<div>Ducky&rsquo;s old buddies have changed, leaving him feeling alone . . . Maybe he doesn&rsquo;t need guy friends anyway Sophomore Christopher McCrae has been called &ldquo;Ducky&rdquo; for as long as he can remember. It wasn&rsquo;t his choice, but it fits because it&rsquo;s weird and funny, just like him. Ducky&rsquo;s nickname has not changed, but other things have: His best friend, Jay, has started hanging with the Cro Mags&mdash;the kind of guys who spend their energy picking on guys like Ducky&mdash;and his other friend Alex is always spaced out and moody. Hanging out with his new friends Dawn, Sunny, Maggie, and Amalia has been cool, but he misses the connection to his guy friends. His parents are in Ghana for a year, and have left him alone with his older brother, Ted, who is gone most of the time. When Jay throws a party and invites Ducky and Alex, Ducky thinks things might be turning around. But when the night takes an unexpected turn, Ducky realizes it&rsquo;s not so easy to reconnect with his old friends. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Ducky: Diary One is the 5th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Amalia: Diary One and Sunny: Diary One.</div>

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Ducky: Diary One

<div>From the author of The Baby-Sitters Club: Facing a family tragedy, Sunny builds a wall around her heart&mdash;so she doesn&rsquo;t fall apart. Sunny&rsquo;s mom isn&rsquo;t getting better. In fact, her health (along with her mind) is deteriorating quickly. When Sunny turns to her best friend, Dawn, for support, it seems like all she gets is guilt. It doesn&rsquo;t help that Dawn seems to connect better with Sunny&rsquo;s mom than Sunny does, or that her dad is still so absorbed with work that he is never home. But at least there is one adult whom she can talk to&mdash;Dawn&rsquo;s pregnant stepmom, Carol. And Sunny has a stream of guys knocking at her door to keep her occupied. But none of that can replace her mom&mdash;and if she lets herself think about it, she may not be able to keep going. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Sunny: Diary Two is the 6th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Ducky: Diary One and Dawn: Diary Two.</div>

Sunny: Diary Two

<div>Melanie&rsquo;s first love is the boy of her dreams&mdash;can she make the relationship last after summer is gone? Fourteen-year-old Melanie is spending the summer on Fire Island with her family when she meets Justin Hart. Handsome and mysterious, he seems as interested in her as she is in him, but insists that their relationship can only be a summer romance. After summer ends, Melanie tries to let go and starts dating another guy back home. But Justin isn&rsquo;t easy to forget&mdash;especially when Melanie sees him on the cover of a magazine! The star of a new show, he has clearly forgotten all about her. Or has he? Melanie is determined to get in touch with him and find out just what she meant to him last summer. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection.</div>

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Just a Summer Romance

<div>Jonathan thinks his parents are normal&mdash;but he&rsquo;s about to see the light of day Nine-year-old Jonathan is convinced that sleeping during the day and waking at night is what every kid does&mdash;especially if your parents work at a blood bank all night. But when he breaks his parents&rsquo; rules and sneaks outside during the daytime, he meets Tobi, a neighborhood girl who fills him in on the truth about telephones, TV, and school. Shocked at his discovery, Jonathan confronts his parents, who tell him the truth about their nocturnal life. Determined to fit into the daytime world, he convinces his parents to let him go to school and make friends. But it isn&rsquo;t easy being the new kid&mdash;especially when your parents are vampires whose supplies from the blood bank are getting low. Maybe inviting his friends over wasn&rsquo;t such a good idea after all. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. </div>

