Karen's Haunted House is the 90th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen's class gets to help decorate a haunted house for Halloween! It is lots of fun making things look scary. But then Karen and her friends start hearing spooky noises. And someone is playing tricks, too.
Who — or what — is haunting Karen's haunted house?
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
Kids
- Ms. Colman's Class: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Ricky Torres, Natalie Springer, Terri Barkan, Tammy Barkan, Sara Ford, Bobby Gianelli, Pamela Harding, Jannie Gilbert, Audrey Green, Omar Harris, Chris Lamar, Hank Reubens, Leslie Morris, Addie Sidney,
- Druscilla Porter
- Jane Simmons
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Tabitha Porter (Morbidda Destiny)
- Mrs. Papadakis
- Mr. Reubens (mentioned)
- Mrs. Harding (mentioned)
- Mrs. Gianelli (mentioned)
- Mrs. Dawes (mentioned)
- Sam's teacher in charge of their room
Places in this book[]
- Big House
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Empty House
- Pembroke's Party Store
- Mrs. Porter's House
- Stoneybrook High School (mentioned)
- Stoneybrook Day School (mentioned)
- Papadakis front lawn.
Trivia[]
- Both Karen and Druscilla went as Cinderella for Halloween, Nancy as a pumpkin, Hannie as a butterfly, Andrew as a dinosaur, and Kristy as the bride of Frankenstein.
- Pop culture and real life references: Disney's Cinderella and Ghostbusters
- Continuity includes: Karen still thinks Druscilla is a witch in training since their conversation in Karen's Little Witch.
- Inconsistencies includes: Druscilla's last name is Peterson when she's introduced as Druscilla Porter, Karen dresses up as Disney's Cinderella because they have same hair; the Disney Cinderella is actually a strawberry blond, on page 112 the illustration has Andrew with them even though he went home earlier with Kristy.
- This is the first time we see Sam and Charlie fight.
- It's unclear who put the bucket of ashes above the door to Ms. Colman's room.
- Mrs. Porter starts a save the bats campaign and Watson buys two bat houses.
- Karen's Cinderella dress is one of Elizabeth's old dresses, tailored to fit her.
- Kristy knows how to do fancy hairdos for Karen.
- Hannie and Karen's mom makes them save their candy and Nancy can eat it all at once if she wanted.