Karen's Surprise (Baby-sitters Little Sister #13)

Name: Karen's Surprise (Baby-sitters Little Sister #13)
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ann M. Martin
ISBN: 9781339044002

Author: Ann M. Martin

Series: Baby-Sitters Little Sister

Narrator: Stephanie Drake

Unabridged: 2 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books

Published: 10/03/2023

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Humor, Holiday Stories

Synopsis

It's fun to be a Baby-sitters' Little Sister! Yay! Ms. Colman's class is putting on a Thanksgiving play. Karen wants to be the star, of course.But Karen is given the worst part of all -- the Thanksgiving turkey! All she gets to do is walk across the stage in a big brown suit.Will everyone laugh at Karen the Turkey? Not when they see her big surprise!

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 Luna on January 05, 2011

Karen is a douche again and decides to make an ass of herself by making her- the turkey- star of the Thanksgiving class play. She also disregards her classmates opinions. Also, what's the deal, Coleman? Why do you expect the parents to make the costumes for what's likely a five-minute play? I'd be su......more

Goodreads review by Jaclyn on January 11, 2024

Poor Karen. The "surprise" she pulled on the play ((view spoiler)[she added three more verses for her turkey character (hide spoiler)] ) was super bratty and annoying, and ugh that she got away with it. But the deal with Watson and her mom fighting over who got to have Karen and Andrew for Thanksgiving was really sad and realistic......more

Goodreads review by Annora on April 22, 2024

She literally ruined the school play because she couldn’t handle not being the star. She made her friends believe everyone was equally important, but in the end proved she only cared about herself. And there weren’t even any ramifications! She still got exactly what she wanted! Good lord, this kid n......more