Ma and Pa Dracula

<div>Maggie unearths dark family secrets after her little sister disappears in this heart-pounding mystery When sixteen-year-old Maggie&rsquo;s father and stepmother leave home for a long-overdue honeymoon, Maggie and her older brother, Mike, must take care of their four-year-old half sister, Courtenay. On Monday, Maggie puts her sister on the bus, but when Courtenay doesn&rsquo;t come home that day, Maggie discovers that she never made it to school. The police and Maggie&rsquo;s terrified family begin an exhaustive search for the little girl. Meanwhile, Maggie is getting creepy phone calls and feels like she is being followed. When the police question her, Maggie learns more about why she and her brother are not allowed to see their mother. Soon after, Maggie&rsquo;s mom reaches out to reunite with her kids. Is this a strange coincidence or is there a connection to Courtenay&rsquo;s disappearance? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection.</div>

Missing Since Monday

<div>Liza thought she was prepared to lose her father&mdash;but coping is harder than she ever imagined When Liza&rsquo;s dad finds out he has less than a year to live, he asks his family to help him make his remaining time as happy as possible. After the initial shock, twelve-year-old Liza, her three siblings, and their mother resolve to make her dad&rsquo;s last year wonderful&mdash;especially on Christmas, his favorite holiday. Liza tries hard to prepare herself for living without him. But after he&rsquo;s gone, she finds that she is still not ready&mdash;and maybe she never will be. The family, now faced with financial problems, has to move into a smaller home, which adds to their tension and anger. As another holiday season approaches, Liza feels celebrating without her dad is disloyal, and boycotts the holiday. Liza&rsquo;s search for the courage to face her grief, anger, and guilt will resonate with readers of any age who have survived the loss of a loved one. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. </div>

With You and Without You

<div>How do you love someone who makes you miserable? Eleven-year-old Jonathan just wants to have a normal life&mdash;for instance, a night when he isn&rsquo;t awakened by screams, or a day when he&rsquo;s not teased by other kids for having a disabled family member. But normal can&rsquo;t happen when your little brother is severely autistic. James, Jonathan&rsquo;s four-year-old brother, needs more help than his parents can give him. And it&rsquo;s not just hard for Jonathan&mdash;it&rsquo;s causing strife for the whole family. When James gets into a special school for autistic children, Jonathan and his sister have to make a lot of sacrifices so he can go. Jonathan comes up with an idea to help out the family&mdash;but will his plan work, or only lead to more teasing? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection.</div>

Inside Out

<div>With a new stepmom, sister, and baby brother in the house, Kammy&rsquo;s summer can&rsquo;t get any worse&mdash;until she goes to camp Twelve-year-old Kammy Whitlock had been fine living with just her dad since her mom died when she was only four. Although she gets along OK with her new stepmom, the addition of a troublesome toddler and a crying new baby has pushed her over the edge. Against her wishes, her parents have decided that Kammy needs a break from home life until her siblings have settled in. Kammy goes to Camp Arrowhead with the understanding that if she&rsquo;s miserable, she can come home after two weeks. If not, she&rsquo;ll stick it out the rest of the summer. But surviving even two weeks is going to be tough&mdash;she&rsquo;s already gotten lost at night and made an enemy of Susie. Maybe Kammy just doesn&rsquo;t fit in anywhere. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection.</div>

Bummer Summer

<div>Wendy&rsquo;s little sister is good at everything&mdash;especially being annoying Katie is always good at whatever she tries and everyone adores her. Everyone except Wendy, that is. Just once, ten-year-old Wendy wishes she could outshine her little sister. When she gets a chance to take horseback riding lessons, she plans to prove to her family that she is the best at something. But it&rsquo;s not long before Katie decides to steal Wendy&rsquo;s thunder by taking riding lessons herself. Soon, the two sisters are in competition again, and this time Wendy is not going to let her sister win. Can the two overcome their rivalry and become friends&mdash;or is being first more important? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. </div>

Me and Katie (the Pest)

<div>Anna is desperate to be popular, but the key to being cool has devastating consequences About to start her freshman year of high school, Anna wants more than anything to be popular. At a family reunion, her cousin describes a secret &ldquo;slam book&rdquo;&mdash;a notebook kids use to write all kinds of comments about one another. Anna decides this may be her key to success. Anna&rsquo;s friends Paige, Randy, and Jessie quickly jump in on the nasty fun and before long, Anna has realized her dreams of popularity. But the slam book keeps getting meaner, and Paige and Anna start using the book to fight with each other. Soon, Anna comes up with the ultimate prank, using lonely and insecure Cheryl as her means to pull it off. But Anna&rsquo;s vicious trick may lead to tragic consequences. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. </div>

