Ann M. Martin Quotes

An average person has an IQ of 100. An above-average person has an IQ of 120 to 140. A person with an IQ of 150 is considered a genius. Janine’s IQ is 196. Sometimes

Big Trouble

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Ann Matthews Martin (born August 12, 1955) is an American children's fiction writer, known best for The Baby-Sitters Club series.

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...

Dawn be so rotten?

Dawn had not yet said anything nice. She was trying to be friendly, but something wasn’t right. Did she think I looked terrible? Was she mad at me?

Dawn has two holes pierced in each ear. (Mary Anne and I will never get our ears pierced.) The

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...

Did you do something crazy, like cut it all off? Well, I said, not all. But it’s real short, right? Yeah, but — Why did you do it?

Here we are, said Mallory, running up to me, pulling Margo along. Oh, thank goodness. Mary Anne and I counted the Pikes about five times before we were satisfied that they were all safe and sound. I w...

He’s ninety-two years old, Mr. Willet whispered to Min and Flora. And my hearing is as sharp as ever, he said, and everyone laughed.

Honestly, boys can be such pains.

I am Rose Howard and my first name has a homonym. To be accurate, it has a homophone, which is a word that’s pronounced the same as another word, but spelled differently. My homophone name is Rows.

I am never falling in love again! It hurts too much.

I felt terrible. What could I do to make Kristy feel better? And if she felt better, would she be nicer to me?

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 pick at what's left of the popcorn and think about the summer, the summer that was both awful and wonderful. I thank Adam, as I have thanked him almost every night since August, for showing me that...

Took the inchworm off my shoulder and put it on Sally’s pillow to see how she’d react.

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.

Shook my head. Then, tears welling up in my eyes, I fled down the hall to the lounge and sat in front of the soda machines until it was time to go home.

She was wearing a wonderful Claudia outfit — a purple-and-white striped bodysuit under a gray jumper-thing. The legs of the bodysuit stretched all the way to her ankles, but she was wearing purple pus...