Martin, Ann M.

Rose Howard has OCD, Asperger's syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms. She gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign and Rein). Rose and Rain are practically inseparable. And they are often home alone, as Rose's father spends most evenings at a bar, and doesn't have much patience for his special-needs daughter. Just as a storm hits town, Rain goes missing. Rose's father shouldn't have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places to search.

Flora and Ruby are about to start their second summer in Camden Falls. An element of mystery is instantly added when someone - the girls don't know who - leaves copies of a very special book on their doorstop, with instructions to read and discuss it.

Flora and Ruby Northrop, whose parents died in a car accident, were now going to live with their grandmother, Min, in Camden Falls, Massachusetts.

After weeks of studying wild animals in class, Karen can hardly wait to see the real live creatures, but Ms. Colman may have to cancel the field trip to the zoo when everyone in the class starts coming down with the flu.

Kristy decides to start a little league baseball team and learns that coaching is not a job for the faint-hearted.

Shirley, a fourth-grader with dyslexia, struggles with her feelings of inferiority as she compares herself to her intellectually gifted older brother and newly adopted Vietnamese sister.

Kristy thinks the Baby-sitters Club is a great idea. She and her friends Claudia, Stacey, and Mary Anne all love taking care of kids. A club will give them the chance to have lots of fun - and make tons of money.

Karen disobeys her mother and climbs up to her treehouse to play. When she slips and falls she is rushed to the hospital where she finds out she has to have an operation.

Flora, Ruby, Olivia, and Nikki are excited that their new neighbors have a daughter named Willow, but the new girl does not seem open to the idea of friendship.

The members of the Baby-sitters Club split their time between babysitting and investigating the spooky noises behind Dawn's bedroom wall.