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The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
An all-star lineup, including Ann M. Martin, creates the first new Baby-sitters Club novel in over a decade!It's a summer to remember for The Baby-sitters Club, with Mary Anne and Stacey staying in Stoneybrook while Kristy, Claudia, Dawn, Jessi, and Mallory head on adventures all across the map.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published July 7, 2026
About the author
Ann M. Martin
1,139 books3,130 followersAnn Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She's now a full-time writer.
Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.
Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.
Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.
After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.
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Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.
Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.
Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.
After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/annmma...
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July 9, 2026
This is still such a nostalgia read for me, but like the Netflix series, I like how they’ve updated it with the times while still making the book timeless. I love that they send postcards to each other and no one is glued to a cellphone. This one was fun because each girl had her own story and equal time.
July 12, 2026
I am so glad to be alive in the year of 2026 where Ann M. Martin (and others) have brought the Baby-Sitters Club back together. I absolutely gobbled the girls’ stories up and laughed and cried and I shall be mopey until the next edition (hopefully) is created and released.
Kristy’s story was absolutely perfect. No notes. This is the story we all needed. Mary Anne’s story was so sweet and relatable. Stacey’s and Claudia’s stories fit them so well; they each felt like natural extensions of the series. I sincerely enjoyed Mallory’s and Jessi’s stories, and these were the two stories I felt most nervous about. I felt like Jessi’s story left the door open for additional story lines in the future, in particular. I really enjoyed Dawn’s story, and honestly, I felt like, for whatever reason, we just didn’t get enough time with Dawn. I think her story could segue into more stories that I would be delighted to read.
As a lifelong stan of the BSC, I cannot even believe that we’re getting new BSC stories. This is what dreams are made of.
Kristy’s story was absolutely perfect. No notes. This is the story we all needed. Mary Anne’s story was so sweet and relatable. Stacey’s and Claudia’s stories fit them so well; they each felt like natural extensions of the series. I sincerely enjoyed Mallory’s and Jessi’s stories, and these were the two stories I felt most nervous about. I felt like Jessi’s story left the door open for additional story lines in the future, in particular. I really enjoyed Dawn’s story, and honestly, I felt like, for whatever reason, we just didn’t get enough time with Dawn. I think her story could segue into more stories that I would be delighted to read.
As a lifelong stan of the BSC, I cannot even believe that we’re getting new BSC stories. This is what dreams are made of.
July 11, 2026
Literally perfect in every way.
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April 5, 2026What is this?!?!
July 13, 2026
Either I’ve outgrown the BSC or this book was terrible. It was incredibly boring.
It’s summertime and the girls are going their own way for a couple of weeks. Since they can’t function without one another this is the worst thing in the world to them.
Mary Anne: She is still wimpy and annoying. She stays in town and her dad says she needs to do something to socialize. So she starts volunteering at the animal shelter and fosters some kittens. She also turns the family den into a library for little kids. Very odd that her parents approved of this.
Kristy: She’s the only one that had character development. She goes with her neighbors to some island to babysit the family’s kids. While there she meets a girl and starts to wonder about her feelings for her. Guess Bart just wasn’t doing it for her.
Claudia: Goes to California to a place called Little Tokyo where she’s a teacher for a Summer Arts Program where it seemed like very little art was going on. I wish the writers gave her a break and improved her spelling. My 8 year old niece could probably spell better than her.
Stacey: Remember the book Boy Crazy Stacey? This is basically it except she’s in Stoneybrook and meets a guy at the fair who ends up being in a boy band. She ditches Charlotte a few times to go hang out with him. That is bad babysitter behavior.
Mallory: Goes to Ireland to hang out with some relatives. She’s scared to go horseback riding so she makes up a lie about twisting her ankle. I feel like you could still ride a horse with a hurt ankle since you are sitting the whole time.
Dawn: She goes to some sort of theatre camp. I don’t remember her liking theater enough to go to camp and direct little kids.
Jessi: She fractured her foot so she has to spend the summer resting it which means no dancing. But apparently it’s ok for her mom to take her to her college reunion and have her walk around campus all day and babysit her friend’s unruly kids.
Overall the book was nothing special. Kind of wish it had been modernized. Let them have cell phones and they could just have a big group chat going on.
It’s summertime and the girls are going their own way for a couple of weeks. Since they can’t function without one another this is the worst thing in the world to them.
Mary Anne: She is still wimpy and annoying. She stays in town and her dad says she needs to do something to socialize. So she starts volunteering at the animal shelter and fosters some kittens. She also turns the family den into a library for little kids. Very odd that her parents approved of this.
