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The Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #14: BSC in the USA

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I can't even begin to explain how excited I was to read this book! This one came way after I stopped reading BSC books, but since Abby and are both Elvis fans, I did a little happy dance in the thrift store. Dawn and Jeff are back for the summer in Stoneybrook. Since their dad cares not for custody agreements or the fact that they were supposed to spend all summer there, he randomly decides to pick them up a few weeks early. Since his art dealer friends needs an RV driven to California, he wants to take them on a cross country trip. I strongly dislike Mr. Schafer. Watson hears about it and decides to take a trip too. He invites some of Kristy's friends, and since Dawn's dad doesn't want to feel left out, he does the same thing. At the last minute, they realize there are too many people in one RV, so Kristy decides to go with Dawn's family instead of her own family. Each BSC member gets to pick one thing they want to do. Stacey : Let's get Stacey

The Baby-Sitters Club #24: Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise

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Kristy wants to get her mom something special for Mother's Day, and when she brings it up at the BSC meeting, everyone else agrees. She decides that the best thing to do is treat all the mothers of their charges too. They'll send out invitations and take the kids out on the day before the holiday, but they can't decide where to go. While sitting for Jamie and Lucy, Claudia sees a flyer for a circus. Jamie really wants to go but his parents can't take him, which is what puts the idea in her head. When she tells the other girls, they make a list of everyone who might want to go. Since it ends up being so long, they call Stacey and ask her to come back for the weekend and help. They create a card, send it out, and get back 21 replies, which conveniently lets each girl watch over three kids. Karen and Andrew keep fighting with David Michael over which parents love them the best, so they can't be in the same group. They spend pages trying to decide how