It’s awfully hard helping your parents grow up. But it has to be done.
One night last year when my father and I were eating supper at 6.17 p.m., I said to him, Did you have a favourite?A favourite what? asked my father.A favourite foster mother.Yes, I did, said my father...
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,...
Sheep are in.
Mohawk Indians are part of the large Iroquois nation. And the Iroquois Indians lived in longhouses, not teepees.
However, I knew Mimi would want me to play, so I agreed to.
For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.
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The two-year-olds were standing over a pile of dirty forks and spoons, laughing hysterically.They're okay, Claudia said.No thanks to you, Mary Anne commented under her breath.If you're so concerned, w...
We are going to meet Megan Rinehart tomorrow. It’s worth all this work. When
Don't let her sit near me, Mary Anne whispered.Can't you guys just kiss and make up? I asked.Ask Claudia. She's the one who decided not to talk to me.Well, you weren't exactly Miss Congealiality yours...
Into our house? (Don’t expect me to know. I was fast asleep.) When I’d finally staggered downstairs on Sunday morning, I’d found three messages from Mary Anne on the answering machine. Message one was...
Jessi is the only black student in the sixth grade),
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...
Van Buren’s
And what did my mother think the Babysitters Club was, I wondered. A game?
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...
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...
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...
I looked at Andrew and at Nannie. I loved them and the rest of my family very much. I loved my friends too. For now that was enough love for me.
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