Karens Home Run Babysitters Little..., Ann M. Martin
Karens Home Run Babysitters Little..., Ann M. Martin
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Karen's Home Run (Baby-sitters Little Sister #18)

Author: Ann M. Martin

Narrator: Stephanie Drake

Unabridged: 3 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/30/2025


Synopsis

It's fun to be a Baby-sitters' Little Sister!Karen plays on the Krushers softball team. One day when the Krushers are in a game, Karen hits a home run! So she starts calling herself Home Run Karen.But that jinxes Karen, and she can't hit at all. She even strikes out.How can Karen march with the Krushers in the big parade when she's nothing but a stikeout queen?

About Ann M. Martin

Ann M. Martin is the author of the novels Belle Teal, A Corner of the Universe (winner of the Newbery Honor), Here Today, and A Dog’s Life, as well as the Doll People novels (written with Laura Godwin and illustrated by Brian Selznick); the novels P.S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More, written with Paula Danziger, and the Baby-Sitters Club and Main Street series. Ann lives in upstate New York with her beloved dog, Sadie, whose mother was a stray, and several rescued cats.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaclyn on November 19, 2023

Karen gets a crisis of confidence when, after hitting a home run at Krusher's practice, she immediately hits a slump. To the point that she feels she's too much of a loser to march with the Krushers at a Memorial Day parade. Honestly, I didn't really get that part...Karen usually has too strong of a......more

Goodreads review by Elise on November 01, 2023

Karen hit a home run once on her Krushers softball team and is feeling hyped about it through the book, though she never hits another one afterwards at the games and the finals against the bashers. I think she just wanted to be the star winner at the Stoneybrook parade held sometime after the final......more

Goodreads review by Annora on March 02, 2024

Earns three stars instead of two because I really liked the B plot with Andrew’s struggles. The Karen parts were obnoxious.......more

Goodreads review by Kate on February 06, 2011

In which Karen, as part of Kristy's "Krushers" baseball team, manages to hit a homerun.......more

Goodreads review by Angela on October 11, 2008

Okay, not one of my favorites.......more