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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9781416919193
ISBN number: 1416919198
Label: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 208
Printing Date: December 26, 2006
Publishing house: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Age index: Young Adult
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Studio: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
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'Off the rack gives me hives.'
-- Cordelia, 'Out of Mind, Out of Sight'
The Scoobies are used to being personally affected when demonic nasties come to Sunnydale. And they're used to strange things happening at Sunnydale High -- after all, the place is built over the Hellmouth. But they've sealed the Hellmouth, so they don't think anything's out of the ordinary when items to be sold at the very first annual band fund-raising rummage sale are stored in the school basement...which, one might recall, is directly above that Hellmouth.
Once the rummage sale begins, it's clear the stuff for sale is far from ordinary. People seem to be strangely affected by the items they're buying -- things from undemonic homes, donated by undemonic people. So the reactions these items are producing are, to say the least, unexpected. Willow's acting weird. So's Xander. And even Buffy's mom bought something....
The situation quickly spins out of control, and the school has to be quarantined...leaving Buffy and Giles to sort things out before whatever demon this is sells them down the river.
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Buffy Summer's just wants a normal weekend with her friends. So she signs them up to help with the school rummage sale
But then the opening day everyone who buys something, starts to act oddly. Buffy knows that it isn't normal and that it is her job to stop it!
This book takes place in the second season. It fallows along well with the characters. It was a really fun read and I was hooked.
Even though Spike is one of the villains in this season, he is also one of my favorite characters. Gallagher did a great job making them like the Buffy characters from the show.
I do wish the characters had shown a little more emotion, but in 3rd person it's always harder to do. Great book for any fan.
If you haven't seen the second season then you can still read the book. I am not sure if you could if you've never seen the show. But if you've read the earlier books but not seen the show then this one is good, because is gives backgrounds to past events in the series.
Great book!
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Everyone else has described the plot well enough, so I won't go into that. Just wanted to give my opinion. I very much enjoyed this book. It takes place during a very good time during the Buffyverse, and it was so much fun to revisit that time frame. Once I started, I had to finish it. My 11 year old is now reading it, and enjoying it. I'd recommend it for adults and older kids as well. Any Buffy fan would enjoy it. All my favorite characters were present! Oh, how I miss Buffy!
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this book could have easly been a episode,I think anyone who like's buffy will enjoy this book.
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I loved it..My only problem was that it was too short.
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Now that "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has been ended since the show took it's final bow in 2003 (*sniffle*), fans will really get a kick out of this blast from the past -- Buffy style!
While any and all Buffy novels that have been produced since 2003 must choose a position on the Buffy timeline with which to create their new tale, it is pleasantly refreshing to see one that hails from the early season 2 timeline. "Bad Bargain", in relation to it's timeline and setting within the Buffyverse, actually takes place during Season 2, before Angel turns evil. By my estimate, it would need to take place sometime after the episodes "What's My Line? parts 1 and 2" (because we know Xander and Cordelia have begun their secret tonsil hockey sessions in various broom closets), but before the episodes "Surprise" and "Innocence" because Angel is obviously not evil yet.
Buffy novels have evolved beautifully, coinciding nicely with the evolution and sophistication of the show. One of the things I loved about this novel was that it truly represented the whole Season 2 vibe in it's storyline, dialogue, and writing style. It would be easy to read this novel and be able to completely picture it being an actual episode during that season, which I think might have been the feeling author Diana Gallagher might have been trying to invoke. There are many incredible Buffy novels, but at the same time it is not always easy to try to picture some of the stories being an actual part of the Buffyverse. They are fun and entertaining, but also a little constricted with a this-doesn't-quite-feel-like-a-real-part-of-the-story kind of mentality. "Bad Bargain" is 100% a season 2 episode!
Another fun thing about this novel is that it (like all post 2003 novels) has the advantage of knowing where things are going. It can easily slide into it's place in Season 2, while at the same time constantly foreshadowing things to come. Jonathan and Andrew make an appearance, while Mayor Wilkin's darker dealings are alluded to -- and all without breaking it's own storyline. This book doesn't bog itself down by trying to do nothing but foreshadow, but it does throw enough little winks our way. The actual story, which has Buffy dealing with the bizarre and increasingly alarming behavior and physical symptoms of students and teachers who have seemingly come into contact with a mystical ailment contracted from various items during the school's fundraising bargain sale, is admittedly cheesy at times. However, then again, so were parts of season 2!
Bottom line, it's a light and enjoyable read for the average Buffy fan.
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