Karen's Unicorn is the 89th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen loves unicorns. When she sees a poster for a circus with a "real live unicorn," she is gigundoly excited. Karen believes that unicorns can grant wishes. That is good, because Karen has some very important wishes to make.
No one else in Ms. Colman's class believes that the circus unicorn is real. But Karen does. Will her wishes come true?
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
- Ms. Colman's Class: Nancy Dawes, Hannie Papadakis, Omar Harris, Sara Ford, Pamela Harding, Barkan Twins, Bobby Gianelli, Jannie Gilbert, Natalie Springer, Ian Johnson,
- Alicia Gianelli (mentioned)
- Willie Barnes (mentioned)
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mr. and Mrs. Dawes (mentioned)
- Mr. Papdakis (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Circus DeMarco
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- Karen says that she taught Andrew to read, which happened in Karen, Hannie, and Nancy:The Three Musketeers.
- Seth and Lisa don't like Karen and Andrew watching a lot of TV, this was first mentioned in Karen's Toys.
- Karen mentions circus camp from Karen's Big Top.
- Karen recalls her telephone problems from Karen's Telephone Trouble on page 53.
- On page 73 Karen recalls staying at a sleep away pony camp from Karen's Pony Camp.
Trivia[]
- Ricky, Hannie, Bobby, and Nancy all had their parents tell them that unicorns weren't real, while Karen still believed.
- Andrew learns how to ride a two wheeler bike in this book. This is briefly mentioned in Kristy + Bart = ?.
- Pop culture and real life references: Sally Ride, the astronaut.
- Karen still has her old bike at the little house even though she got a new one.
- Seth's rent went up in downtown Stoneybrook.
- In chapter 4, Terri Barken takes attendance and then Natalie in chapter 5.
- Bobby sits in a row behind Karen.
- Hannie was field trip partners with Natalie in this book.
- The circus was set up at the old fairgrounds.
- The unicorn shares its name with Andrew's pet hermit crab.
- Ryebrook is about a forty-five minute drive from Stoneybrook.
- Linny has taught Hannie stuff before.