Karen's Grandad is the 70th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen is happy that Granny and Grandad are living at the little house. But Grandad has not been feeling well. He cannot leave the house. Karen feels sad about Grandad, so she cheers him up. She reads books with him as he rests.
Then Grandad gets really sick. Karen is worried. She loves Grandad so much.
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 - Seth Engle, Lisa Engle
Kids
- Ms. Colman's Class: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Natalie Springer, Ricky Torres, Pamela Harding, Jannie Gilbert, Leslie Morris, Addie Sidney, Bobby Gianelli, Barkan Twins, Audrey Green, Hank Reubens, Ian Johnson, Omar Harris, Chris Lamar, Sara Ford
- Alicia Gianelli (mentioned)
- Liddie Yuan (mentioned)
Adults
- Granny Engle
- Grandad Engle
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. Harris
- Mr. Berger (mentioned)
- Mr. Ford
Places in this book[]
- Big House
- Little House
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Stoneybrook General Hospital
- Stoneybrook Manor (mentioned)
- Unnamed airport
- Unnamed funeral parlor
- Stoneybrook Cemetery
- Noah's Ark Pet Store
- Uncle Ed's
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- On page 40 Karen recalls all the times she went to the hospital to visit someone, these include visits from: Karen's Roller Skates, Karen's Doll, and Karen's Ice Skates.
- Karen mentions Nannie living in an apartment complex from Kristy and Mr. Mom
Inconsistencies
Trivia[]
- Bobby went to school a little cranky because his sister was sick the other night.
- Books mentioned: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, NoGood, Very Bad Day; the Velveteen Rabbit, The Rabbits' Wedding, My Grandson Lew, Everett Anderson's Goodbye, I Hate English
- Karen tells her granddad everything about going on at school.
- Ms. Colman's class gets another guinea pig.
- Karen decides to go to school even though Lisa told her she could stay home after Granddad died.
- Kristy baby-sits Andrew because he didn't want to go to the funeral.
- In Ms. Colman's class Sara, Omar, Audrey, and Karen had permission to get a guinea pig.
- Liddie Yuan won a guinea pig from the lottery.
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