Slam Book

<div>Can Sara overcome her shyness to perform in the school play? Sara is extremely timid&mdash;she only has two friends, and one of them is her cousin. Her mother is constantly pushing her to leave the safety of her room and be more social, but for Sara, being in public is a punishment worse than death. When Sara&rsquo;s teacher insists that everyone this year&mdash;shy or not&mdash;participate in the school play, Sara is filled with terror. To top it off, she finds out her best friend, the one person who understands her, might be moving away. More than ever, Sara wants to climb into her shell, but the play is looming and there&rsquo;s no place to hide. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. </div>

Stage Fright

<div>Surviving fourth grade isn&rsquo;t going to be easy for Shirley&mdash;but the thought of repeating it with her younger sister is too much to bear Shirley Basini is dreading fourth grade&mdash;if she doesn&rsquo;t do well this year, she&rsquo;ll be held back. Having dyslexia is tough, but having a brilliant older brother makes it even worse. When Shirley&rsquo;s parents adopt a young girl from Vietnam, she&rsquo;s excited to have someone whom, for once, she can teach some things. But her new sister is actually quite adept at English and winds up in the advanced third-grade class. Shirley can&rsquo;t face the prospect of repeating fourth grade&mdash;this time with her adopted sister, who might even perform better than she does. Shirley has only one talent that might prove she&rsquo;s not dumb&mdash;but does she have the will to let it shine? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection.</div>

Yours Turly, Shirley

<div>Can Dawn find a life in California to match the one she left behind in Connecticut&mdash;or has too much changed between her friends? At Vista, eighth graders are required to write personal journals about their experiences. Meet thirteen-year-old Dawn Schafer, the crunchy and health conscious member of the Baby-Sitters Club, who has returned to California to live with her father, stepmother, and brother. Dawn is thrilled to be reunited with her old friends Sunny, Maggie, and Jill. It&rsquo;s not always easy to keep the group together, though&mdash;things are changing fast since they moved the eighth-grade classes into the high school. With new social demands and decisions to make, Dawn sees just how much her old friends have changed since she moved away. Or is she the one who is different now? It&rsquo;s time for this independent girl to let go of the life she had across the country and figure out just where she belongs now. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Dawn: Diary One is the 1st book in the California Diaries, which also includes Sunny: Diary One and Maggie: Diary One.</div>

Dawn: Diary One

<div>When it comes to running away from feelings, Sunny is a master&mdash;but nobody can run forever Sunny Winslow is the life of the party. Even though her mother is suffering from lung cancer and her workaholic father is avoiding his family, Sunny is determined not to let life get her down. Her friends don&rsquo;t understand why she isn&rsquo;t more worried about her mom. They won&rsquo;t join her when she decides to cut class, so she takes off on her own.Headed to Venice Beach, Sunny meets the mysterious and cool Carson, who seems to understand where she&rsquo;s coming from. But can she run away from her problems with him, or will her true emotions creep back in? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Sunny: Diary One is the 2nd book in the California Diaries, which also includes Dawn: Diary One and Maggie: Diary One.</div>

