Karen's Half Birthday is the 78th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen is the youngest in her class. Everyone teases her and calls her a baby. But soon Karen is going to turn seven and a half. She decides to throw herself a half birthday party.
Karen's friends think the party is a big pain. They do not like getting half-filled goody bags or playing games halfway. They think Karen is bossy. Now what is Karen going to do?
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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: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Bobby Gianelli, Ricky Torres, Addie Sidney, Pamela Harding, Jannie Gilbert, Omar Harris, Leslie Morris, Barkan Twins, Natalie Springer, Hank Reubens
- Jackie Barton
- Meghan Barton
- Alicia Gianelli
- David Michael Thomas
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. Mackey - art teacher
- Mrs. Papadakis (mentioned)
- Mrs. Dawes
- Mr. Gianelli (mentioned)
- Mr. and Mrs. Barnes (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
Trivia[]
- Continuity: On page 7 Karen recalls when she and the kids in her neighborhood built a treehouse from Karen's New Puppy. On page 29, Karen mentions the toy sale from Karen's Softball Mystery.
- Pop culture and real life references: Batman
- Halloween is mentioned to be close in this book, it's likely that Karen's birthday is somewhere in April. In Karen's Book, this is consistent with her being born in spring.
- Some Halloween costumes include: Nancy went as Little Red Riding Hood, Hannie has a leopard, Karen and Andrew as a dinosaur, and David Michael as Batman.
- There's a new TV show called Friends and Company that everyone watches.
- Some kids in Karen's class is already eight years old.
- Karen and her friends are allowed going trick-or-treating by themselves.
- It's unclear who is on the cover besides Karen.
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