Kristy: She’s the only one that had character development. She goes with her neighbors to some island to babysit the family’s kids. While there she meets a girl and starts to wonder about her feelings for her. Guess Bart just wasn’t doing it for her.
Claudia: Goes to California to a place called Little Tokyo where she’s a teacher for a Summer Arts Program where it seemed like very little art was going on. I wish the writers gave her a break and improved her spelling. My 8 year old niece could probably spell better than her.
Stacey: Remember the book Boy Crazy Stacey? This is basically it except she’s in Stoneybrook and meets a guy at the fair who ends up being in a boy band. She ditches Charlotte a few times to go hang out with him. That is bad babysitter behavior.
Mallory: Goes to Ireland to hang out with some relatives. She’s scared to go horseback riding so she makes up a lie about twisting her ankle. I feel like you could still ride a horse with a hurt ankle since you are sitting the whole time.
Dawn: She goes to some sort of theatre camp. I don’t remember her liking theater enough to go to camp and direct little kids.
Jessi: She fractured her foot so she has to spend the summer resting it which means no dancing. But apparently it’s ok for her mom to take her to her college reunion and have her walk around campus all day and babysit her friend’s unruly kids.
Overall the book was nothing special. Kind of wish it had been modernized. Let them have cell phones and they could just have a big group chat going on.
July 9, 2026
I was ridiculously excited for this book and it mostly did deliver. I read another review that said when it was supposed to take place which explains why there was no Abby.
Kristy - 5/5 this was probably my favorite storyline because I do think it’s very believable that she’s gay but also I like a more introspective Kristy. Some of later books make her sports obsessed. It did also remind me of how much progress has been made in the 40 years since these books were first published. That wouldn’t have been a plot line in a middle grade book then.
Mary Anne - 3/5 Mary Anne felt the most true if you will but that’s because Ann M Martin wrote her. Her storyline has been done for her several times. Cokie and Grace are mean and Mary Anne stands up to her. Also this kind of felt like a way to shoehorn Karen Brewer in.
Stacey - 3/5 Like Mary Anne we have definitely had this exact storyline for Stacey. Dumping babysitting charges on Mary Anne while she gets her heart broken by a boy. I would have liked something new for her.
Claudia - 5/5 This was a good storyline. It was nice to see that Claudia got to reconnect with Mimi and learn more about herself as an artist and a person.
Jessi - 4/5 I really liked that Jessi was taken out of a familiar setting and not focused on dancing. Have we done the Jessi is paired with a less than ideal babysitter before? Yes. But Jessi having fears about her dancing and being able to develop a closer relationship with her mother was great.
Mallory - 3/5 I like Mallory but this storyline was kind of wild. Why did it take place in Ireland? Why did Mallory get to go alone? Somewhat baffling.
Dawn - 2/5 I didn’t hate this storyline I was just baffled by it. Why does Dawn go to theater camp? What?
I have no idea if these individual ratings add up to 4 stars. I will say I understand why the girls all went different places because then you’re not constrained by familiar characters and you can be creative. Although Betty’s parents never making an appearance was odd.
Kristy - 5/5 this was probably my favorite storyline because I do think it’s very believable that she’s gay but also I like a more introspective Kristy. Some of later books make her sports obsessed. It did also remind me of how much progress has been made in the 40 years since these books were first published. That wouldn’t have been a plot line in a middle grade book then.
Mary Anne - 3/5 Mary Anne felt the most true if you will but that’s because Ann M Martin wrote her. Her storyline has been done for her several times. Cokie and Grace are mean and Mary Anne stands up to her. Also this kind of felt like a way to shoehorn Karen Brewer in.
Stacey - 3/5 Like Mary Anne we have definitely had this exact storyline for Stacey. Dumping babysitting charges on Mary Anne while she gets her heart broken by a boy. I would have liked something new for her.
Claudia - 5/5 This was a good storyline. It was nice to see that Claudia got to reconnect with Mimi and learn more about herself as an artist and a person.
Jessi - 4/5 I really liked that Jessi was taken out of a familiar setting and not focused on dancing. Have we done the Jessi is paired with a less than ideal babysitter before? Yes. But Jessi having fears about her dancing and being able to develop a closer relationship with her mother was great.
Mallory - 3/5 I like Mallory but this storyline was kind of wild. Why did it take place in Ireland? Why did Mallory get to go alone? Somewhat baffling.
Dawn - 2/5 I didn’t hate this storyline I was just baffled by it. Why does Dawn go to theater camp? What?
I have no idea if these individual ratings add up to 4 stars. I will say I understand why the girls all went different places because then you’re not constrained by familiar characters and you can be creative. Although Betty’s parents never making an appearance was odd.
