this is a great book for anyone interested in any aspect of the theatre. It is an intimate look at the process, how actors live and work.

If Jeffrey Denmans Broadway career goes into a tailspin (which I highly doubt) he could definetely get a job as an author. This book to say the least is impossible to put down. I read it in one sitting. Not only is it a brilliant look into the minds of Denman, Mel Brooks, Susan Stroman, and others, but it is a indispensable look at professional theatre and the toils and work that go into 3 hours of an amazing theatrical experience.

What a wonderful glimpse inside the world of a working actor! I couldn't put this book down. I needed to know what was going to happen next. (I read it in one sitting - something I rarely do.) If you are curoius about what it takes to be in a Broadway show - this is the book for you.

In Happy Holidays Jessi, Jessi wants to have the kids in the neighborhood celebrate Kwanzaa. But then when Jessi, her sister, Aunt Cecelia, and Squirt get in a car accident, Squirt gets hurt. Will the Kwanzaa celebration happen? Or is it history?

I really liked this installment. Jessi, the narrator describes Kwanzaa, the African holiday and the history and traditions about Kwanzaa.

Jessi's redoubtable Aunt Cecilia is just as overly punitive as ever, until her father intervenes and reminds her that as long as she is living in HIS house, she will have to abide by HIS rules and not try to enforce her own. He defends his children and reminds his sister yet again that Jessi and her 8-year-old sister are still children and to cut them some slack. Chastened, the girls' aunt vows to do an about face and once again takes them Christmas shopping. Instead of chewing them out for being hungry or clowing around, the aunt bites her tongue. The only thing I had trouble with was her allowing the girls' baby brother to ride outside of his car seat when he becomes restless and fussy.

Unfortunately, they are involved in an accident and Squirt (John, Jr.) has to be hospitalized. Distraught over the baby's injuries, the parents chew the aunt out for her sheer irresponsibility (why would any ADULT allow a baby to ride in a car without being properly harnessed)? The Kwanzaa gatherings with other members of Jessi's family are strained and everybody is up in arms over the harm done to poor Squirt.

The subplot is excellent. Ann Martin has a real gift for creating dialog and scenes. The other members of the BSC plan a Kwanzaa skit and the BSCers and charges alike all get into the spirit of Kwanzaa and actually learn a few things. I laughed at the hilarious story of Malindy's Soul, the story the group put on. It was a delightful farce and really quite well woven into the story.

Fortunately, Squirt recovers and everybody has a wonderful holiday. Instead of Santa, everybody follows the Kwanzaa celebration. This book is really good.

I love this book! It's December again and Jessi, one of the two junior members of the Baby-sitters Club, is really looking forward to Christmas and Kwanzaa. Read this book to find out what happens!

This book was really good! Throughout the series Claudia really never had much of a "love life". This book gave her some. Also in this book, we get to know Claudia's seventh grade friends better. I think it's great that Claudia's adjusted to seventh grade, and still going strong with the other members. Keep it up Ann!

This was a very good book.Claudia made some new friends in 7th grade in BSC #101 Claudia Kishi Middle School Drop Out.Then her teacher Mrs.Amer says she's not a STAR student she says Claudia you're going have to go back to 7th grade says Mrs Amer.She said you'll start on Monday.

THIS WAS A GOOD BOOK. IT WAS MY SECOND BABYSITTERS BOOK. I WANT TO BE A BABYSITTER JUST LIKE CLAUDIA AND STACEY AND MARY ANN BECAUSE THEY ARE MY FAVORITE BABYSITTERS IN THE BOOK!!!! I AM 8 YEARS OLD AND IN 2ND GRADE

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Baby-Sitters Club is in this book. It is very detailed.For example:One of the facts is that Kristy's little sister's worst enemy in her class, Bobby Gianalli, his father's occupation is working for an insurance company.

The COMPLETE guide to the Baby-Sitters Club. It's an excellent book, it tells you all the baby-sitters clients, about their family, friends out of the club. There's a lot more to it. But I won't llist all of them, if you want to know, than read the book and find out! GET IT OR GET OUT!!!!!!

This is the book for you! It has everything you need to know about the BSC and all of Stoneybrook. Find all there clients, friends out of the club, and Beyond Stoneybrook. Read it!

