Karen's Softball Mystery is the 74th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen loves playing on her big sister's softball team, Kristy's Krushers. But then Karen sees strange things going on at practices. Softball gloves and bats are disappearing. Pages are missing from Kristy's notebook. Who is doing this? And why? Karen and her friends are going to try to find out. Can they save Kristy's Krushers?
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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: Nancy Dawes, Hannie Papadakis, Natalie Springer, Ricky Torres, Addie Sidney, Pamela Harding, Jannie Gilbert, Leslie Morris, Bobby Gianelli, Terri Barkan, Tammy Barkan, Audrey Green. Hank Reubens, Omar Harris, Chris Lamar
- Kristy's Krushers: Nicky Pike, Matt Braddock, Jackie Rodowsky, Jake Kuhn
- Cheerleaders: Haley Braddock, Charlotte Johanssen, Vanessa Pike
- Julian Spencer - new player on the Krushers
- Marty Benson - new player on the Krushers
- Alice Darvin - new player on the Krushers
- Paul Johnson - new player on the Krushers
- Margaret - new player on the Krushers
- Allen - new player on the Krushers
Pre-teens
Teenagers
- Kristy Thomas
- Bart Taylor
- Jack Darvin
- Abby Stevenson
Adults
- Mrs. Hoffman
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. Albert Benson
- Mr. Berger
- Caroline Kuhn (mentioned)
- Mrs. Dawes
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Stoneybrook Elementary School - playground
Trivia[]
- Continuity: Karen mentions that she made a baby blanket for Ms. Colman's daughter, she originally made it in Karen's Big Sister.
- Inconsistencies: On page 24 Karen narrates that Bart and Kristy are in the same grade at the same school. Bart goes to Stoneybrook Day School and Kristy goes to Stoneybrook Middle School.
- Pop culture and real life references: Elmer's Glue.
- All of the new players on Kristy's Krushers are only seen in this book.
- David Michael has been having trouble in school, which gets resolved in Karen's Big Fight.
- Karen loves hectic days.
- Mrs. Hoffman leaves her temporary position and Ms. Colman comes back to her job.
- Addie takes attendance in chapter 4.
- On page 15 Karen narrates that Bobby is nice most of the time.
- Ian Johnson and Sara Ford are the missing students when Addie takes attendance on page 16.
- Karen's new outfit is green jumper, with a yellow t-shirt underneath, yellow socks, and a yellow ribbon in her hair.
- Grandma Packet just gave Karen a new tea set.
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