Books 21-40

21. Mallory and the Trouble With Twins
22. Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter
23. Dawn on the Coast
24. Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise
25. Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger
26. Claudia and the Sad Good-bye
27. Jessi and the Superbrat
28. Welcome Back, Stacey!
29. Mallory and the Mystery Diary
30. Mary Anne and the Great Romance
31. Dawn's Wicked Stepsister
32. Kristy and the Secret of Susan
33. Claudia and the Great Search
34. Mary Anne and Too Many Boys
35. Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook
36. Jessi's Baby-sitter
37. Dawn and the Older Boy
38. Kristy's Mystery Admirer
39. Poor Mallory!
40. Claudia and the Middle School Mystery

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#21 Mallory and the Trouble With Twins

• The Pikes buy shoes at Antoinette's shoe tree.
• Jessi now dreams of being a professional ballet dancer.
• Logan attends a club meeting (a "surprise" according to Mimi).
• Mimi sometimes tries to teach Japanese to Claudia.
• Mallory says she's good at bargaining.
• Mary Anne says "pretty sexy" to Jessi (scandalous!).
• Mallory gets her braces.
• Mallory gets her hair cut "fluffy and short" by Amber.
• Jessi is tall for her age.
• Dawn is taller than Mary Anne and Mallory.
• Burger King is mentioned.

#22 Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter

• Claudia wears ponytail holders "cascasding down her hair."
• Lucy Newton is 8 months.
• Jessi, Mallory, and Jackie Rowdowsky get hamsters from the Mancusis.
• Dawn used to have a parakeet named Buzz who once flew into some mashed potatoes.
• The Mancusis have stupid names for their pets, including "Fluffernut" and "Pooh-Bear."
• Fights: The baby-sitters all fight over club positions.

#23 Dawn on the Coast

• Ghostwriter: Jan Carr
• "P-I-I-I-I-Z-Z-A-A!" Claudia on p. 17
• Dawn's not a strict vegetarian (she eats trout).
• Jeff has a friend named Luke.
• Sharon has curly hair.
• Dawn goes to California.
• On page 89, Sam is referred to as "Sam Brewer."

#24 Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise

• Dawn "won't even eat meat." (p. 24)
• Boo Boo brings in a mole.
• Carle Playground is near Claudia's house.
• Kristy says she made up her and Mary Anne's flashlight code. (p. 64)
• It's Stacey's first visit back to Stoneybrook since she moved back to New York.
• V-8? p. 82
• Claudia is a sound sleeper.
• Stacey also likes Cam Geary.
• Emily Michelle is adopted in this book.

#25 Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger

• Mary Anne hates being called "Miss"
• Jessi's male hamster is named Misty.
• The ransom note says to leave money at the big rock at Brenner Field.
• Brenner Field is near the Newton's backyard.
• Claudia thought Elvis was named Elbow Presley.
• A club meeting is cancelled to take down posters.
• Logan and Kerry look like their mother...is Cam Geary their real father?
• Fights: Mary Anne vs Logan

#26 Claudia and the Sad Good-bye

• Mimi moved to the U.S. when she was 32.
• Janine comes to a club meeting.
• First mention of Russ and Peaches
• There was a huge storm in Stoneybrook when the baby-sitters were in 1st grade.
• Nannie moves in with Kristy's family in this book.
• Claudia's Mimi collage is in Mimi's room.
• Mary Anne's basement isn't finished and Claudia's is.
• Mimi had not owned a car in years.

#27 Jessi and the Superbrat

• Ghostwriter: Jan Carr
• Jessi's full name: Jessica Davis Ramsey
• The Stoneybrook Civic Center puts on Swan Lake- Jessi is a swan maiden.

#28 Welcome Back, Stacey!