This book dares step past the drudgery of the new age doldrum that has become new thriller fiction. I'm tired of serial killers and psychics and insightful, overly clever cops. The Wilds is true crime drama, complete with flawed characters with real problems and the genuine searching need for the answer to the un-answerable. Forget the meaning of life, Charles Patterson just wants to live. What a hook and what a way to spend a few days. I'd never heard of Matthews, but his name came up at a writer's
workshop as someone to look at. I did, and what a story teller. Best give yourself the time to enjoy this one, this ain't no airport book. Matthews is self published and his work has a mild rough edge to it that a professional editor could polish off in a heart beat. I was shocked, amused and actually caught off guard at the end. The Mammoth, California backdrop works great, but not in the cliche, hidden secret trap that most writers utilize as the overly beaten 'not what it appears' plot. Pine Ridge is exactly what it appears, it is the crime itself that turns out to be the twist. Patterson goes to the mountain to demand why the locals can't solve the murder of his family, then bull heads himself into the investigation, only to come face to face with exactly what he was searching for; the evil of his family's murderer. Throw in the FBI working in an unofficial capacity, the local towspeople meddling with the case and the juristictional conflict between local Sheriff and big bad bureau agents. When this breaks open, your heart skips a beat and your back will hurt by the time you finish. But wait, there is more going on in the concrete jungle as Patterson's jilted mistress wants whats revenge. It gets interesting and is as real as the headlines. This one is a winner and deserves more attention than I'm sure it is getting. As a struggling fiction author myself, I have heaps of respect for an author who can push through the wall of rejection and complete, then publish his work with this kind of tenacity. You are an inspiration to the lost masses of hopefuls, Thomas. Keep it up. And you, read this book!

Drop that old book and take a good hard look at a new comer to this game. Thomas Matthews will rock your world, set you on fire and make your head spin with this story. I've read tons of thrillers and these days most are just too "out there" for me. What I wanted was a good, old fashioned muder and mayhem action book with some great writing and believable characters. THE WILDS fills the order on all counts. People die, good guys get hurt and bad guys almost win. It all takes place in the Sierra Nevada mountains and feels as real as it comes. What a great yarn, and what a great bad guy. Law's Train Museum in Biship CA is a real place and I have seen the two bodied lamb. It's an oddity beyond imagination and the perfect metaphor. You'll understand when you read this. You will never forget THE WOLF. This book grabs you by the throat and makes you think this writer is seriously disturbed...until the end. It all makes sense and is all very possible. I'll never go camping again! Read it and weep with joy, THE WILDS is the answer to all your thriller prayers. What's next Tom? Something brilliant I hope.

This book rocks! Fast and smart, The Wilds wastes no time and no words. Exciting and well written, the characters are alive and this book doesn't stop until the very last page! Read The Wilds and find out what it's like to lose your family, get no satisfaction and then run for your life! This book goes for the throat and doesn't let go. Read it and know the thrill! WOW!

Abby and the Notorious Neighbour is quite simply the best Baby-Sitters Club Mystery book I have ever read, and that is saying a lot, because I have read almost all of the BSC books, including the mysteries and the super specials and also the super mysteries, which are really exciting. In this book, Abby's sick and has to stay home for a long time and at first she;s bored because she has nothing to do, but then she accidentally comes across a show on TV called "Mystery Trackers" where they show the most wanted criminals on the loose and in one of the episodes, the show features a criminal who Abby is positive is her next door neightbour, Mr. Finch. So then she decideds to investigate and has a lot of fun doing it, so she's no longer bored. And there is a very interesting and suitable ending. I would recommend this book to any BSC fan or just anyone who loves a good mystery!

This book was great. No, more than great. Totally awesome! This was such a creepy mystery, and Abby and Kristy solve it in the coolest way. This was soooo realistic. The first time I read it I could hardly put it down.

The baby sitters club girls rae my favourite book carecters. they are sooo awsom. The mystery Abby and the notorios neibourgh was one of the best books Ann M. Martin ever wrote.

All of the BSC members gather at Kristy's house for a slumber party. They start thinking about their most vivid memory. They have lots, too! Kristy shares a baby-sitting experience. Stacey shares the story when she first got diabetes. Jessi shares the story when Squirt was born. Mary Anne remembers a trick Claudia and Kristy and herself did on one of her baby sitters. And lots of memories are more to come!