Sunny: Diary One

<div>Maggie makes everything she does look easy&mdash;but there&rsquo;s a high price to pay for perfection Maggie Blume does everything right. She gets straight A&rsquo;s, is a talented pianist, and was just named the youngest poetry editor of the school&rsquo;s literary magazine, Inner Vistas. She makes the life of a successful thirteen-year-old look easy. For Maggie&rsquo;s father, nothing but perfect will do. Not only is he obsessed with his job as a studio executive, he expects Maggie to have a detailed plan for her life, which unfortunately leaves no room for her true passion: music. Once Maggie&rsquo;s friends learn of her talent, they help her land a spot as the lead singer for Vanish, the band managed by her friend Amalia. Maggie could never share this news with her dad, so when she has to choose between going to his movie opening and the battle of the bands, she takes a huge risk to make sure she&rsquo;s able to do it all&mdash;perfectly. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Maggie: Diary One is the 3rd book in the California Diaries, which also includes Sunny: Diary One and Amalia: Diary One.</div>

Maggie: Diary One

<div>Amalia may be in love&mdash;but how do you know if someone loves you back? Amalia Vargas knows she should feel lucky. She is the band manager for Vanish and her boyfriend is the guitarist, James, a sixteen-year-old high school junior. James is so into her that he can&rsquo;t stand for her to be with anyone else. That should be a good thing, but what seemed kind of sweet at first is suddenly getting annoying . . . and even kind of scary. James&rsquo;s jealousy doesn&rsquo;t just mean Amalia can&rsquo;t see other guys. He doesn&rsquo;t want her giving her attention to anyone&mdash;not her friends, her family, or even a toddler she&rsquo;s visiting at a shelter. When you&rsquo;re thirteen, love can be tricky. But is this the kind of love that Amalia wants&mdash;and is it even love at all? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Amalia: Diary One is the 4th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Maggie: Diary One and Ducky: Diary One.</div>

Amalia: Diary One

<div>Dawn&rsquo;s dad and stepmom just had a baby girl&mdash;new, cute, and perfect . . . When vying for her parents&rsquo; attention, how can Dawn compete? Dawn and Sunny&rsquo;s friendship is over. It seems to Dawn like she moved back to California for nothing&mdash;Sunny certainly doesn&rsquo;t appreciate all that Dawn has done to help her. Dawn spends more time with Maggie and Ducky, but somehow that makes her miss Sunny more, even though she&rsquo;s still angry with her. At home, all her dad and stepmom can do is think about the new baby. Is there even room for two daughters in her parents&rsquo; lives now? Maybe she&rsquo;s not needed in California anymore. When Dawn heads back to Stoneybrook for the summer, perhaps it will be for good. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Dawn: Diary Two is the 7th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Sunny: Diary Two and Maggie: Diary Two.</div>

Dawn: Diary Two

<div>From the author of The Baby-Sitters Club: With her life spiraling of control, Maggie is desperate to stay in control&mdash;of what she eats. Maggie can&rsquo;t do much about the demands her dad puts on her. Or her mother&rsquo;s alcoholism. Or even her insecurity about being the lead singer of her band, Vanish. The only thing that she can control is what she eats. Or, more accurately, what she doesn&rsquo;t eat. Losing weight makes her feel clean; it gives her the power she so desperately wants. When Maggie&rsquo;s friends begin to worry that she has an eating disorder, Maggie doesn&rsquo;t care. It&rsquo;s her body; it&rsquo;s her life . . . which is what her mom says about her drinking problem. Could Maggie and her mom have more in common than she thinks? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Maggie: Diary Two is the 8th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Dawn: Diary Two and Amalia: Diary Two.</div>

Maggie: Diary Two

<div>From the author of The Baby-Sitters Club: Amalia will do anything to help a friend with an eating disorder, even if it means putting her own life on hold. Amalia knows Maggie&rsquo;s eating disorder is becoming severe, and makes it her mission to learn all she can to get Maggie the help she needs. Amalia and Dawn try to talk to Maggie but can&rsquo;t seem to get the words right. Amalia&rsquo;s mom suggests that Maggie go to a therapist she knows, but Maggie will only go if Amalia goes with her. The healing process is going to be slow, and meanwhile Vanish has its first paying gig to play. Between Maggie and the band, Amalia has a lot to take care of. In fact, there&rsquo;s so much to do that it seems like there&rsquo;s not a lot of time left over for her own life. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Amalia: Diary Two is the 9th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Maggie: Diary Two and Ducky: Diary Two.</div>

