Karen's Hurricane is the 113th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
A hurricane is forming in the Atlantic Ocean, and its name is Hurricane Karen! At first Karen thinks it is fun that a famous storm has her name. With her class at school, she tracks its path and learns all about hurricanes. Then the kids hear that Hurricane Karen is heading their way. Karen wishes her storm would not get quite so close!
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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, Ian Johnson, Sara Ford, Jannie Gilbert, Pamela Harding, Ricky Torres, Natalie Springer, Addie Sidney, Omar Harris
- Ezra - Andrew's friend (mentioned)
Teenagers
- Kristy Thomas
- Mary Anne Spier (mentioned)
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Merry Perkins
- Mrs. Titus
- Ken Handy - TV reporter
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Supermarket
Trivia[]
- The real Hurricane Karen hit Nova Scotia in October of 2001.
- Hannie's dad showed her how to whistle with an acorn cap.
- This is the first time a big oak tree is mentioned to be in Stoneybrook Academy's playground.
- Stoneybrook Academy starts an annual fix it up day, which happens just before the hurricane hits.
- Pamela refuses to wash the windows.
- Karen goes over who her family and friends are in chapter 3.
- Stoneybrook Academy goes up to the sixth grade in this book.
- Ricky takes attendance in chapter 5.
- Lisa only goes 55 miles per hour on the highway.
- Lisa and Seth have a rule of not watching TV too early in the morning.
- Karen saw Omar, Addie, and a cafeteria worker at the supermarket.
- Pamela's mom's family is in Pennsylvania.
- Mrs. Titus hardly ever uses the loudspeaker.
- Rocky and Midgie hid under Lisa and Seth's bed the entirety of the hurricane.
- Seth was on the news talking to a news reporter.
- Stoneybrook Academy took a lot of damage from the hurricane.
- Kristy writes an article for her school paper.
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