes that she can’t help him alone. At first, she does everything she can to make Robert feel better. But soon, Stacey is letting Robert’s problems become her own. She discovers that Robert needs more help than she can give him.
When helping a friend, it’s always important to know your own limits. Your friend might need to talk to more than one person. Or he or she might need to talk to an adult — a parent, a teacher, or, (as in Robert’s case) a coach. As Stacey found, helping a friend to share his or her problems is sometimes the best thing you can do.
Trivia[]
This book was released around the turn of the millennium with mentions of the Internet in the book.
Stacey is supposed to be in an advanced math class, however, since the year was reset she's back in a normal math class.
Claudia thought Robert might have been on drugs on page 25.
SMS Baseball hasn't won a division championship in five years.
Squirt can't say his "R"s yet.
More then anything Stacey's connection with people made her happy.
Kristy and the Papadakis' sit and watch a movie during a sitting job.
Kristy and Linny found a strawberry chat room to help with the festival.
Stacey mentions needing to write her autobiography, however, her portrait book came out four years prior.
Claudia was in Janine's room when she heard Stacey on the radio.
Mrs. Newton knows how to make homemade strawberry ice.
There's a new water park that opens just outside of Stoneybrook called Splash Down.