Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 26
First published 1997
Claudia Kishi faces the hardest moment of her young life when her grandmother Mimi dies. The two shared a special bond that helped Claudia through difficult times at home and school. Now Mimi is gone, and Claudia feels lost without her steady presence and gentle wisdom. The funeral brings relatives and flowers, but nothing fills the emptiness Mimi left behind. Claudia struggles to focus on her art, her babysitting jobs, and even conversations with her family. Her parents and sister Janine try to help, but they process grief differently than Claudia does. Fortunately, Claudia has her friends in the Baby-sitters Club who understand her pain. They listen when she needs to talk and give her space when she needs quiet. Through their support and her own memories of Mimi, Claudia begins to find ways to honor her grandmother while learning to live with loss.
Genres: fiction, family-life, grief, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, grief
147 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Scholastic Inc.
Content warnings: death