Word: stoneybrook
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...those not intimately familiar with the series, the books follow seven girls, members of the namesake Club, living in Stoneybrook, Conn. The girls are perpetually 13 or 11, bright, “responsible” and blessed with extraordinary time-management skills. They alternate as narrators, each with a distinct voice and backstory. Their club meets in the opening chapters and spring-boards each plot, as babysitting dates are made and followed through in subsequent chapters. Around the central members, a huge, busy network of families, teachers and innumerable baby-sittees orbit, forming a long, evolving story kept up with...
...Jean Feiwell, editor in chief at Scholastic Inc., which publishes juvenile books. She noticed that tales with the word baby-sitter in the title sold well to young girls eager for that first taste of grownup responsibility. The club members -- now totaling seven -- and their experiences in fictional Stoneybrook, Conn., were created by Ann M. Martin, a former schoolteacher and children's book editor. Scribbling on yellow pads from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, the 36-year-old author, who lives in Manhattan with her cats Mouse and Rosie, turns out a 150-page Baby-Sitter book...
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