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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.

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.

Karen develops a crush on Bart Taylor, her new babysitter. When Bart invites her to his house to watch a video, Karen wonders if it is a date.

Stacey, a member of the Baby-sitters Club, learns to cope with her diabetes and her overprotective parents.

Eleven-year-old Mallory is excited when it looks like she may be invited to join the Baby-sitters Club, but the baby-sitters have to learn some lessons in fairness first.

"Claudia has a sad goodbye to make. Her grandmother, Mimi, has just died. Claudia understands that Mimi was sick for a long time, but she's still mad at her grandmother for leaving her. Who will help Claudia with her homework . . . and share "special tea" with her? To keep from thinking about Mimi, Claudia spends all her free time painting and baby-sitting. She's even teaching an art class for some of the kids in the neighborhood. Claudia knows...

Dawn loves her life and stepfamily in Stoneybrook, but she misses her dad and brother in California. So she makes a decision--she's going to move back to California for six months, but will she really return to Stoneybrook?

Amelia Bedelia follows to the letter the list of instructions for looking after the Lanes' baby.

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

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?