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July 8, 2026
This was such a dissapointment. I've read better Fan Fiction. The Kristy storyline, with her realizing she might be gay, was really sweet. Everyone else's was a snooze. Mary-Anne started a library at her house- I feel like other characters have done that and it really doesn't make sense when you think too hard about it. Dawn and Mallory's chapters were so dull I found myself skimming. Jessi was at a week (or two-week) long reunion at an HBCU for some reason, and found herself baby-sitting (of course) while nursing a foot injury (which really disturbed me- her parents don't understand the meaning of rest). Claudia was also watching children in Little Tokyo and she had some cool stuff happen (mostly thrifting and becoming friends with a girl whose grandmother was besties with Mimi). Stacey met a boy and ditched people she cares about- wow, that's never happened before.
In some ways they made this modern, by not mentioning Jessi's race (instead saying she has box braids) and aknowledging that Hamilton is a musical, yet there are still no cell phones or email....
For some reason I had it in my head that this book took place when the girls are adults, and I was so excited. That was incorrect. I am so tired of them having the same summer after 8th grade over and over again. There is nothing more to say or happen until they get a little older. I love these characters and would love to see them as adults (hey, if Sweet Valley could do it in Confidential).
Don't waste your time.
In some ways they made this modern, by not mentioning Jessi's race (instead saying she has box braids) and aknowledging that Hamilton is a musical, yet there are still no cell phones or email....
For some reason I had it in my head that this book took place when the girls are adults, and I was so excited. That was incorrect. I am so tired of them having the same summer after 8th grade over and over again. There is nothing more to say or happen until they get a little older. I love these characters and would love to see them as adults (hey, if Sweet Valley could do it in Confidential).
Don't waste your time.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 13, 2026
There's something missing when the characters barely interact with each other. Starting this in one of the odd time loop summers is a choice. Some of the handwriting is definitely different.
Kristy - 4/5 definitely a storyline they couldn't do in the 90s for this series.
Mary-Anne - 3/5 unoriginal storyline but had a lot of heart. Ann clearly still feels the character deeply.
Claudia - 3/5 camp storyline was mediocre but the Mimi part was good.
Stacey - 2/5 How many times have we had this same exact storyline for Stacey?
Dawn - 0/5 this was Peter Lerangis right? How did one of the most iconic ghostwriters of the series have this dud of a storyline? The modern references feel so out of place. I think he confused Dawn with Maggie from California Diaries because this plot makes absolutely no sense for her or her brother or the Pike triplets. Bad bad bad.
Jessi - 5/5 a great new take on Jessi and dance and a well constructed story.
Mallory 1/5 skimable. Poor Mallory indeed. Also from previous ghost writers?
I can't see this book bringing in new readers.
Kristy - 4/5 definitely a storyline they couldn't do in the 90s for this series.
Mary-Anne - 3/5 unoriginal storyline but had a lot of heart. Ann clearly still feels the character deeply.
Claudia - 3/5 camp storyline was mediocre but the Mimi part was good.
Stacey - 2/5 How many times have we had this same exact storyline for Stacey?
Dawn - 0/5 this was Peter Lerangis right? How did one of the most iconic ghostwriters of the series have this dud of a storyline? The modern references feel so out of place. I think he confused Dawn with Maggie from California Diaries because this plot makes absolutely no sense for her or her brother or the Pike triplets. Bad bad bad.
Jessi - 5/5 a great new take on Jessi and dance and a well constructed story.
Mallory 1/5 skimable. Poor Mallory indeed. Also from previous ghost writers?
I can't see this book bringing in new readers.
July 13, 2026
I see why some people gave this a low star rating. This book had the opportunity to do many things that we Xenial women were dying to see. Instead it was another classic BSC story with classic (been done) character story arcs (minus an A+ all new look at Kristy - a highlight.). Yes there were timeline gaffes and even editing errors (I’m looking at you, “Mrs. Thomas.”) None of that will lead me to give it less than 5 stars though. This 47 year old will wrap myself in the comforting blanket of the world of Stoneybrook any chance I get. And I will love it.
July 10, 2026
And just like that, I'm about 10 years old again, spending my summer reading BSC! Let me just say the fore-edge art is delightful and makes this such a pretty book! It went from being something I was originally going to borrow from the library to buying it from the bookstore instead because I needed to have the pretty book for my keeper shelf as soon as I saw it! Is every story perfect in this? No. Some characters had better stories than others, but for the most part this felt very in the spirit of the original series.
July 14, 2026
This book made me feel like I was back with old friends. Even with multiple authors each member felt like how I remembered them. All of the stories felt tonally cohesive. However, possibly due to page count, a few of the stories could have been fleshed out more and the resolutions felt unearned.
