Abby's Book (Baby-Sitters Club Portrait Collection) [Paperback]

Ann Matthews Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997 | Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Baby-Sitters Club Portrait Collection

Abby, the newest member of the Baby-sitters Club, looks back on four important episodes from her earlier years, including the time when she and her identical twin sister color-coded themselves so that people could tell them apart.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590691821
• ISBN-13: 978-0590691826
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #500,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ann M. Martin is the bestselling author of the momentous series The Baby-sitters Club, as well as the Main Street series. Her other acclaimed novels include "A Dog's Life," "Belle Teal," "Here Today," and the Newbery Honor Book "A Corner of the Universe." She lives in upstate New York. For more information, visit www.scholastic.com/bsc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BRING BACK ABBY! SHE ROCKS!, August 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Abby's Book (Baby-Sitters Club Portrait Collection) (Paperback)

Abby is, without question, my favorite member of the BSC series. (Yes, folks, the BSC has a following of ALL ages). Abby is smart, funny, wonderfully clever and gifted with natural expression. She's great! I like the way she tells her story in a tone of unflinching honesty and the part about the deep bond she and her dad have is classic. I also loved the way Abby's twin, Anna used musical terms to name the chapters of her version of their lives together. The sisters balance one another well. Abby is a very distinct personality and she is sorely missed in the new series. I wish Ann M. Martin would bring her back. Abby rocks!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great, December 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Abby's Book (Baby-Sitters Club Portrait Collection) (Paperback)

stick with amazon, everyone. :) i loved this book. abby is my favorite character, because she is so like me. i have a twin sister, jeannie. i am allergic to like everything on the face of this earth, and i'm just always pumped. this book helps the reader get to know her a lot better, and i think it's a great book! so, buy it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, positive view of a single-mom family, September 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Abby's Book (Baby-Sitters Club Portrait Collection) (Paperback)

Abby is a neat character who is optimistic in the face of the terrible tragedy of losing her dad. Also her mom is courageous and strong in dealing with her grief of widowhood. A real departure from many books about single-mother families. So many traditional books portray the single mother as being always financially struggling, miserable, and chronically lonely and waiting for another husband to "rescue" her from her woes and paint the kids as being either in trouble or "deprived" and longing for a dad "replacement." Abby's family goes through the normal grieving process, mourns appropriately, then slowly, realistically bit by bit, pick up their lives and survive and emerge closer than ever. I like how Rachel is stable financially so she doesn't have to worry about being able to support her daughters and doesn't pine around for another husband. The twin relationship between Abby and Anna is fascinating and realistic also. They're twins, yet not clones.