Didn’t like Mr. Nicholls, it wasn’t as if he were doing anything illegal. And when I told them that I wouldn’t want Joey and Nate to feel as if I’d abandoned them, we agreed that I should continue sit...
If you could change one thing about this world, what would it be? Mrs. Peabody asked her.It would be wars, Myriah replied seriously. I would stop them. I would say to the people who were making the wa...
Crunch. Claudia Kishi was eating something sweet and chocolatey.
Later, after Abby had lugged Fred back inside and was taking off his jacket, she heard a crinkling sound and reached into the pocket of her coat. Her hand closed around an envelope. She pulled it out...
After all, you can't force a friendship.
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Mm-hm, Dawn said. Um, I’m sorry. Yeah. Right. I’m sorry, too, Mary Anne was what I was sort of hoping to hear.
Sure. Waffles are fine. How come you didn’t ask me what I wanted? I’m asking you now. They’re fine, Janine said again. Sighing, she turned back to the computer. I stuck my tongue out at her and ran do...
Our clients depend on us, I shot back. That's why they keep calling back. Our motto was, one call, seven sitters, remember? Not one call, four or five sitters who bothered to show up and a couple of o...
A pageant to choose Little Miss Stoneybrook was going to be held for girls ages five to eight. The winner would go on to a county pageant. The winner of the county pageant could compete for the Little...
I think Mallory Pike may secretly like being one of our younger members. That’s because in real life she’s the oldest of — get ready — eight kids. Can you imagine? Her brothers and sisters are Vanessa...
Abby had known Orrin since they were five, but she had fallen in love with him three months earlier, toward the end of second grade.
There's no use asking Mom and Dad to talk to Nana about her punishment. They won't stand up to her. They never do. This is why I decide I am not going to speak to Nana or Papa or my parents. What Leil...
Housekeeper. She’s like the absentminded professor in that old movie. Then there are Jessi Ramsey and Mallory Pike, junior officers in the club. Jessi and Mal are best friends. They’re also sixth-grad...
I can sing, said Margo. (Claire was sniffling and rubbing her knee.) We sing all the time in music class at school. Listen to this. It’s the song about the smart reindeer: Rudolph the Red knows rain,...
Thought for sure someone would screech or gasp or fall off the bed.
I was Jackie's sitter and I was responsible for him. Sure I warned him. Sure he was being obnoxious. But the bottom line was he was injured and I was not supposed to let that happen.
I felt like a fool. A rotten sitter. Kristy the Careless. Everyone in town was going to see Jackie with his cane. Of course they would ask what happened and they'd find out the truth. He'd been left u...
In a few days, I'll be hitting the surf Down Under. Maybe you'll get there, too, someday. You'd like it, Kelea. He smiled at me. You know, I'm kind of a loner. I've never been used to having friends....
Okay, so Courtie had some dirt on the knees of her pants and a piece of grass in her hair and a little red around her mouth. She was four. What did Leigh expect? Four-year-olds get dirty. I’d be more...
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