Mary Anne and the Haunted Bookstore is the 34th book in The Baby-Sitters Club Mystery series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Mary Anne just got a job in a mystery bookstore! Unfortunately, the mysteries in the books aren't the only ones there. A throbbing heartbeat sounds throughout the building. A black cat is walled up in a room. The word nevermore comes to light on a shelf. A screeching raven appears out of nowhere.
Mary Anne loves reading spooky stories. But can she handle living in one?
Summary[]
Characters in this book[]
Mary Anne's Family
BSC Members
Kids
- Tom
- Gillian
- Charlotte Johanssen
- Pike Triplets
- Vanessa Pike
- Margo Pike
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- David Michael Thomas
- Becca Ramsey
- Arnold Twins
- Jackie Rodowsky
Teenagers
- Alex Gable - his father sold the Benson Dalton House
- Alan Gray
Adults
- Larry Cates
- Cillia Spark
- Ramona Kingsolver - English professor at Stoneybrook University
- Mr. Gable - man who sold the house
- Dee Pike
- Lisa Engle
- Andy - Construction worker
- Ms. Belcher - SMS teacher
- Kim Simon - Stoneybrook News writer
- Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer
- Watson Brewer
Places in this book[]
- Mary Anne and Dawn's House
- Benson Dalton Gable House turned into Poe and Co.
- Kishi House
- Unnamed Movie Theater
- Pizza Express
- Brewer/Thomas House
- Unnamed pet store
Pop Culture and Real-Life References[]
- Edgar Allan Poe and his stories
- The Westing Game, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, View from the Cherry Tree (books)
- Star Wars
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- On page 29 Mary Anne mentions that Stacey once modeled which happened in Stacey and the Fashion Victim
Inconsistencies
- Mary Anne says that Richard is an attorney when he's a partner in a law firm.
Trivia[]
- The Author's note at the end of the book states, "Although Edgar Allan Poe was a real person, Benson Dalton Gable and his dealings with Poe are fictional."
- A professor from Stoneybrook University said that Edgar Allen Poe once visited Stoneybrook.
- Everyone in Stoneybrook called the store, the Gable House, because of who is used to belong to.
- Professor Kingsolver visited Mary Anne's English class sometime prior to this book.
- Byron is in a different class from his brothers.
- Karen and Andrew are living with their mother in this book.
- Stacey can pass for a high school student when Alex Gable thought she went to SHS.
- The rainy day festival is set in Brewer/Thomas garage rather then in the barn.
- Janine only focuses on math and science courses when she's at Stoneybrook University and doesn't know any of the English teachers.
- The Pike boys have a detective kit with a fingerprint identifier from their spy phase.