Karen's Figure Eight is the 118th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen is the best student in her ice-skating class. And Karen's new friend, the best skater in Stoneybrook, thinks Karen could grow up to be just like her. But it will take a lot of practice. Right now, Karen is practicing for an ice show – and she is sick of it. Does she really have what it takes to be a skating star?
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Characters in this book[]
Karen's Family
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- Little House - Seth Engle, Lisa Engle
Kids
- Ms. Colman's Class: Ian Johnson, Nancy Dawes, Hannie Papadakis, Natalie Springer, Ricky Torres, Chris Lamar, Bobby Gianelli
- Alyse and Kelly - students taking ice skating lessons
Teenagers
Adults
- Granny Engle (mentioned)
- Ian's grandmother (mentioned)
- Mrs. Harris - ice skating teacher
- Jeremy Brown - ice skating coach
- Ms. Colman
- Nannie (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Stoneybrook Ice Arena
- Swinging Monkey's Gym (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Pop culture and real life references: the music from Swan Lake.
- Inconsistencies: Karen already knows how to pair skate and do a figure eight in Karen's Ski Trip, yet she's learning them in this book for the first time.
- Nancy takes dances classes on Wednesday and Hannie has piano lessons on Fridays.
- Caroline Jones is a competitor at the ice skating competition and ended up winning.
- Roman Legedza is a friend of Jillian Earhart and won the gold medal at the last Olympics.
- This is the first time Karen spends a lot of time with Ian Johnson.
- Jillian teaches Karen how to do the waltz jump.
- In chapter 9, Karen's class is making Presidents Day crafts.
- Caroline Jones won at the competition in Lawrenceville against Jillian, who came in fifth.
- Ian's favorite color might be blue.
- Natalie, Hannie, and Nancy saw a movie called The Secrets of the Unicorns.
- Ian is just a good of a skater as Karen.
- Valentine's Day is celebrated in chapter 18.
- Everyone in Ms. Colman's class came to see Karen and Ian skate.
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