Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 53
First published 1992
Kristy Thomas looks around Stoneybrook Middle School and sees problems everywhere. The cafeteria serves lunches that resemble pet food. Her class gets stuck performing Mary Poppins instead of something more mature. The eighth grade needs better leadership, and Kristy knows she can provide it. She decides to run for class president, convinced her organizational skills and fresh ideas will win over voters. But Kristy already juggles coaching softball, maintaining her grades, babysitting clients, and running the Baby-sitters Club. Adding a political campaign to this schedule pushes her to the breaking point. As election day approaches, Kristy must figure out whether she can handle everything on her plate or if something has to give. Her friends in the BSC watch nervously as their leader takes on more than anyone should reasonably attempt.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, adolescence
Vibes: emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
Setting: Stoneybrook
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
153 pages · Paperback · Apple