Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls: “No frontsies. No backsies."

In which Emily defends the Phantom Phone Caller and demands his freedom, we unpack whether or not boys really do tease girls they like (and if they should), and Anne leans on both her professional training as a writer and her Japanese heritage to write Claudia a haiku as Trevor Sandborne. 

FYI Links:

An article about the carceral state

Teasing & hierarchical and intimate relationships

Adolescent teasing with friends and romantic partners

Never tell her “He’s Mean Because He Likes You”

What were UHF channels?

But also this was UHF

If you lived in Sacramento in the eighties, this was UHF

BUT WAIT—THERE’S MORE!
Listen to a cover of Charlie Thomas’ favorite band the Slime Kings’ “Poundin’ Down the Walls.” Written and performed by Lovebots! Check out their other music on iTunes!

“Stuck in Stoneybrook” is edited by Emily Crandall. Theme song written and recorded by Gary Shaller, performed by the band Kid Kit. Need some books that we mentioned? Buy them from our Bookshop bookstore. If you’re feeling dibbly generous, rate and review us on iTunes. You’re the best friends a girl could ask for. Last but not least, thank you to Ann M. Martin, for everything.