Amalia: Diary Two

<div>All Ducky wants is the comfort of his family&mdash;but when they&rsquo;re around, he feels lonelier than ever Ducky has been worried about Alex ever since the party at Jay&rsquo;s, when Alex &ldquo;accidentally&rdquo; tried to hurt himself. He can&rsquo;t talk to Sunny about it&mdash;she&rsquo;s got enough going on with her terminally ill mom. Jay is still hanging with the Cro Mags, the jocks who push Ducky around. And Ducky&rsquo;s older brother, Ted, just wouldn&rsquo;t understand. Fortunately, Christmas is around the corner and his parents are coming back from Ghana, so Ducky will finally have the family support he&rsquo;s desperately been missing. But when they return, the McCraes don&rsquo;t seem to care about what&rsquo;s been going on in Ducky&rsquo;s world, either, and can&rsquo;t wait to leave again. With no one to turn to for advice, Ducky decides to confront Alex&mdash;and his deepest fears are confirmed. This time, there&rsquo;s no mistaking Alex&rsquo;s actions for an accident. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Ducky: Diary Two is the 10th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Amalia: Diary Two and Dawn: Diary Three.</div>

Ducky: Diary Two

<div>From the author of The Baby-Sitters Club: Former BFFs Dawn and Sunny have to get over the past now that they need each other more than ever. Dawn and Sunny used to be best friends. But now it seems like nothing can get them to talk to each other and resolve their issues. Dawn misses her former friend&mdash;even if she can&rsquo;t admit it. When Ducky scores tickets to see their favorite band, Jax, he wants to take both Dawn and Sunny. But even a fun night out can&rsquo;t bring them together. In fact, they are angrier and further apart than ever before. The one thing they still share is their sadness over Sunny&rsquo;s mom&rsquo;s illness. No one else understands what they&rsquo;re going through. But can they get through their anger long enough to rekindle their friendship? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Dawn: Diary Three is the 11th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Ducky: Diary Two and Sunny: Diary Three.</div>

Dawn: Diary Three

<div>Sunny knew this was coming, but she never prepared herself to say good-bye forever Sunny&rsquo;s mom has stopped her cancer treatments, leaving the hospital to spend her final days at home. Sunny has been sleep deprived and kind of all over the place. She goes to school, but not to her classes. She talks to Dawn a little, but otherwise, her mind has been hijacked by thoughts of losing her mom. When a string of visitors comes through the door to say their good-byes, she finally realizes this is it. The end. Facing the pain allows Sunny to actually talk to her mom and learn a little more about her before she&rsquo;s gone. Sunny makes it her duty to start helping and becomes obsessed with listing everything she needs to say before her mom dies. Her mother knows there isn&rsquo;t enough time&mdash;there will never be enough time&mdash;to say everything that needs to be said . . . but maybe there&rsquo;s something she can give her daughter that will help ease Sunny&rsquo;s pain. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Sunny: Diary Three is the 12th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Dawn: Diary Three and Maggie: Diary Three.</div>

Sunny: Diary Three

<div>Maggie has never ever gotten star struck&mdash;until now Maggie and her friends have been sticking by Sunny&rsquo;s side since her mom&rsquo;s death. But Maggie&rsquo;s dad doesn&rsquo;t give up the demanding goals he&rsquo;s set for her, and right now he&rsquo;s harping on her to finish reading the script for his newest production, Love Conquers All, a new Romeo-and-Juliet flick. She could care less that teen star Tyler Kendall has the lead and will be at her home for the launch party. To Maggie&rsquo;s surprise, Tyler turns out to be pretty nice, and when he asks her out, she agrees. But Maggie is not prepared for the paparazzi. When their date is blasted all over the gossip columns, she is mortified. And when her band is chosen to play for a scene in the movie, she wonders if the celebrity life is more than she can handle. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Maggie: Diary Three is the 13th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Sunny: Diary Three and Amalia: Diary Three.</div>

