Kristy and the Secret of Susan

by Ann M. Martin

Author	: Ann M. Martin
Publisher	: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages	: 110
Release	: 2013-08-27
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 0545632617

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Kristy looks for a way to help a little girl with autism in this special entry in the classic hit series. Kristy’s newest baby-sitting charge is Susan Felder, who goes away to a special school. Susan isn’t like most kids. While she can play the piano and sing beautifully . . . she can’t talk to anyone. Susan is autistic. She lives locked inside her own secret world. Kristy thinks it’s unfair that Susan has to be sent off to school and is treated differently from everyone else. But Kristy’s going to try to change that—by showing everyone that Susan’s a “regular” kid, too. And then maybe Kristy’s new friend can stay in Stoneybrook for good. The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

Kristy and Mr. Mom (The Baby-Sitters Club #81)

by Ann M. Martin

Author	: Ann M. Martin
Publisher	: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages	: 120
Release	: 2014-11-25
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 0545768543

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Worrying about her stepfather after a heart attack forces him to quit his job for a less stressful lifestyle, Kristy wonders if Nanny's departure, an outbreak of the flu, and the arrival of Karen and Andrew will disturb the peace.

Kristy's Mystery Admirer (The Baby-Sitters Club #38)

by Ann M. Martin

Author	: Ann M. Martin
Publisher	: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages	: 116
Release	: 2013-10-29
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 054563332X

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One of a series of stories that revolve around the babysitters club. Of all the babysitters, Kristy's the last one anyone would expect to have a secret admirer. But someone is sending her mushy notes with hearts all over them.

Dawn's Big Date (The Baby-Sitters Club #50)

by Ann M. Martin

Author	: Ann M. Martin
Publisher	: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages	: 126
Release	: 2014-03-25
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 0545690439

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The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! Dawn and Mary Anne are so excited! Logan's cousin Lewis is finally coming to town, and Mary Anne is busy planning the perfect double date. But now Dawn is starting to get worried. She's written letters to Lewis, but she's never had a boyfriend before. What if Lewis doesn't like her?That's when Dawn decides she needs a new image. New clothes, new hairstyle, and maybe just a little more makeup (or a lot). Maybe she should learn how to flirt a little. But will Lewis and the rest of the Baby-sitters like the new Dawn?The best friends you'll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

Mary Anne and Too Many Boys (The Baby-Sitters Club #34)

by Ann M. Martin

Author	: Ann M. Martin
Publisher	: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages	: 104
Release	: 2013-09-24
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 0545633176

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Mary Anne and Stacey are in Sea City working as mother's helpers for the Pike family. When each of the girls meets up with her boyfriend from last summer, things start to get complicated.

Poor Mallory (The Baby-Sitters Club #39)

by Ann M. Martin

Author	: Ann M. Martin
Publisher	: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages	: 112
Release	: 2014-01-28
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 0545690307

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The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! There's some bad news in the Pike family: Mallory's dad has just lost his job. And since money is going to be tight until Mr. Pike finds a new job, all eight of the Pike kids decide to help out.Nicky gets a paper route, Vanessa tries selling her poetry, and Mallory takes a baby-sitting job in Kristy's ritzy neighborhood. But being around the Delaneys only makes Mallory feel poor. They have a cat that cost $400 and tennis courts in their backyard!Poor Mallory--she needs the Baby-sitters now more than ever!The best friends you'll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

Dawn's Wicked Stepsister

by Ann M. Martin

Author	: Ann M. Martin
Publisher	: Hippo Bks
Total Pages	: 144
Release	: 1990
Genre	: Babysitters
ISBN	: 9780590550451

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One of a series of stories that revolve around the babysitters club. Dawn and Mary Anne are now stepsisters, but perhaps sharing parents and a bedroom isn't such a good idea. Dawn thought she'd always wanted a sister, but she didn't count on Mary Anne - the wicked stepsister.

Cocoa

by Kristy Leissle

Author	: Kristy Leissle
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages	: 240
Release	: 2018-02-12
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 1509513205

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Chocolate has long been a favorite indulgence. But behind every chocolate bar we unwrap, there is a world of power struggles and political maneuvering over its most important ingredient: cocoa. In this incisive book, Kristy Leissle reveals how cocoa, which brings pleasure and wealth to relatively few, depends upon an extensive global trade system that exploits the labor of five million growers, as well as countless other workers and vulnerable groups. The reality of this dramatic inequity, she explains, is often masked by the social, cultural, emotional, and economic values humans have placed upon cocoa from its earliest cultivation in Mesoamerica to the present day. Tracing the cocoa value chain from farms in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, through to chocolate factories in Europe and North America, Leissle shows how cocoa has been used as a political tool to wield power over others. Cocoa's politicization is not, however, limitless: it happens within botanical parameters set by the crop itself, and the material reality of its transport, storage, and manufacture into chocolate. As calls for justice in the industry have grown louder, Leissle reveals the possibilities for and constraints upon realizing a truly sustainable and fulfilling livelihood for cocoa growers, and for keeping the world full of chocolate.

We Are the Baby-Sitters Club

by Marisa Crawford

Author	: Marisa Crawford
Publisher	: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages	: 263
Release	: 2021-07-06
Genre	: Social Science
ISBN	: 164160493X

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"We Are the Baby-Sitters Club is the ultimate companion guide for a generation of devout superfans. This book revisits the beloved series through grown-up eyes—but never loses the magic we all felt the moment we cracked open a fresh new book. BSC forever!" —Lucia Aniello, director and executive producer of The Baby-Sitters Club Netflix series A nostalgia-packed, star-studded anthology featuring contributors such as Kristen Arnett, Yumi Sakugawa, Myriam Gurba, and others exploring the lasting impact of Ann M. Martin's beloved Baby-Sitters Club series In 1986, the first-ever meeting of the Baby-Sitters Club was called to order in a messy bedroom strewn with RingDings, scrunchies, and a landline phone. Kristy, Claudia, Stacey, and Mary Anne launched the club that birthed an entire generation of loyal readers. Ann M. Martin's Baby-Sitters Club series featured a complex cast of characters and touched on an impressive range of issues that were underrepresented at the time: divorce, adoption, childhood illness, class division, and racism, to name a few. In We Are the Baby-Sitters Club, writers and a few visual artists from the original BSC generation will reflect on the enduring legacy of Ann M. Martin's beloved series, thirty-five years later—celebrating the BSC's profound cultural influence. Contributors include Paperback Crush author Gabrielle Moss, illustrator SiobhÁn Gallagher, and filmmaker Sue Ding, as well as New York Times bestselling author Kristen Arnett, Lambda Award–finalist Myriam Gurba, Black Girl Nerds founder Jamie Broadnax, and Paris Review contributor Frankie Thomas. One of LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021, We Are the Baby-Sitters Club looks closely at how Ann M. Martin's series shaped our ideas about gender politics, friendship, fashion and beyond.