• Dawn eats "no meat." (p. 27)
• After announcing the divorce, Mrs. McGill says Stacey can take a day off school.
• Judy (the homeless woman) is still on the NYC streets.
• Dawn is very punctual.
• Mallory is wearing: a sequined sweat shirt, a short skirt, and pink leggings.
• Stacey moves into the house behind the Pikes, where the foreigners used to live.
• Stacey's house is from the 1800s.
• Stacey's father's apartment is on East 65th Street and is near Bloomingdale's. The McGill's old apartment was on the West Side.
• Annie was the first Broadway play that Stacey went to.
• Allison and Jean are Stacey's NY friends.
• The McGill's station wagon is in "poor condition."
• NY and Stoneybrook are about 2 hours apart.
• "What's left of Mimi" is mentioned on page 132. Eww!
• Fights: Mr. McGill vs Mrs. McGill

#29 Mallory and the Mystery Diary

• Buddy Barrett has a reading problem.
• When they're 9, the Pikes' bedtime is 10 pm.
• Mal wears a shirt that says "I *heart* KIDS"
• Mr. and Mrs. Pike "read some pretty junky magazines." (p. 90)
• Mary Anne eats like a bird.
• Buddy likes mysteries.
• Mallory seems to like the idea of Buddy being in love with her (page 96).

#30 Mary Anne and the Great Romance

• Crazy Sharon leaves a high heel in the vegetable drawer of the refrigetator.
• Mary Anne doesn't get cable.
• Mary Anne's father will only allow her to wear clear nail polish on a special occasion.
• Stacey has to check her urine.
• Dawn is "average height" and thin. (p. 19)
• Kristy has "never missed a meeting", according to p. 27. Liar.
• Carolyn Arnold has a MULLET.
• Mrs. Schafer turns 43 in this book.
• Mary Anne calls Sharon "sleazy", kind of. (p. 48)
• Charlie gets the Junk Bucket.
• Jeff mentions Carol.
• Charlie and Sam have a friend named Patrick.
• David Michael and Andrew play The Wandering Frog People in the dark.

#31 Dawn's Wicked Stepsister

• All of Mary Anne's grandparents are dead.
• Mallory goes home sick from a club meeting because of chicken pox. It's her second time getting them.
• Cam Geary is a TV star.
• Mrs. Schafer had gotten married 16 years ago.
• Sharon takes the Spier name.
• PIKE PLAGUE. EW.
• Dance: Mary Anne/Logan, Kristy/Bart, Stacey/?, Claudia/?
• Stacey's never broken a bone.
• Mr. and Mrs. Pike are tennis nuts.
• Fights: Dawn vs Mary Anne

#32 Kristy and the Secret of Susan

• Nannie attached a fake tail to the Pink Clinker.
• Charlie made a "Baby-sitter on Board" sign for his car.
• The Hobarts move into Mary Anne's old house.
• Claudia says Ben is kind of cute.
• Ben has red hair, glasses, and rides a skateboard- so cool! He is tall, so he looks like someone you don't want to mess with.
• Kristy can sew a little.
• Emily Michelle's room is just like the room Nancy decorates for her baby brother in Karen's Baby.
• The Pike kids used to be called The Spiders.
• Mallory has the hots for Ben.

#33 Claudia and the Great Search

• Janine gets a check for $250 with her award.
• Karen is now 7 and Andrew is 4.
• Mallory and Jessi's gum wrapper chain is still going.
• Mrs. Kishi is certified to teach elementary school in Connecticut.
• Timmy Hsu moves in.
• Emily Michelle was adopted from a local agency called Love Bundles, which only places Vietnamese children. Are Vietnamese children really that sought after in Stoneybrook?
• Mr. Kishi's name is John.
• Claudia wears knit pants (sweater pants?)

#34 Mary Anne and Too Many Boys

• Ghostwriter: Mary Lou Kennedy
• Dawn goes to California for 2 weeks.
• Dawn and Sharon look a lot alike.
• Mary Anne and Dawn don't like the same music.
• Dawn wears mascara.
• The pool complex in Stoneybrook contains an Olympic size pool, a wading pool, and a diving area.
• Mallory is getting a tan on p. 67.
• Mallory in a 2-piece suit- ew!
• Squirt is now a pretty steady walker.
• Jessi watches- and likes- baby shows.
• Squirt can talk and match, especially hamsters.
• Stacey likes: Pierre, Toby
• Toby dumps Stacey in this book.
• Mallory is a sound sleeper and talks in her sleep.
• Claudia goes to Vermont.
• Fights: Stacey vs Mary Anne

#35 Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook

• Ghostwriter: Ellen Miles
• Gary Rockman is now the hottest and most gorgeous star around. Sorry Cam and Max.
• Boonstie is Mr. McGill's baby name for Stacey.
• Stacey's old teddy bear is named Goobaw.
• Watson has a huge library.
• Stoneybrook is built on an ancient burial ground.
• Bruce Schermerhorn works at the library as a page.
• Stacey likes the color pink.
• Mrs. McGill still has no job.

