Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 87
First published 1995
Stacey McGill walks away from the Baby-sitters Club, ready for something different. Her new crowd seems exciting at first, but she soon discovers what her fresh friendships really cost. These girls want her around for one reason: she makes perfect camouflage for their risky behavior. While Stacey watches, they steal from stores and drink alcohol, treating their illegal activities like just another way to spend summer vacation. She finds herself trapped between the safety of her old life and the dangerous appeal of fitting in with girls who see her as nothing more than a useful facade. Stacey must decide whether belonging to this group is worth compromising everything she believed about herself. The thirteenth Baby-sitters Club book puts Stacey at the center of choices that will define not just her summer, but her sense of who she wants to become.
Genres: fiction, family-life, friendship, contemporary, adolescence, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
139 pages · Paperback · Scholastic Paperbacks