Karen's Mystery is the third book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister Super Special series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen loves solving mysteries. She even starts her own detective agency with her best friends, Nancy and Hannie. As head detective, Karen knows how to use a special Decod-R ring and how to dust for fingerprints. Being a detective is gigundo fun.
But now Karen's pet rat, Emily Junior, is missing! Can Karen solve her toughest case yet?
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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: Lisa Engle, Seth Engle
Kids
- Three Musketeers: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes
- Linny Papadakis
- Natalie Springer
Adults
- Ms. Colman (mentioned)
- Mrs. and Mr. Papadakis
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Big House
- Stoneybrook Academy
Trivia[]
- On the dedication page it says: "For the Stoeckleins - Alex, Rick, Pierson, Hill, and Aristia."
- Pop culture and real life references: Bobbsey Twins, Encyclopedia Brown, Beatrix Potter books, Charlotte's Web,
- Continuity: On page 96, Karen recalls when Hannie and Scott Hsu got pretend married on page 96, this happened in Karen's Haircut.
- Pages 101-125 contain detective and spy-related activities and games.
- Parts of this story is mentioned in Snowbound.
- Karen's favorite month is December.
- Seth and Lisa go on a ski trip in December leaving Karen and Andrew with Watson for two weeks.
- Karen plans on giving Emily Junior a birthday this coming year.
- Boo-Boo has a habit of killing birds and bringing them inside.
- Elizabeth and Nannie do not like rats.
- Karen says that she trained Emily Junior for the rat circus.
- This is the first mention of a laundry chute in the mansion.
- Natalie mentions a brother in this book, in later books in the series she is an only child.
- David Michael bough Emily Junior a Christmas present.
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