Maggie: Diary Three

<div>One moment&mdash;that&rsquo;s all it takes to lose faith in everyone Amalia&rsquo;s grades have been slipping. She&rsquo;s been worried about Maggie, whose mom&rsquo;s drinking has gotten out of control. At least Amalia and her new boyfriend, Brendan, are getting along great&mdash;on a movie date, she even kisses him for the first time. But then, while she is waiting outside the theater, several drunk girls assault her and call her racist names. Shaken, Amalia can&rsquo;t help thinking that maybe Palo City isn&rsquo;t the place she thought it was. She begins to shut down&mdash;and shut out Brendan and her friends. Planning her parents&rsquo; twenty-fifth anniversary party, she starts to wonder if she should even invite her extended Hispanic family to this town. Can her friends and boyfriend reassure her that she belongs in the same world as they do? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Amalia: Diary Three is the 14th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Maggie: Diary Three and Ducky: Diary Three.</div>

Amalia: Diary Three

<div>Ducky and Sunny get along so well&mdash;does that mean they should be dating? Ducky and Sunny have a pretty special friendship. And working together at Sunny&rsquo;s dad&rsquo;s bookstore has only brought them closer. But when Ducky notices Sunny laughing a little too hard at his jokes and giving him moony eyes, he doesn&rsquo;t know what to do. His guy friends aren&rsquo;t available and Dawn, Maggie, and Amalia are too close to Sunny to understand. Ducky knows most guys would love to be with Sunny, but he can&rsquo;t pretend to be into her when he&rsquo;s not. Right now, the last thing Sunny can handle is more pain. How can he let her know without hurting their friendship? This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. Ducky: Diary Three is the 15th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Maggie: Diary Three and Amalia: Diary Three.</div>

Ducky: Diary Three

<div>Teenager Christopher &ldquo;Ducky&rdquo; McCrae deals with feeling isolated in this spin-off from the Newbery Award&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s Baby-sitters Club series. Ducky has great new friends in Dawn, Sunny, Maggie, and Amalia. But as much as he enjoys spending time with the girls, sometimes he misses the connection he had with his former friends Jay and Alex, who&rsquo;ve recently drifted away. With his parents always traveling and his brother too busy to spend time with him, lately Ducky feels like the loneliest teenager on the West Coast. So when one of his female friends develops a crush on him&mdash;no one is more surprised than Ducky . . . The next chapter following Ann M. Martin&rsquo;s bestselling Baby-sitters Club series, the California Diaries are the first-person journals of Dawn, Sunny, Maggie, Amalia, and Ducky&mdash;five teenagers dealing with the ups and downs of growing up. This collection includes the complete set of Ducky&rsquo;s three California Diaries.</div>

Ducky's California Diaries

<div>Teenager Maggie Blume struggles with not being perfect in this spin-off from the Newbery Award&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s Baby-sitters Club series. Straight-A student Maggie might seem perfect, but in reality, her life is anything but. There&rsquo;s not much she can do about the demands her dad puts on her, her mother&rsquo;s alcoholism, or her insecurity about following her passion for music&mdash;but she can control what she eats. As Maggie&rsquo;s friends begin to worry that she has an eating disorder, she&rsquo;ll have to face the fact that she might have a problem being perfect won&rsquo;t solve . . . The next chapter following Ann M. Martin&rsquo;s bestselling Baby-sitters Club series, the California Diaries are the first-person journals of Dawn, Sunny, Maggie, Amalia, and Ducky&mdash;five teenagers dealing with the ups and downs of growing up. This collection includes the complete set of Maggie&rsquo;s three California Diaries.</div>

