Ann M. Martin

"They're lean, they're mean, they're the pride of Stoneybrook. Who are they? They're Kristy's Krushers! When Kristy sees how much her little brothers and sister want to play on a softball team, she starts a ragtag team of her own. Maybe Kristy's Krushers aren't world champions (how could they be, with Jackie Rodowsky, walking disaster, playing for them?), but nobody beats them when it comes to team spirit. Now Bart's Bashers have challenged the Krushers...

Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia and Stacey decide to start a babysitting club since they like babysitting so much.

A discarded chain letter augers a series of bad events for Mary Anne, who is plagued by bad luck and a threatening note demanding a midnight meeting on Old Man Sutcliff's grave.

"As a new member of the Baby-sitters Club, Dawn tries to win the acceptance of the club's president by tackling a tough babysitting job." -- (Source of summary not specified)

"Mary Anne has a crush - on a boy baby-sitter!"--Cover.

When a fight breaks out among the members of the Babysitters Club, timid Mary Anne finds herself becoming more assertive as a baby sitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.

Thinking it unfair that her new baby-sitting charge Susan gets treated differently because she is autistic, Kristy decides to change that situation.

"Oh, no! Stacey McGill is moving back to New York! That means no more Stoneybrook Middle School, no more Charlotte Johanssen and worst of all no more Baby-sitters Club!"--Back cover.

"Stacey's so excited! She's invited her friends from the Baby-sitters Club down to New York City for a long weekend. It's going to be perfect, a party and a sleepover Friday night, a big baby-sitting job on Saturday, and lots of sightseeing on Sunday."--Back cover.

When Jessi volunteeers to help supervise the Kids Can Do Anything Club, she meets nine-year-old Danielle who, although very sick with cancer, faces her future with courage and hope.