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.
I can't wait, Mom! Exclaimed Marc, but I could tell he wasn't feeling as excited as he wanted his parents to think he was. I know because I've done that with my parents. Sometimes you have to protect...
Dear Reader, In Claudia and Crazy Peaches, we get to know Aunt Peaches better, and to see the special relationship Claudia has with her aunt. I have three aunts — Aunt Adele, Aunt Martha, and Aunt Mer...
Them. They’re all members of the Baby-sitters Club (more about that later), and I’m their president, so bossiness is just part of the deal. Period. Here are the other vital facts about me: I’m thirtee...
You really haven’t lived until a dog has stepped on your face. I
What was going on here? Had the Baby-Sitters Club suddenly dropped to bottom priority? I wanted to jump up and scream at them.
So wear a leotard or something, I suggested. Do you think anyone would believe I sleep in my clothes? she asked. Probably not. Mary Anne sighed as she swept the pajamas off her bed and tossed them ont...
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.
Mike and I ran through everything we thought Courtenay should know about being on her own in the big, bad world: who to trust, who not to trust, what to do if somebody wanted to give her candy, touch...
Maybe by the time she was a parent there would be automatic diaper-changers
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...
It’s awfully hard helping your parents grow up. But it has to be done.
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...
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And on Fridays, we have snake fries for dinner. You have to go out and catch your own snake. Then you fry it up and —
You just said you had been thinking about it for awhile, Dawn cut in. Thinking about it, I said. But you know me — I thought I did. Dawn jammed some bean curd in her mouth.
She’s thinking of signing up for Outward Bound next year. That’s where they give you all this survival training, then send you out in the wilderness to be on your own for three days, with nothing but...
Pop once said it’s a good thing we don’t know what’s around the corner. I didn’t understand what he meant then, but I do now. It’s better to wish than to know.
Oh, I just hate you, she cried. You’re going to have so much fun without me.