Martin, Ann M.

Jenny Prezzioso is the fussiest kid the Baby-sitters know and she becomes such a Miss Priss that nobody wants her on their kickball team.

Karen is not sure that she has the talent to be an ice-skating star.

Baby-sitters Club members Stacey, Abby, and Kristy find themselves on a dangerous ride when they accept an assignment watching over nine kids on a special mystery train, traveling from Boston to Charleston, S.C. to publicize child star Derek Masters's new movie.

Having a Baby-sitters Club isn't easy, but Kristy and her friends aren't giving up until they get it right.

Karen wants to start the new year with a big party.

Kristy gets angry at Karen for spending more time selling lemonade at their softball games than actually playing the game.

Abby learns an important lesson about teamwork when she joins a Special Olympics Unified Sports soccer team and discovers that she is not the only talented player.

Karen, tired of being the youngest kid in her class, decides to celebrate turning seven-and-a-half by having a half-birthday party, but she makes her friends angry when she takes the half concept way too far.

Mallory needs peace and quiet if she's going to win the Young Authors Day Award for Best Overall Fiction in the Sixth Grade, but the only way to get it is to stop babysitting.

Convinced he leads a normal life, sleeping during the day and waking at night to do lessons and play while his parents work at the blood bank, nine-year-old Jonathan is astounded when he accidentally discovers how other people live and the real nature of his parents' work.