Karen's School Mystery is the 57th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen and Addie are elected to the safety patrol. Karen is so proud to wear her badge and help keep the halls safe. But uh-oh. Things are being stolen all over school.
Can Karen and Addie catch the thieves?
Summary[]
Characters in this book[]
Karen's Family
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- Little House - Seth Engle, Lisa Engle
Kids
- Ms. Colman's Class: Nancy Dawes, Hannie Papadakis, Natalie Springer, Ricky Torres, Pamela Harding, Jannie Gilbert, Leslie Morris, Addie Sidney, Terri Barkan, Tammy Barkan, Audrey Green, Chris Lamar, Vicky Anders, Bobby Gianelli
- Colleen - student in Mr. Berger's class
- Carter Lewis - student in Mr. Berger's class
- Linny Papadakis
- Shawn Volk - kindergartner
- Becky - kindergartner
- Fred - kindergartner
- Emily Michelle Brewer
- Liddie Yuan - student in Mr. Berger's class
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. Berger
- Mrs. Noonan
- Mrs. Sidney
- Mrs. Titus
- Watson Brewer
- Nannie
- Hair Fair workers: Caitlin, Emilia,
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Stoneybrook Academy
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- Karen mentions that she was a co-flower girl at Ms. Colman's wedding from Karen's Wedding on page 3.
- The disastrous haircut from Gloriana's House of Hair is mentioned on page 8.
- On page 41, Karen mentioned the time she cheated in math from Karen's Big Lie.
Inconsistencies
- There's only 18 kids in Karen's class, however, there's a student named Vicky Anders in the class when she is not in any other book.
Trivia[]
- This is the only book in the series where Vicky Anders is a student in Ms. Colman's class.
- The working title for this book was Karen's Badge and Karen's Crooks[1].
- Pop culture and real life references: Troll dolls, Walkman,
- Karen says that she and Bobby are sort of friends now.
- Nancy gets her hair cut in this book to a page boy hair style. She also picked out her own shoes.
- Jannie and Chris were the previous students on the red brigade.
- Stolen items include: Liddie Yuan had a quarter stolen, Bobby's candy bar, Nancy's ring, Tammy's troll doll, Pamela's dollar
- Stoneybrook Academy's standardized testing is called the 2AT for the second grade.
- Both girls are punished in Chapter 19. Karen is not allowed to watch television for a week, and Addie is grounded in her room all weekend.
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