Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter (Babysitters Club) [Paperback]

Ann M. Martin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Hippo (1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590765507
• ISBN-13: 978-0590765503
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,383,197 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.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Different Book, January 19, 2001

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Ariel Pai (Taiwan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter (Baby-Sitters Club) (Paperback)

I bought this book 3 years ago and I loved it! Jessi got a baby sitting job at a new clients house, instead of finding a house of kids, she found a house of PETS! The story starts from there. One day while she was sitting, one of the hamsters got sick, so Jessi tooh him to the hospital, and well you propably figured out that "he " was actually "she". Yes, the hamster was not sick, she was pregnet, and she gave birth to 10 hamsters! The clients were so happy that they gave one hamster to Jessi(named Misty), one to Mallory(named Frodo), and one to Jackie Rodowsky(named I don't know). It is a Great book and I highly recomend it to you.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CUTE, LIGHT AND FROTHY!, August 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter (Baby-Sitters Club) (Library Binding)

It's great to be living in an era when girls are portrayed in a positive light in literature. Jessi is a delightful character who comes into her own in the 8th grade dominated Baby Sitters'Club (BSC). Jessi earns her sergeant's stripes when she takes on a job no sane person would want -- sitting a zoo of animals belonging to her eccentric neighbors. Why the Board of Health hasn't come after these folks for housing all these animals is anyone's guess.

I loved the way the girls all stood up to that dictator, Kristy. It was long past time somebody challenged her and I didn't like the way Kristy ran roughshod over everyone. I also didn't like that stupid Baby Sitters' pledge Kristy made up and I thought Mary-Anne looked like a fool for crying over it and saying how beautiful the pledge was. Horsefeathers! There was nothing beautiful about it! Kristy was just throwing her feather weight around again -- she never could gracefully accept any input from anyone. I thought this book was very funny. It will bring a smile to many a face and laughter from many a mouth. It is funny.

5.0 out of 5 stars Trip Down Memory Lane, March 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter (Baby-Sitters Club) (Paperback)

I was surfing, and happened to stumble across the reviews for the BSC books. I'm 18 now, but I grew up with these books from ages 5-14 (when my mom threw them out--boo!), and I'm so pleased to see all these little girls from across the world united by the universal themes discussed in the series. I had nearly every single one of them, up until they hit triple-digits. This was one that stuck out in my mind, because I love animals and this book inspired me to start my own (however short-lived) pet-sitting service. I especially enjoyed the part where she discovers one of the "charges" (a fat nasty hamster named Snicklefritz) is about to have babies, and she has to deal with this small crisis. Please continue writing these wonderful books Ms. Martin; I hope to collect them for my own children someday!