I loved this book so much, I lost it, then I bought it again! I loved to read Stacey, and Mary-Anne's stories, because they were the stories from when they were not in the Babysitters Club. Mary-Anne tells about when Kristy, Claudia, and her, trick the babysitter, and how she becomes their friend in the end. Stacey's tells about the first time she found out she got diabetes. Buy this book! Our check it out in your library! But if you buy it, it comes with a chain or something! BUY IT!!!

I really, really loved the book, because the members of the BSC related to their most vivid memories in a most accurate way... huh? you think, in fact, what I mean is that they could remember their most vivid memories in detail. I really like the most vivid memories of Jessi, Shannon, Mary Anne and Kristy. Or should I say, the truth is I like all their vivid memories. Some of the memories were even a bit similiar to mine. Besides the book, I also liked the cover and the pictures.

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This was interesting coming from Ann Martin, Queen of All Happiness. I used to read the BSC religiously, but now looking back on the books, I think this one was one of the better. I mean, most have absolutely no plot, and are totally unrealistic, but this one is a pretty good example of a breakup. I don't think it's quite completely what a breakup is, but coming from Ann, this is a better one.

Looking back on my youth and teenage years, I used to read BSC religiously. I have all the books that were made from the time I was in 5th grade, up until I graduated high school a few years ago. When I first read Mary-ann vs. Logan, I was shocked because I really didn't think that they'd really do it. I was heartbroken, and happy at the same time. I found this book the other day in a box while I was moving, and in the front flap of the book I marked off each time I read it, and I had marked it a total of 15 times, so that's how good the book was! I recommend it to any BSC fan.

You know, people are always saying that Anne's books are too unrealistic. I say that those people are just the "party poopers" as the eight-year olds would say. But look, she's a very positive person, in my opinion. Who wants to be writing about sex and drugs when you could imagine being happy on an almost-daily basis?I mean, come on! Which would be more interesting? I rest my case. I guess I'd better write my summary. This was a good book. It should that Mary Anne stood up for herself, and she knew that was she was doing was right; giving she and Logan some time to cool off. I think that that is what books are about; finding your problem, and your solution, even if your answer isn't the one you want to hear. Two thumbs up, Anne!

I liked this book. BUT I would like to say, to ANYONE, that Ann has no idea about Aus. I have never in my life heard anyone say "Bonza Sheila" or "laid one on" so, if you read a BSC book about Aus, we are not the cave people they make us seem.

Along with "Stacey and the Bad Girls," this is perhaps my favorite BSC book. I must say I still love this series even though it is old now and many of the books are hard to find-in new copies, anyway. Farewell, Dawn is sad, but somehow I like sad books. The cover is cool. (I love Dawn's outfit!) Dawn is one of my favorite (if not my actual favorite) baby sitter(s). She is very excellent (very excellent? does that sound right? I like to say it anyway.)...She was one of the best characters in the whole series...

I love Dawn and this book.Dawn has been missing california more than ever.Especially now that her best friend,Sunny in California needs her.Dawn must face the facts,while she loves Connecticut,her heart is telling her to return to California permanently.But it sure isn't easy.It is tough to hear her friends talk about replacing her in the BSC.Even worse,Dawn can't figure out how to break the news to Mary Anne.How can she tell her best friend and stepsister that she wants to leave,forever?

This book makes Abby Stevenson my favorite baby-sitter. She finds a breast cancer brochure and thinks her Gram Elsie has it. Then she takes action and goes to the library and looks up breast cancer and tries to see if she can do anything for her grandmother. Way to go, Abby!

I picked this book for a book report because I like the Babysitter Club books. This book was a lot of fun to read. Even my Dad liked it. We took turns reading chapters out loud.

Abby was always my favorite member of the BSC. She's bright, funny, assertive and has a heart of gold. I love her! She is by far and away the most appealing member of the series!

In this installment, Abby learns that her grandmother might have breast cancer. At a family gathering, Abby tries to reunite folks who have not seen each other in ages and acts as peacemaker. She tries to heal familial rifts. At the end of the story, she and her grandmother confront the tragic issue of breast cancer and it is to the author's credit that she does not slap on a formulaic happy ending. The grandmother's concerns about whether or not she has breast cancer remain unanswered, which is a pleasant departure from the standard. Abby and her grandmother connect and Abby learns about how she, too, can take measures to protect herself from this disease.

HOORAY FOR ABBY!