#36 Jessi's Baby-sitter

• "Fresh" count: 3
• Cecelia's husband was named Steven. He died recently.
• Aunt Cecelia is from Queenstown, CT.
• David Michael doesn't like school.
• Mrs. McGill loves Vivaldi.
• Claudia doesn't like purple Neccos.
• Claudia uses "fresh" for cool.
• Jessi thinks volcanoes are gross.
• More Wandering Frog People.
• The Ramseys have a station wagon.
• Mal and Jessi are still gum-wrapper chaining.
• Jessi's mom has a job in advertising but Stacey's mom is probably still slacking.
• "A set of wheels is, like, totally necessary." -Charlie Thomas
• Shannon is going to Hawaii in the summer.

#37 Dawn and the Older Boy

• Ghostwriter: Mary Lou Kennedy
• Dawn and Sharon make their own breakfast cereal.
• Charlie gets a cavity filled.
• Mal and Ben go to the movies together.
• Dawn's house has an outhouse.
• It's legal to drive in CT at age 16, but most start later.
• On p. 43 it sounds like Ben is in 8th grade.
• The Hobarts are interested in drama.
• Dawn tries on orange lipstick.
• Dawn has pale skin.
• Travis is a friend of Sam and Charlie.
• Dawn comes from a wealthy family.
• Do the clients pick their own rates? It sounds like it.
• Boys are not allowed in the Schafer/Spier house.
• Dawn never eats ice cream.
• Dawn says she had to persuade her mother to get her ears pierced, but in Mallory and the Trouble With Twins, doesn't she decide on her own?
• Mary Anne is a bad liar.
• Sam is on the track team.
• Logan's cousin Lewis is 14, 5'10" and coming soon for Dawn's Big Date.
• Movie stars live near Mr. Schafer.
• Dawn says she has stage fright.

#38 Kristy's Mystery Admirer

• Bart has a little brother named Kyle.
• Bart has a band and plays any kind of guitar.
• Distant means supercool!
• Shannon is "interesting-looking" yet has had "millions" of boyfriends.
• Everyone the club wears a bra except Kristy, Mallory, and Jessi.
• Kristy has a papergirl.
• Halloween Hop: Mary Anne(witch)/Logan(Frankenstein), Kristy(lobster)/Bart(another lobster), Claudia/Woody Jefferson, Stacey/Kelsey Bauman, Mallory(clown)/Ben, Dawn(Alice in Wonderland), Jessi
• Cokie is the 'leader' of Grace Blume, Lisa, and Bebe.
• Buddy Barrett likes Shannon.
• Charlie and Sam help out at the refreshment stand again, but this time it was Mrs. Brewer who made the brownies, not Sam.
• The Brewers have a computer.
• Shannon plays hockey.
• Bart kisses Kristy on the cheek.

#39 Poor Mallory!

• "Dibble" count: 9, "Stale" count: 3
• Claudia called Stacey the Queen of Dibbleness. Similarily, Watson is the King of Cliches.
• Now Mal and Jessi are making a paper clip chain.
• Mrs. Prezzioso is pregnant.
• Mallory used to have a cat.
• The Delaney's neighbors are the Winslows.
• Mr. Pike was a corporate lawyer.
• Mallory gets teased by Nan White, Janet O'Neal, Valerie, and Rachel. Valerie and Rachel used to be friends with Mal and Jessi.
• Mrs. Pike likes computers.
• All the Pike kids get good grades.
• The Pike kids form The Pike Club!
• Mr. Pike gets a job at Metro Works.
• The baby-sitters have their first ever sleepover at Mallory's. Now they've had a sleepover at everyone's except Jessi's.
• There are some really good goof calls at the end of this book.

#40 Claudia and the Middle School Mystery

• Ghostwriter: Ellen Miles
• Claudia thinks Dawn has done everybody's job at least once in the BSC.
• Mr. Kishi is an investment banker.
• Tacos are one of Claudia's favorite foods.
• Shawna Riverson is a good student, a slob, gets leads in school plays, and is friends with Susan Taylor (who has a wild perm).
• Mary Anne and Dawn are in the same homeroom, along with Shawna.
• Dawn and Shawna have lockers next to each other.
• Jessi can speak Op Talk!
• Claudia has lucky earrings.

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