Maggie's California Diaries

Sunny's California Diaries

<div>Teenager Amalia Vargas finds the courage to be true to herself in this spin-off from the Newbery Award&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s Baby-sitters Club series. When you&rsquo;re thirteen, having a boyfriend in a band is basically the coolest thing ever. But Amalia is starting to feel trapped by her relationship with James, who&rsquo;s jealous when she spends time with anyone but him&mdash;even her family and friends. Amalia knows standing up for yourself is important, but every time she takes a step forward something else happens to make her doubt everything&mdash;including the place she calls home. Luckily, her friends are there to help her through the hard times . . . The next chapter following Ann M. Martin&rsquo;s bestselling Baby-sitters Club series, the California Diaries are the first-person journals of Dawn, Sunny, Maggie, Amalia, and Ducky&mdash;five teenagers dealing with the ups and downs of growing up. This collection includes the complete set of Amalia&rsquo;s three California Diaries.</div>

Amalia's California Diaries

<div>Teenager Dawn Schafer struggles with big changes on the West Coast in this spin-off from the Newbery Award&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s Baby-sitters Club series. Thirteen-year-old Dawn is thrilled to be back in California again after living in Connecticut, but her life and friends on the West Coast aren&rsquo;t exactly like she remembers. As Dawn adjusts to having a new baby sister in her house and attempts to rekindle her relationship with her friend Sunny, the crunchy, health-conscious member of the Baby-sitters Club will have to figure out how she fits in and where she belongs . . . The next chapter following Ann M. Martin&rsquo;s bestselling Baby-sitters Club series, the California Diaries are the first-person journals of Dawn, Sunny, Maggie, Amalia, and Ducky&mdash;five teenagers dealing with the ups and downs of growing up. This collection includes the complete set of Dawn&rsquo;s three California Diaries.</div>

Dawn's California Diaries

<div>There’s trouble for everyone when a TV star comes to town in this entry from the classic, hit series. Stoneybrook has gone star-crazy! Derek Masters, an eight-year-old regular on a hit TV sitcom, has moved to town. Everyone’s wondering what a real-live TV star will be like—will he drive to school in a limo? Jessi can’t believe it, but even stars need baby-sitters, and she’s the lucky club member to watch Derek Masters. Even though a lot of kids at school call Derek a spoiled brat, Jessi likes him immediately. He rides bikes and eats junk food like a normal kid, but he has exciting stories about Hollywood, too! Pretty soon baby-sitting and ballet are starting to look kind of boring next to TV scripts and cameras. Maybe Jessi would like to be a star, too! The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!</div>

Jessi and the Superbrat

<div>A locked trunk and a secret diary lead Mallory and the Baby-Sitters into a big mystery in this entry in the classic hit series. Mallory and Claudia are helping Stacey unpack from her move back to Stoneybrook when they find an antique trunk in the McGill’s attic. Stacey doesn’t want the dusty thing, so she gives the trunk to Mallory . . . who finds an old diary at the bottom of it. The diary belonged to Sophie, a girl who lived in Stacey’s house in the 1890s. As Mallory reads deep into Sophie’s diary, she discovers a mystery on their hands to solve, because Stacey’s house isn’t big enough for her, her mom . . . and a family of ghosts! The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!</div>

Mallory and the Mystery Diary

<div>Claudia and the Baby-Sitters investigate after she’s accused of cheating in this whodunnit from the charming hit series. For once, Claudia’s studied really hard for her math test. And when she gets her paper back, it has an A- on it. All right! But then Claudia’s math teacher calls her to his desk and accuses her of copying off of Shawna Riverson’s test. Claudia can’t believe it, and neither can the Baby-sitters. Claudia would never cheat! And they’re not going to rest until they help clear Claudia’s name! The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!</div>

Claudia and the Middle School Mystery

<div>Kristy looks for a way to help a little girl with autism in this special entry in the classic hit series. Kristy’s newest baby-sitting charge is Susan Felder, who goes away to a special school. Susan isn’t like most kids. While she can play the piano and sing beautifully . . . she can’t talk to anyone. Susan is autistic. She lives locked inside her own secret world. Kristy thinks it’s unfair that Susan has to be sent off to school and is treated differently from everyone else. But Kristy’s going to try to change that—by showing everyone that Susan’s a “regular” kid, too. And then maybe Kristy’s new friend can stay in Stoneybrook for good. The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!</div>