July 12, 2026
Couldn't finish. Who are these characters, and where did their characteristics go?
July 14, 2026
Nostalgia factor infinity ❤️
🧑🏿🩰🏇🧢🧶💄🎨🌎
🧑🏿🩰🏇🧢🧶💄🎨🌎
July 10, 2026
I really really loved this book! I am so beyond thrilled to have a new BSC adventure to read after all these years. I hope there are more to come!
July 11, 2026
Of course I cried.
July 7, 2026
Not sure how I feel. I love that the BSC is finding a new generation, but something about this just didn't feel like a Baby-Sitter's Club series. Maybe because there were too many new characters and next to no interactions with the girls together.
July 8, 2026
What a wonderful summer vacation treat!
July 8, 2026
4.5 rounded up
So cute. So nostalgic. So light and sweet. It was exactly what I needed after the creepiness of my previous read.
So cute. So nostalgic. So light and sweet. It was exactly what I needed after the creepiness of my previous read.
July 6, 2026
such cute nostalgia.
July 7, 2026
Let me begin by saying that I was very very excited for this book. I've been a long term fan of the Babysitters Club and the idea of learning 'what happens next' was incredible to me. Unfortunately, I have to say this book is wholly mediocre.
To be clear, if this was a regular super special, written in the heyday of the series, I would be so much more forgiving. However, this felt very important to the series, as a chance to continue the story and explore further within the rich canon of the universe. Yet, it felt much more regular than I thought it would be, leading to my ultimate disappointment.
My biggest non-spoiler grievance is the lack of a cohesive timeline. I thought this would carry on from Graduation Day, or at least The Fire At Mary Anne's House, exploring the main four girls' last summer before high school. From the very beginning of this book, I knew that wouldn't be the case. There were several gaps from canon in this book, making it a confusing and disappointing experience.
By looking at the fanwiki, I see that this is set before Farewell Dawn, but that did not come across easily while reading the book. I understand why they would want to go back in time but once again, it feels like a waste of potential.
I think this book would have benefited with a foreword, as a nod to the letters from the author in the original series. Perhaps that would have been a way to ease into this new addition to canon.
I am aware that this book would not be perfect, as it's been a very long time from the series' conclusion. Still, I thought it would be better than this. As glad as I was to hear from the characters that I love, I couldn't stop thinking 'this was it?'. The series was filled with great side characters and plot events and while some were referenced here, others were not, leading to the creation of new characters which largely I think The Summer Before was a much better and heartwarming addition to the canon of the series, succeeding where this one failed.
Story Rankings:
Kristy: 4/5
Mary Anne: 2/5
Claudia: 4/5
Stacey: 3/5
Dawn: 2/5
Mallory: 2/5
Jessi: 4/5
To be clear, if this was a regular super special, written in the heyday of the series, I would be so much more forgiving. However, this felt very important to the series, as a chance to continue the story and explore further within the rich canon of the universe. Yet, it felt much more regular than I thought it would be, leading to my ultimate disappointment.
My biggest non-spoiler grievance is the lack of a cohesive timeline. I thought this would carry on from Graduation Day, or at least The Fire At Mary Anne's House, exploring the main four girls' last summer before high school. From the very beginning of this book, I knew that wouldn't be the case. There were several gaps from canon in this book, making it a confusing and disappointing experience.
By looking at the fanwiki, I see that this is set before Farewell Dawn, but that did not come across easily while reading the book. I understand why they would want to go back in time but once again, it feels like a waste of potential.
I think this book would have benefited with a foreword, as a nod to the letters from the author in the original series. Perhaps that would have been a way to ease into this new addition to canon.
I am aware that this book would not be perfect, as it's been a very long time from the series' conclusion. Still, I thought it would be better than this. As glad as I was to hear from the characters that I love, I couldn't stop thinking 'this was it?'. The series was filled with great side characters and plot events and while some were referenced here, others were not, leading to the creation of new characters which largely I think The Summer Before was a much better and heartwarming addition to the canon of the series, succeeding where this one failed.
Story Rankings:
Kristy: 4/5
Mary Anne: 2/5
Claudia: 4/5
Stacey: 3/5
Dawn: 2/5
Mallory: 2/5
Jessi: 4/5
Review of advance copy
I wasn't sure what to expect with this being touted as a "Fan Edition" with multiple authors. Was it going to be a book of essays, akin to
We Are the Baby-sitters Club
, or was it going to be officially sanctioned fan fiction-y short stories? So imagine my surprise when I started reading (because I didn't check the summary lol) and IT WAS AN OLD-SCHOOL SUPER SPECIAL. I DIED. Right off the bat I had no idea what year it was or how old I was, because it felt like I was 11 and reading the newest monthly edition of my favourite series. AHHHHH!
