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Karen decides it's time to change her appearance but after a disastrous trip to the beauty parlor she wishes she could have her old look back.

When baby-sitting at Shannon Kilbourne's house, Kristy must manage to stop the "war" between Shannon and her sisters, Tiffany and Maria. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor Book), Belle Teal, Here Today, A Dog's Life, On Christmas Eve, and the...

Karen believes the next door neighbor and her granddaughter are witches out to do her in.

Flora worries about her first Thanksgiving without her parents, while Ruby worries about getting a part in the school musical, and their new friends, Olivia and Nikki, are adjusting to big changes in their families.

Having a new baby in the family is hard for Karen to get used to, but when the baby gets sick, Karen finds out that being a big sister is fun.

Wendy struggles to adjust to life with her occasionally irritating younger sister.

Claudia begins to think she might be adopted when she notices there are hardly any baby pictures of herself in the family photo album and she can't find her birth certificate or birth announcement in the newspaper.

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! The jinxKaren plays on the Krushers softball team. And one day when the Krushers are in a gam, Karen hits a home run! So she starts calling herself Home Run Karen. But that jinxes Karen, and she can't hit at all. She even strikes out. How can Karen march with the Krushers in the big parade when she's nothing but a strikeout queen?...

Karen has three older brothers, and sometimes they are a pain. Karen is so mad she decides not to talk to any boy. And maybe then Karen's brothers will stop treating her like a girl!