β Scribed by Ann M. Martin
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Good-bye, Stoneybrook! Karen is moving to Chicago for six months, with Mommy, Andrew, and Seth. Karen wants to be with her little-house family. But leaving her big-house family will be hard. And Karen will miss her friends and her school a lot too. She will try her best to like Chicago. But what if she misses Stoneybrook too much?
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Feeling upset because she failed a surprise math quiz, Karen cheats on the next few math tests, but she begins to feel guilty and confesses everything to her teacher.
At her worst on April Fools' Day, Karen concocts the best April Fools' trick she has ever concoctedβone that she intends to play on her entire familyβbut this time she may be going too far.
Sister trouble.Karen loves her stepsister Kristy. Then Daddy gives Kristy a special pin. Karen is jealous. She wants the pin. But Kristy will not let Karen even borrow it. Karen borrows the pin anyway. Then she loses it in the snow. Uh-oh. Now what is Karen going to do?
Oh, brother!Karen and David Michael have been getting in a lot of fights. Karen does not like her stepbrother one bit. At least Karen can get away from him at school. But now David Michael might join Karen's class. Oh, no. He will pick on her all day. How can Karen keep David Michael away?
Loving the activities of circus camp, Karen is swept up by her new friendship with circus performer Jillian, the antics of the clowns, the daring stunts of the trapeze artists, a surprise party for Nannie, and her new duties as ringmaster.
Karen visits her stepmother, Elizabeth, at work, and her stepmother is a big hit when she visits Karen's class.