So needless to say, I loved this. The girls all had their unique voices, and even though each was written by a different author, the story felt cohesive and nothing was jarringly out of place. I would have believed you if you told me it was just written by one person! The stories were great, I especially loved Kristy's and Claudia's, though I was always looking forward to reading the next chapter by each girl. There was a good mix of baby-sitting and coming of age, and I appreciated that no specific technology or slang was used, so this could have taken place in the 80s or current day. (Though, in very 2020s fashion, when Claudia was describing a dress she was wearing, she pointed out that it had pockets. I cackled.)
The spine of the book says "Book 1" so I am PRAYING that means that this dream team is working on more, because there will never be a time in my life when I don't need new Baby-sitters Club.
So needless to say, I loved this. The girls all had their unique voices, and even though each was written by a different author, the story felt cohesive and nothing was jarringly out of place. I would have believed you if you told me it was just written by one person! The stories were great, I especially loved Kristy's and Claudia's, though I was always looking forward to reading the next chapter by each girl. There was a good mix of baby-sitting and coming of age, and I appreciated that no specific technology or slang was used, so this could have taken place in the 80s or current day. (Though, in very 2020s fashion, when Claudia was describing a dress she was wearing, she pointed out that it had pockets. I cackled.)
The spine of the book says "Book 1" so I am PRAYING that means that this dream team is working on more, because there will never be a time in my life when I don't need new Baby-sitters Club.
Review of advance copy
This was everything I wanted and more. Thank you Anne for allowing the BSC to continue in its 40th year, it was so healing and moving for me as an adult.
As a lifelong BSC fan I was thrilled when I saw stories were coming out about their lives after Grade 8 graduation and the iconic Friends Forever series.
Now we are gifted these gorgeous illustrated hard cover, super specials where every baby sitter is given a voice by a different writer. Some are (ghost) writers we have known for years - people who worked with Anne M Martin to curate the first hundred + books and know these characters inside out. I love seeing their names celebrated!
Others are fans just like us, who went on to become writers and were shaped by these characters. Because of this, there was no one better to write Kristy’s story of self discovery than Sarah Albertalli, Jessie’s story of life with or without dance than Coe Booth, or the story of how Claudia grieved and simultaneously reconnected with Mimi in Little Tokyo than Sarah Kuhn.
I can’t believe we get a whole series of new books celebrating the tenacity, diversity, power, nuance, compassion and resilience of these incredible characters - and the millions of women around the world who they represent. Thank you Anne and to the whole team for making this happen. 🥹
As a lifelong BSC fan I was thrilled when I saw stories were coming out about their lives after Grade 8 graduation and the iconic Friends Forever series.
Now we are gifted these gorgeous illustrated hard cover, super specials where every baby sitter is given a voice by a different writer. Some are (ghost) writers we have known for years - people who worked with Anne M Martin to curate the first hundred + books and know these characters inside out. I love seeing their names celebrated!
Others are fans just like us, who went on to become writers and were shaped by these characters. Because of this, there was no one better to write Kristy’s story of self discovery than Sarah Albertalli, Jessie’s story of life with or without dance than Coe Booth, or the story of how Claudia grieved and simultaneously reconnected with Mimi in Little Tokyo than Sarah Kuhn.
I can’t believe we get a whole series of new books celebrating the tenacity, diversity, power, nuance, compassion and resilience of these incredible characters - and the millions of women around the world who they represent. Thank you Anne and to the whole team for making this happen. 🥹
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 13, 2026
Overall it was fun to revisit my childhood faves and it made a nice easy summer read. Some of the stories fell short. I would have read an entire book about Claudia's adventures in Little Tokyo, while the Dawn and Mallory stories were very underwhelming. They had potential, but fell very short.
At this point, as some others have mentioned, I would rather have a continuation of their story. If they were going to make a book about most of them being away and sending postcards maybe the plot should have been them after graduation or something further along in the timeline. Even stories about them in high school and starting to go in different directions while still having the club would be welcome.
At this point, as some others have mentioned, I would rather have a continuation of their story. If they were going to make a book about most of them being away and sending postcards maybe the plot should have been them after graduation or something further along in the timeline. Even stories about them in high school and starting to go in different directions while still having the club would be welcome.
July 9, 2026
This book is not my cup of tea. To me, it's not up to the quality standards of the original books.
July 9, 2026
Fun read for an old fan.
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July 14, 2026a love letter to BSC *and* Kristy has a crush on a girl? sold!
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