Kristy and the Secret of Susan

<div>A little miscommunication could spell the end for Mary Anne and Logan’s relationship in this entry of the classic hit series. Lately, Mary Anne’s been feeling like she and Logan are spending too much time together. They fight over silly things. And Mary Anne never gets to do what she wants to do—like read, and baby-sit, and be with her friends. But when Mary Anne suggests that she and Logan see less of each other, Logan takes it all the wrong way. Could this really be the end for Mary Anne and Logan? The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!</div>

Mary Anne vs. Logan

<div>The Baby-Sitters have a summer vacation full of mystery and romance in this entry from the classic, hit series. Kristy’s stepfather has invited the whole family and the baby-sitters for a vacation at his family’s cabin on beautiful Shadow Lake. Campfires, ghost stories, romance—the baby-sitters will never forget their adventures this summer. The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!</div>

Baby-sitters at Shadow Lake

<div>In this entry in the classic hit series, Stacey worries her best friend is growing up too fast and they’re drifting apart. Stacey can’t wait! Her best friend from New York, Laine Cummings, is coming to Stoneybrook for a whole week. She can spend a day at SMS, attend club meetings, and maybe go to the Valentine Dance. But from the minute Laine arrives, nothing goes as planned. She thinks Stacey’s sleepover with her friends is childish, and can’t believe Stacey’s still into baby-sitting. Laine’s more used to hanging out at high school parties with her fifteen-year-old boyfriend. Stacey doesn’t want to lose her childhood friend, but Laine’s growing up way too fast for Stacey. Is this the end of their friendship? The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!</div>

Stacey's Ex-Best Friend

<div>Stacey and the Baby-Sitters investigate a spooky old house in this mystery from the classic hit series. To a New York City girl like Stacey, the fact that an old—supposedly haunted—house in Stoneybrook is being torn down is no big deal. But then her friend Kristy discovers the house was built on a graveyard, and when Stacey sees a horrible face in one of the windows, she wonders if the house really could be haunted! The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!</div>

Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook

<div>The Baby-Sitters find adventure and romance in when they spend the week in Europe in this entry from the classic, hit series. The BSC is going global! Kristy, Stacey, Abby, Jessi, and Mallory have signed up for the best school trip yet: a week in London and Paris! Stacey can’t wait to go shopping and to museums. Jessi’s excited about a special dance performance. Abby’s dying to visit the BSC’s little princess, Victoria Kent. Mal’s looking forward to meeting her distant cousins. And Kristy finds love . . . when she least expects it. This time the Baby-sitters are going to have plenty to write home about! The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers!</div>

Baby-sitters' European Vacation

<div>The Baby-Sitters want to stop Dawn from hanging out with a bad boy in this entry from the classic hit series. Dawn has met Travis, an older boy, and she knows he’s the perfect boy for her. But the Baby-Sitters think that smooth talking Travis is no good and plan to tell Dawn just that. The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!</div>

Dawn and the Older Boy

<div>A school assignment gets the Baby-Sitters thinking about their past in this entry in the classic hit series. The teachers at SMS have assigned homework to do over the summer. How Mean! Plus, the essay topic is so boring: What I Did This Summer. If Kristy were teacher, she’d choose something much more interesting. Like writing about your most vivid memory. Which gets the Baby-sitters thinking . . . The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers!</div>

The Baby-sitters Remember

<div>The Baby-Sitters are invited to weddings on both coasts in this entry from the classic, hit series. When two weddings give three club members the opportunity to be bridesmaids, Claudia and Dawn excitedly fly out to California to participate in Dawn’s father’s nuptials, while an enthusiastic Stacey attends Mrs. Barrett in Stoneybrook. The best friends you’ll ever have—with classic BSC covers!</div>

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