Karen's Fishing Trip is the 98th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen and her big-house family are going to Shadow Lake – and Nancy and Hannie are coming too! There is so much for the Three Musketeers to do. They can tell stories around the fireplace, play in their secret playhouse, and practice for the big fishing contest.
Now, if Karen could just catch that Shadow Lake Monster...
Summary[]
Characters in this book[]
Karen's Family
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- Big House - Watson Brewer, Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer, Charlie Thomas, Sam Thomas, Kristy Thomas, David Michael Thomas, Emily Michelle Brewer, Nannie
- Little House - Lisa Engle, Seth Engle
Kids
- Three Musketeers: Nancy Dawes, Hannie Papadakis
- Scott and Timmy Hsu (mentioned)
- Keegan Ross
- Linny and Sari Papadakis
- Daniel Dawes
Teenagers
Adults
- Mrs. and Mr. Papadakis
- Mr. and Mrs. Dawes
- Mitch Conway
- Mrs. Ross (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
- Big House
- Shadow Lake
- Auto parts store (mentioned)
- Five Happiness restaurant (mentioned)
- Adventure Land (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Continuity: On page 11, Karen mentions that Sam has a job running a paper route which started in Karen's Paper Route. On page 21 Hannie mentions enjoying Shadow Lake the last time she went, this happened in Karen, Hannie, and Nancy: The Three Musketeers.
- Inconsistencies:
- Pop culture and real life references: Sleeping Beauty,
- This is the only book between the Baby-Sitters Little Sister and The Baby-Sitters Club series that focuses on Father's Day. However, the holiday is mentioned in Stacey's Lie, Karen's Stepmother, and Karen's Ducklings.
- This book starts on the first day of summer break.
- Both Sam and Charlie are looking for new summer jobs.
- If Karen was stuck on a desert island with any three kids from her class, she picked Hannie and Nancy along with Sara Ford. Hannie picked Audrey Green along with her friends. Nancy picked her friends and Omar Harris.
- This is the first time Karen sees Keegan since Karen's Ski Trip.
- Emily Michelle caught a small fish and Nancy caught one big enough to eat. Everyone eventually catches something whether its big enough or not.
- Kristy makes Watson a father's day card.
- Mary Anne and Kristy start a business selling earrings with fishing lures.
- Mr. Dawes and Mrs. Papadakis are in charge of a boat when they rent three.