Part of The Baby-Sitters Club, book 28
First published 1997
Stacey McGill watches her parents argue more and more. The fights have become constant. Then comes news that changes everything: her mom and dad are divorcing. Stacey feels sad and furious at the same time. Now she must make an impossible choice. She can stay in New York City with her father, keeping her best friend Laine and all her favorite stores close by. Or she can move to Stoneybrook with her mother. Stoneybrook means leaving behind everything she loves about city life. But it also means returning to her old friends and rejoining the Baby-sitters Club. Stacey weighs what matters most as her family splits apart. The decision will shape her future in ways she cannot predict.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, young-adult, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: New York City, Stoneybrook
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
144 pages · Paperback · Scholastic Paperbacks