Karen's Kite is the 47th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Ms. Colman's class is making kites for their kite-flying contest. Whoever's kite stays up the longest gets a prize. Karen hopes she'll win with her beautiful flying fish kite.
But then Karen gets in a big fight with Natalie. And everyone is on Natalie's side. Can Karen make up with her friends and win the contest?
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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, Addie Sidney, Pamela Harding, Jannie Gilbert, Leslie Morris, Terri Barkan. Tammy Barkan, Bobby Gianelli, Hank Reubens, Audrey Green
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. Reubens
- Mrs. Sidney (mentioned)
- Mr. Harding (mentioned)
- Bobby's grandmother (mentioned)
- Mr. King - airport supervisor
- Ms. Lewis - pilot (mentioned)
- Mr. Mackey - art teacher
- Mrs. Moody - owner of Mrs. Moody's Kite Store
- Mr. Springer
- Mrs. Springer
- Mr. Torres
- Natalie's grandfather (mentioned)
- Natalie's grandmother (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Little House
- Unnamed airport
- Mrs. Moody's Kite Store
Trivia[]
- Continuity:Natalie gets queasy on the bus which also happened in Karen's School Trip.
- Inconsistencies: Terri's name is misspelled as Terry in this book on page 26.
- Pop culture and real life references: The Little Mermaid, Dragonwings by Laurence Yep,
- Room parents in this book include: Bobby's grandmother, Mr. Harding, Mr. Torres, and Mrs. Sidney.
- An airport is only a half hour away from Stoneybrook, but it's not the same one that Karen went to in Karen's Plane Trip.
- The kids in Ms. Colman's class have a sleepover at the school.
- Natalie and Bobby's kites were the first to go down.
- Karen uses her half of the gift certificate to get Andrew a kite of his own.
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