Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 18
First published 1996
Stacey McGill bubbles with anticipation as she plans the perfect New York City weekend for her Baby-sitters Club friends. She maps out every detail: a Friday night party and sleepover, a major babysitting job on Saturday, and Sunday sightseeing across the city. But her careful plans crumble from the moment her friends arrive. Mary Anne rattles off tourist facts like a mechanical guidebook. Dawn jumps at every city sound and shadow. Kristy fires off opinions without pause. Claudia bristles with jealousy over Stacey's New York friends. The weekend that was supposed to bring everyone closer instead drives them apart. Stacey watches her two worlds collide with painful results. She faces an impossible choice between her sophisticated city life and her Connecticut friends. The question haunts her: can she belong to both worlds, or must she choose just one?
Genres: american-fiction, friendship, contemporary, adolescence, young-adult, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: New York City, Connecticut
Period: Contemporary
145 pages · Paperback · Apple