Martin, Ann M.

Claudia's participation in the Baby-sitters Club is curtailed when Grandmother Mimi suffers a stroke and Claudia finds herself "Mimi-sitting" and fighting more frequently with her sister.

Spending two weeks at the New Jersey shore as mother's helpers, Mary Anne objects when Stacey neglects her babysitting duties after falling in love with Scott the lifeguard.

Dawn is very enthusiatic about studying ecology. She wants to start a recycling center at school too. Most of the kids at school are for it, but she has been lecturing so many people about being environmentally responsible no one can stand to be around her.

"It used to be that Mary Anne's dad was really strict, but not anymore. Mary Anne's been growing up...but that's not the only big news for the Baby-sitters Club. There's a new boy in school named Logan Bruno, and he likes Mary Anne! He has a dreamy Southern accent, he's awfully cute--and he wants to join the Baby-sitters Club. The Baby-sitters aren't sure Logan will make a good club member. And Mary Anne thinks she's too shy for Logan. Life in the Baby-sitters Club has never been this complicated--or this fun!"--Page [4] of cover.

When Dawn moves to California to live with her father and brother for six months, she joins the We Love Kids Club and finds that she misses her life back in Connecticut.

With Dawn in California and Mallory out sick, the BSC has too many jobs and not enough sitters. Jessi has a friend at school who baby-sits, but is she good enough for the BSC?.

"Claudia has always been the most outrageous kid in her class, until Ashley Wyeth comes along, Ashley's really different--she wears hippie clothes, has six holes in her ears, and is the most fantastic artist Claudia has ever met. Ashley says Claudia has artistic talent, too. She thinks Claudia should spend more time on her "calling" and forget about the Baby-sitters Club: It's just a waste of time. The Baby-sitters are sick of Ashley Wyeth, and they think Claudia's a traitor. Claudia's got to decide: either the Baby-sitters Club or the new girl--one of them's got to go!"--Amazon.com.