Kristy sat up very straight in the director’s chair. She adjusted her visor. As you know, she said, today we are going to induct two new members into the club.Jessi and Mal grinned at each other, but...
Jenny didn’t know how to share. She wouldn’t cooperate with the other children. She said she wanted to play by herself, but when the other kids left her alone, she complained bitterly. Nobody likes me...
Jeff and I may have had our share of fights, and Jeff may have been nearly impossible to live with lately, but he was my brother and I was going to miss him.How could we let him go? Hadn’t Jeff and I...
It’s awfully hard helping your parents grow up. But it has to be done.
In any pageant, or in any game or contest, there are winners and there are losers. You might be a winner, Myriah, and that would be wonderful. Daddy and Gabbie and I and even Laura would be very proud...
I was numb. Once, I had an infected finger. A splinter had gone in and I couldn’t get it out. My father said he would try to get it out for me. Before he started operating, he held an ice cube on my f...
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 looked at my watch. 2:30. I really should go back to sleep soon or I’d be a basket case at school tomorrow, I thought, but I was avoiding nightmares of my own. I had them pretty often, more often th...
I knew he needed to get out of Connecticut, but couldn’t he see what he was doing to our family? It was bad enough that Mom and Dad were divorced. Still, Mom and Jeff and I managed to seem like a litt...
I glance at Mom. She looks pained. I know she doesn't care what I wear to lunch, but she doesn't want to contradict her mother. Actually, that's not quite true. Mom will go against Nana's wisheds wher...
For the first time in my life, I’m being sent home with weekly progress reports that I have to give to my father. The reports are written by Mrs. Leibler and read and signed by Mrs. Kushel, which is m...
Everyone in the club is thirteen and in the eighth grade, except for our junior officers, Mallory Pike and Jessica Ramsey. Mal and Jessi are best friends. They are eleven years old and in the sixth gr...
Don’t you see? The BITs aren’t working out, either. They’re just not ready, which isn’t fair to us or our clients. And we’re starting to resent the BITs, which isn’t fair to them. You have to look at...
Diabetes is a disease which affects your blood sugar level. I have to give myself injections of something called insulin twice a day and stick to a strict diet, which means NO SUGAR, NO SWEETS. If I d...
David Michael walked up to the desk and rang the bell. Yes? asked Karen. May I help you? I’m Bruce Stringbean, said David Michael, giggling. I’m a big rock and roll star and I need a room for me and m...
Can we visit her tonight? I asked. May we? Janine, Mom, and Dad all corrected me at once.
And what did my mother think the Babysitters Club was, I wondered. A game?
A watched pot never boils,
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...
A Positive Attitude makes a Powerful Mind.