Karen's Prize is the eleventh book of the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen loves to spell words. She is very good at it, too. First she wins the spelling bee in her class. Then Karen wins another spelling contest. And another...and another! Soon Karen might be the best junior speller in the state of Connecticut. She's even going to be on TV!
Karen thinks that is so great. But her friends don't. They think Karen is a show-off!
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
- Little House - Seth Engle, Lisa Engle
Kids
- Hannie Papadakis
- Nancy Dawes
- Ricky Torres
- Jannie Gilbert
- Leslie Morris
- Pamela Harding
- Stoneybrook Junior Spelling Bee kids - Lindsay, Paula, Mark
- Fairfield County Spelling Bee kids - Martin, McKenzie
- State spelling bee kids - Melissa, Stanley, Michelle
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mrs. Dawes
- Mr. Monroe - moderator of the Stoneybrook Junior Spelling Bee
- Ms. Matthews - moderator of the Fairfield County Spelling Bee
- Mr. Gregory - moderator of the state spelling bee
Places in this book[]
- Big House
- Little House
- Tall Tales Bookstore (mentioned)
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Stoneybrook High School auditorium for the Stoneybrook Junior Spelling Bee
- Stamford Assembly Hall for the Fairfield County Spelling Bee
- TV studio in Hartford, CT for the Junior State Spelling Bee
Trivia and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- Karen recalls how Pamela acted at her slumber party on page 5.
- David Michael is still calling Karen professor which started in Karen's School Picture.
Inconsistencies
- On the cover Karen is wearing her blue glasses which is supposed to be her reading glasses. Her pink ones are her regular use glasses.
- On page 19, Karen is standing next to Hannie when the text says Nancy was the final two.
Trivia[]
- This is the only book where eighth graders are mentioned to be part of Stoneybrook Academy on page 55 and 56.
- This is one of the few books that mentions that Stoneybrook is in Fairfield County, a real county in Connecticut.
- A reprint was released on December 6, 2022 [1].
- This is the first ghostwritten book in the little sister series.
- Pop culture and real life references includes: The Wizard of Oz, The Phantom Tollbooth,
- Karen spells some words from Kristy's English book.
- If Karen is told by Charlie to chill out then she listens to him.
- Pamela gets dressed up all the time.
- The cover is described in chapter 6.
- Karen's prizes include:
- A copy of "The Phantom Tollbooth" for the class spelling bee.
- A gift certificate for the Tall Tales Bookstore for the Stoneybrook Academy School spelling bee.
- A one hundred dollar savings bond for winning the Stoneybrook junior spelling bee.
- A one hundred dollar savings bond for the Fairfield County Spelling Bee
- Seth says that Karen has been to Stoneybrook High School before.
- Hannie and Nancy play spill and spell with Leslie and Jannie once Karen started bragging too much.
- Melissa, who won the state bee, is from New Haven Connecticut which is a real county in the state. She won with the word convertible.
- The state spelling bee winner got a two hundred and fifty dollar check and a certificate signed by the governor and went onto the national contest in Washington D.C.
- As runner up, Karen got a certificate signed by the governor.
- Kristy is seen wearing a dress in an illustration.
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