Stacey's Mistake: A Graphic Novel

The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #14

by Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illustrations), Braden Lamb (Colors), Hank Jones (Colors)

A Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by National Book Award longlister and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Ellen T. Crenshaw!

Stacey is so excited! Her friends from The Baby-sitters Club are coming to New York City for a long weekend. It's going to be perfect -- a party and a sleepover on Friday night, a big baby-sitting job on Saturday, and lots of sightseeing throughout. But it turns out that the baby-sitters are way out of place in the big city. Mary Anne sounds like a walking guidebook, Dawn is afraid of everything, Kristy can't keep her mouth shut, Claudia is jealous of Laine -- Stacey's New York best friend -- and Mallory and Jessi feel intimidated by Stacey's classmates. With ten kids to baby-sit and a full schedule of activities, how will Stacey keep the weekend from becoming a complete disaster?

Genres: Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Fiction, Childrens, Comics, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult

156 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 2023

Reviews

[౨ৎ˖ ࣪⊹ hanah ౨ৎ˖ ࣪⊹ · Rating 5 out of 5]

₊⊹⁀➴ 5 stars
nostalgia gets me.

[betelk]

is it just me or has the cover art and art in general gotten worse as the authors changed?
I really loved Raina telegimers and Gale Galileans illustrations because they had so much to them. these new illustrators seem like they are not trying enough with the color

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

The members of the Baby-Sitters Club reunite with Stacey McGill during a special baby-sitting mission to New York City. Is transporting child laborers across state lines legal?

A low-key adventure has the group sightseeing and babysitting, with some bickering and middle school friendship squabbles the only real drama to be had.

In many ways, this feels like the basis of a tax write-off for the authors' own visits to NYC. Those Broadway tickets and limo rental were just part of our diligent research, Mr. IRS Agent, sir!

[ChrissiesPurpleLibrary · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just love Stacey! Is she my new favorite baby-sister?! The more I read of her in this series the more I enjoy her character. Now that Stacey is back in New York City BSC comes to visit and the shenanigans ensue. I really loved the babysitters being in the Big Apple. But of course, there was drama and some back biting too. LOL. But they figured it out as usual. And the graphic design in this one was so beautiful!

[₊˚ ⁀➴ kenzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn’t as good as I expected, since it was pretty similar to Kristy’s Big Day, and the plot was basic. I still enjoyed the illustrations and characters though.

[lydia {67} ୨ৎ {christmas vrs} · Rating 2 out of 5]

literally the original books were my entire childhood (and still are my life), but these? ruined the series. there is so much stuff that is missed and the illustrator changes every time which is really annoying.

I'm sorry anne, I love the originals, but these are not for me 😭

*to the tune of let it grow from the lorax* "I say let them beeeee" 🎤

[Samantha]

We have to wait until October!! Oh no!!

[Noelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 📚 Physical Book

Read this with my daughter and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. This was one of the better stories in this graphic novel series. The club takes a trip to NYC to visit former BSC member, Stacey. The girls find themselves in some chaotic and frustrating situations which test their patience and friendships. Each character grows and pushes through to make it to the end of this wild adventure.

[JayVee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was fascinated by the changes they made in this one.

For example: the reason why Stacey's building needs all those baby-sitters is so that the adults can attend a fundraiser for the local community theatre, while in the original it was to deal with the homeless problem (namely Judy, the lady who lives on Stacey's block).

The illustrations had clear playbills for many well-known Broadway musicals (such as Hamilton and Phantom), but kept the girls going to see Starlight Express (although they didn't actually name it this time).

[Brittny's Book Talk · Rating 4 out of 5]

The series definitely isn't as phenomenal as it was during the beginning, but I always find myself picking them back up again. They find a way to touch my heart and draw me in. So here I am, just bingread this! 😂💕

[Cindy (leavemetomybooks) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another perfect BSC graphic novel 🩷

[Keert · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75

[Sara Esa · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was a good book 📖

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know I should be embarrassed that I'm blowing through these graphic novels like a teenager, but they are comfort reads right now and I love the illustrations and stories

[Dramapuppy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love NYC and I love the big group babysitting stories. This is only held back from being the best BSC story by the sheer amount of secondhand embarrassment. So glad the graphic novel series made it this far into the series

[Ashtyn Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

not my very fave of the bsc series but a fun little “vacation” episode nonetheless! i like that claudia and laine could get acquainted, but why was kristy talking to a boy… i thought she was… is she not a…. isn’t it pride month??? ann m martin i swore kristy was queercoded maybe i’m projecting

[🌻 Sunita 🦋✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was cute. Stacey has two best friends from two different places who are jealous of the other’s relationship with Stacey. In the end they realize all they needed to do was take time to get to know each other. Reminds me of when I was in high school.

[Liz W · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed seeing the BSC in NYC! The Club did some of my favorite New York things, too.

[Sim ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

✔️ 17. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list (New York 🍎)

[Molly Oswald · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite characters is Stacey and it was so good to see her in the graphic novels

[Charisse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Her friends are so mean 😭😭

[angelica ༅:*ﾟ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars!

I love this one so much! The illustrations reminded me of Raina Telgemeier’s style and gave me so much nostalgia. The entire BSC visiting and roaming around new york city was so fun to see, and them baby sitting a bunch of kids was so cute as well. Kristy dancing with Coby got my hopeless romantic heart blushing too <3

[Nora Graf · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️ it was good, like really good! BUT ALL THE FIGHTING!!!!!!! And how every one gets mad at every one else and LAINE is a complete SNOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But over all it was REALLY GOOD!!!👍 👍👍👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

[Chaitra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ahhh!! What better than when they all get back together for some days.. 💓 Their cute fights.. ✨Their patch up and truce.. 🤭🤭 And let's not overlook the fact about how cute these kids are... Henry the cutest🙈💓
Loved it like always.. 😘

[Kaydence · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was pretty good I will say

[Natalie Ipe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book so glad to see Stacey again

[Cori Cooper · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like all they do is fight in these books! I remember the babysitters getting along a lot better when I read them as a kid.

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pure nostalgic fun. This one of my favorites of the series back in the day!

[Isabelle Blackburn · Rating 4 out of 5]

reminded me a little too much of my own trip to NYC in a bad way

[Sofia K · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book I was really exited about. It was pretty good 👍🏼. All of them coming to the big apple was cool. In the book I feel Stacy overreacted a little bit but other wise book was good.