Ann M. Martin

"Claudia has always been the most creative kid in her class... until Ashley Wyeth comes along. Ashley's really different: she wears hippie clothes, has multiple earrings, and she's the most fantastic artist Claudia has ever met. Ashley says Claudia is a great artist, too, but thinks she's wasting her artistic talent with The Baby-sitters Club. When Claudia starts spending more time with Ashley and missing BSC meetings, it becomes clear that Claudia...

After their parents die, Flora and her sister Ruby move to Camden Falls to live with their grandmother, Min.

A discarded chain letter augers a series of bad events for Mary Anne, who is plagued by bad luck and a threatening note demanding a midnight meeting on Old Man Hickory's grave.

Flora worries about her first Thanksgiving without her parents, while Ruby worries about getting a part in the school musical, and their new friends, Olivia and Nikki, are adjusting to big changes in their families.

Claudia's sister, Janine, is too busy being smart to be nice to anyone--even their grandmother, Mimi. But Claudia doesn't have to see Janine too much this summer, since the Baby-sitters Club is starting a new play group. It's going to be so much fun!But then Mimi has a stroke, and the whole summer changes. Now Claudia is "Mimi-sitting," and Janine is no help at all. How can the Kishi sisters get along when Janine is always so mean? --Amazon

Stacey, a member of the Baby-sitters Club, struggles with her parents who refuse to accept that she has diabetes, baby-sitting problems, and a rival baby-sitting club.

"It's been two years since Flora and Ruby moved to Camden Falls. They've always gotten along as friends amd as sisters, but now they're starting to fight all the time. Nobody--not their friends, not their grandmother--knows why, or what to do. In the end, it might take a whole town to get them back together and make them realize how much they've grown up since their parents died and their lives changed so much. Staying together isn't easy--but with...

Flora and Ruby's Aunt Allie is finally getting her chance to adopt a baby, and they travel with her to New York City to do some sightseeing while she waits for the baby's birth.

Dawn's a little jealous when there's a formal ceremony to welcome Jessi and Mallory into the Baby-sitters Club. Don't people know that Dawn's a special baby-sitter too? Then it's Dawn's turn to shine. Mrs. Pike wants Dawn to help prepare Margo and Claire for the Little Miss Stoneybrook contest. So what if Margo's only talent is peeling a banana with her feet? Dawn's going to help her charges win that contest any way she can. The only trouble is...Kristy,...

Nikki relies on support from her friends Flora, Ruby, and Olivia when her father comes back after leaving the family and she does not know what to expect.