"Claudia's sister, Janine, is too busy being smart to be nice to anyone-- even their grandmother, Mimi. But Claudia doesn't have to see Janine too much this summer since the Baby-sitters Club is starting a new play group. It's going to be so much fun! But then Mimi has a stroke, and the whole summer changes. Now Claudia is "Mimi-sitting" and Janine is no help at all. How can the Kishi sisters get along when Janine is always so mean?"--P. [4] of cover....

Flora worries about her first Thanksgiving without her parents, while Ruby worries about getting a part in the school musical, and their new friends, Olivia and Nikki, are adjusting to big changes in their families.

Flora and Ruby near the first anniversary of their arrival in Camden Falls. Flora prepares for a visit from her old best friend, Annika. Flora's new best friend Olivia is afraid she won't measure up to Annika and that Flora will regret ever coming to Camden Falls. The day of the reunion is also the day the town celebrates its 350th anniversary. On that reunion day, Annika and Olvia immediately begin fighting. Does one best friend truly have to be...

Someone is leaving books on their doorsteps. Each comes with a mysterious message asking them to read the book and do something new. The four friends now have a secret girls -only book club. Who's sending these packages? And what will the next book be? The girls can't wait to find out.

Nine-year-old Pearl and her popular, thirteen-year-old sister, Lexie, do not get along very well, but when their grandfather moves in and the girls have to share a room, they must find common ground.

When Kristy gets a regular sitting job at the Kilbourne house, she wonders why Shannon, an associate member of the BSC, doesn't take care of her own sisters. She soons finds herself in the middle of a feud between Shannon and her sisters.

When Abby's twin sister Anna is diagnosed with scoliosis, Abby cannot understand why Anna is shutting her out of her life.

Karen loves her stepsister Kristy. Then Daddy gives Kristy a special pin. Karen is jealous. She wants the pin. But Kristy will not let Karen even borrow it. Karen borrows the pin anyway. Then she loses it in the snow. Un-oh. Now what is Karen going to do?

Karen really wants Moonbeam, the new video game system. But Daddy won't buy it for her. So Karen decides to get a job. She will help Kristy deliver newspapers. It is hard work. Karen has to get up very early in the morning! And some people are pretty picky about how their papers are delivered. Can Karen earn the money she needs?

When their grandmother gives Karen and Andrew pet rabbits in their Easter baskets, their parents are upset, and Karen fears they will not be allowed to keep their new pets when the rabbits begin to chew on things.