Karen's Softball Mystery
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Karen is so busy! It's softball season and she's planning a party for Ms. Colman's return to school after having a baby.
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Karen's Paper Route
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Karen really wants Moonbeam, the new video game system. But Daddy won't buy it for her. So Karen decides to get a job. She will help Kristy deliver newspapers. It is hard work. Karen has to get up very early in the morning! And some people are pretty picky about how their papers are delivered. Can Karen earn the money she needs?
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Kristy and the Middle School Vandal
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Kristy and her friends suspect that Cary and his Mischief Knights are vandalizing Stoneybrook Middle School. But are they? Together, the BSC members solve a series of eight puzzles--on the way to catching the real culprit.
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Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Mary Anne just loves her little kitten, Tigger. So when he disappears one afternoon, Mary Anne is a little concerned. The next morning Tigger is still missing. . .and Mary Anne is frantic. It's time for an emergency meeting of the Baby-sitters Club.
The girls pool together a reward for the return of Tigger, and they search everywhere for him. But there's still no sign of him. . .until Mary Anne receives a frightening letter int he mail. Someone has taken Tigger and Mary Anne must pay a hundred dollars to get him back.
Is this some mean practical joke. . .or has Tigger really been cat-napped?
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Kristy and the Sister War
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
When Kristy gets a regular sitting job at the Kilbourne house, she has to wonder: Doesn't Shannon Kilbourne, associate member of the BSC have time to take care of her own sisters? The answer, unfortunately, is "no." Shannon is too busy to deal with her sisters. But they will not be ignored.
First, Tiffany and Maria try to help Shannon--by "cleaning" her room and "correcting" her algebra homework. When this doesn't work, Tiffany and Maria decide to make Shannon's life harder. Can Kristy manage to forge a truce--or will the Sister War rage out of control?
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Dawn's Book
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
I thought I had escaped having to write my autobiography at SMS. But no! I moved all the way back to California, and what do I find? My English teacher assigned the very same project. So here I am with lots of memories of both California and Connecticut. There was the time I met my future best friend Sunny and thought she was a weirdo. And there were baby-sitting adventures, like the day I was a hero, and the day I really blew it. Now that I'm finished, I'm kind of glad I had to write my autobiography. You know what? I've had a pretty interesting life.
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Karen's Ducklings
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Karen loves reading about animal babies. Then one day she discovers a duck outside the classroom. "Feather" is about to hatch her eggs, and Karen and her classmates are going to be "parents" to ducklings!
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Karen's Haircut
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Karen feels like an ugly duckling. Her baby teeth are all falling out, and she has to wear glasses, too! Karen needs a new haircut to make her look glamorous.
But the beauty parlor lady cuts Karen's hair all wrong. Now she's uglier than ever! What will all the kids at school say?
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Kristy for President
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Kristy's not too happy with some things at Stoneybrook Middle School. The hot lunches, for example, look like dog food. And Kristy's class has to perform Mary Poppins for their annual play. How babyish can you get?
What the eighth grade really needs is a new class president. Someone who is organized and has great ideas. Someone like - Kristy!
But can Kristy coach a softball team, get straight A's, baby-sit, run the BSC, and be president? The Baby-sitters are about to find out!
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Karen's Haunted House
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
After Karen's class decorates a haunted house for Halloween, they begin to hear spooky noises.
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Get Well Soon, Mallory!
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Mallory hasn't been feeling well for awhile now. And finally she discovers why she's been so tired and run-down. Mallory has mono.
Having mono means staying in bed and resting - for a long time. No school, no activities, no baby-sitting, and no Baby-sitters Club.
Mallory is crushed. So are the Baby-sitters. It's bad enough that Dawn is away in California. But now it looks like Mallory's out of the club, too.
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Abby's Lucky Thirteen
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Abby and her twin sister, Anna, recently turned thirteen. They are preparing for their Bat Mitzvah, which is a big deal for the twins and their mother. And now, just when Abby should be acting like an adult, she is caught cheating on a math test and is suspended from school. Even though Abby didn't cheat, she refuses to tell what really happened. She even keeps the suspension a secret from her mother.
Abby is heading for big trouble on the biggest day of her life. Will she be able to get it together without disappointing everyone - including herself?
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Karen's Magician
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Karen and Andrew love magic, especially after they see Mr. Wizard perform. Andrew is tricked into believing his special penny has disappeared forever, until they team up and learn the truth about magic.
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Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Mary Anne wants to learn about her mother, who died when Mary Anne was a baby, so she goes into the attic and searches through her father's box of photos and papers. There she finds a deep secret. . . .
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Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Mother's Day is coming up and the Baby-sitters have the same problem they do every year: What do they get their mothers? Kristy, especially, wants to do something nice for her mom. Mrs. Brewer has been acting kind of strange and secretive lately, and Kristy's worried about her...
But then Kristy gets another one of her great ideas. Why don't the Baby-sitters treat their moms - and the mothers of the kids they sit for - to a day off without any kids around? The BSC plans a gigantic baby-sitting party. It's a Mother's Day surprise that couldn't be beat!
... Until Kristy's mom reveals a very special surprise of her own.
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