When armed thugs crash into the house and take them away to a cabin in the woods, babysitter Amy realizes she and little Kendra have become pawns in a dangerous ransom plot and so must find a way for the two of them to escape safely before their captors make their next move.

A discarded chain letter augers a series of bad events for Mary Anne, who is plagued by bad luck and a threatening note demanding a midnight meeting on Old Man Sutcliff's grave.

When Stacey's friend from New York arrives, she can't believe Stacey is still into baby-sitting and sleepover parties. Stacey wonders if her friend is growing up faster than she is.

Kristy gets notes from a secret admirer. When the letters begin to get weird and creepy, the Baby-sitters decide to find out just what is going on.

As a new member of the Baby-sitters Club, Dawn tries to win the acceptance of the club's president by tackling a tough babysitting job.

One of the Baby-sitters discovers an old diary in an antique trunk in Stacey's attic. The diary belonged to a girl who lived in Stacey's house in the 1890s and says there may be ghosts in the house.

Mary Anne loves sitting for the Lowells, but when Claudia meets the family, Mrs. Lowell will barely look her in the eye and the kids are rude. The BSC will not rest until they find out what Claudia did and why the Lowells acted the way they did.

Stacey's friends are crushed when they hear that she is moving back to New York. How will the Baby-sitters Club cope without her?

Mary Anne gets a new haircut, some new clothes, and a little makeup. Now she can't wait for the Baby-sitters to see her. But the Baby-sitters can't believe what she has done, and that makes Mary Anne mad.

The Mancusis have a lot of pets and they are desperate for a sitter. So Jessi decides to try the job.