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Title: Taking Care of Terrific
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Author: Lois Lowry
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Review of Taking Care of Terrific

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• Posted on 2005-04-07
  What a teenager's life is all about!
  
  This story takes place in the present, at the Public Garden which is a park in the city. The setting is important because the Public Garden is where the characters had most of their adventures.
  
  This book is mostly about a 14- year old girl named Enid Crowley who is a babysitter for a 4-year old boy named Joshua Cameran . they go to the Public Garden everyday and meet new friends, and have adventures, too.
  
  In my opinion it was a pretty good book. Although, they did repeat things and that got boring. But, other than that it was an interesting book. I would recommend this book because you get really into it.
  
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• Posted on 2005-04-07
  What a teenager's life is all about!
  
  This story takes place in the present, at the Public Garden which is a park in the city. The setting is important because the Public Garden is where the characters had most of their adventures.
  
  This book is mostly about a 14- year old girl named Enid Crowley who is a babysitter for a 4-year old boy named Joshua Cameran . they go to the Public Garden everyday and meet new friends, and have adventures, too.
  
  In my opinion it was a pretty good book. Although, they did repeat things and that got boring. But, other than that it was an interesting book. I would recommend this book because you get really into it.
  
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• Posted on 2005-03-15
  "Taking Care of Terrific" is a Terrific Book
  
  This book is about a young four year old who is babysat by fourteen year old Enid. Enid takes this underprivledged youngster out on adventure after adventure, from a popcicle stand adventure to a boating experience. This book is great, but it also teaches you what not to do when you are babysitting a young child from a strict family. You'll love this book because it is a very touching story.
  
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• Posted on 2005-03-07
  favorite Lois Lowry book
  
  If only Taking Care of Terrific would come back in print! It was one of my favorite books when I was about 12. I could relate to Enid's dislike for her name and her love of baby-sitting, and drawing. I received it as a gift at 9, but couldn't get into it. I wasn't allowed to babysit and didn't understand a lot of the vocabulary. I also was confused as to why a 14 year old girl would be so disobedient to her folks and her employer. Her parent's obvious disinterest in her was disturbing to me. However, it was nice to see her parents seemed to pay more attention to her at the end. I think a kid should be atleast 11 before reading this book. About once a year I still read this book. I still want to go to Boston and ride the swan boats because of this book's incredible discription of it. The subject of homelessness is compassionately dealt with. Enid just wants to recieve and give love. Her parents and her friends's competitive, snooty parents were blind to that. Kids need love and acceptance more than rules and regulations.
  
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• Posted on 2003-04-09
  Taking Care of Terrific was terrific!
  
  The book I read was Taking Care of Terrific and the Author is Lois Lowry. This book is a wonderful book to read. It all starts out with a 14 year old girl named Enid. Enid is a wonderful girl who has a mother, father and a housekeeper, Mrs. Kolodny. Mrs. Kolodny gave Enid a message about babysitting for the Cameron's family. Enid went to the Cameron Family and the boy she had to look after was Joshua but his nickname is Tom Terrific. So Enid and Tom Terrific go to the Public Garden together and when they get their they meet a guy named Hawk. Hawk plays the saxophone. Also in the Public Garden are bag ladies. These bag ladies are homeless people who have no where to go. Enid asked Hawk why the bag ladies were so sad. They then started a discussion about why the bag ladies are upset and Hawk said probably because they had no root beer popsicles. So right then Enid had an idea to go on strike for rootbeer popsicles and that is what at Enid and Tom sit in the Public garden and draw pictures together of trees. Also Enid broke most of the rules that Joshua's mom made for him to follow. Enid also taught Joshua how to make prank phone calls. The next time Enid babysat she took Tom Terrific to the Public Park, Hawk was there too. They wondered if the bag ladies would like to ride on the swan boats that floated in the lake in the middle of the Public Garden. Hawk asked all the bag ladies if they would like to have a ride on the swan boats and they all said yes. My friend Seth Sandroff helped us with it. We drew out our plan and got all the bag ladies loaded up into swan boats and gave them a ride. They showed the homeless all a great time. I liked this book because it was entertaining. I liked the fact that Enid was interested in making people happy and having them experience new things. I liked that she took a chance of getting into trouble to make a little boys life brighter and more exciting. I would recommend this book to anyone.
  
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