Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 72
First published 1994
Dawn has found her perfect babysitting setup in California. The We Love Kids Club runs exactly how she likes it. The members hold relaxed meetings, munch on nutritious food, and skip the paperwork. Everything changes when a local newspaper and TV station feature the club. Suddenly the We Love Kids Club becomes a local sensation. Fame transforms their easygoing operation into a chaotic mess. Clients flood in faster than Dawn and her friends can handle. The workload overwhelms their casual approach. Then Dawn's father delivers shocking news that makes everything worse. She had believed that returning to California would solve her problems. The move was supposed to give her a fresh start and the kind of life she wanted. Now nothing feels right anymore. The club she loved has become stressful. Her family situation has taken an unexpected turn. Dawn faces the reality that success can create its own complications and that even good changes can bring unwanted consequences.
Genres: fiction, family-life, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unexpected-consequences
Setting: California
Period: 21st-century
135 pages · Paperback · Scholastic Inc.