Ann M. Martin

Eleven-year-old Mallory finds a real challenge in babysitting for the troublesome Arnold twins.

Karen wins spelling contest after contest and thinks it is great while her friends think she is a show-off.

Someone is leaving books on their doorsteps. Each comes with a mysterious message asking them to read the book and do something new. The four friends now have a secret girls-only book club. Who's sending these packages? And what will the next book be? The girls can't wait to find out.

It's no secret that Claudia and her sister are different. Claudia loves her wild clothes and funky jewelry, and Janine dresses . . . well, kind of nerdy. Janine is a genius, and Claudia brings home C's -- when she's lucky. Claudia opens the family photo album to see what she and her sister looked like when they were little. But there are hardly any baby pictures of Claudia! And when she goes searching for her birth certificate and birth announcement...

Flora and Ruby have mixed feelings about the arrival of the Christmas season in Camden Falls, their first without their parents, but they stay busy with family and friends.

For New Year's Eve, Karen thinks everyone should make a promise. Hannie is going to stop biting her nails. Kristy promises not to talk to her boyfriend on the phone so much. And Karen makes the most promises of all -- nine! But pretty soon, everyone starts breaking their promises. And her brothers and sisters are calling Karen a spy! Poor Karen. Why is everyone being bad except her?

Flora and Ruby are just starting to settle into Camden Falls. So much is going on in the lives of Flora and Ruby and their new friends, Olivia and Nikki. The friendship that ties them all together will also give them the strength to work things out -- one stitch at a time.

Since her parents' divorce, Dawn lives in Connecticut with her mother while her brother and father are in California, but after a week's vacation in sunny, healthy southern California, Dawn isn't sure she wants to return to the East Coast.

Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia y Stacey son amigas del alma y fundadoras de El Club de las Baby-sitters. Pase lo que pase -- niños quejicas, perros enormes, vecinos que dan miedo o bromas telefónicas --, ellas son capaces de resolverlo. Follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth. A graphic novel based...

Stacey's vacation is full of mishaps when she tells one litle lie which leads to another and another and another. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor Book), Belle Teal, Here Today, A Dog's Life, On Christmas Eve, and the Main Street and Family...