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Maid Mary Anne (Baby-Sitters Club #66)

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When Mrs. Tawney, breaks her ankle, she offers to help her. But now, Mary Anne thinks she is doing it just for her. Mary Anne doesn't want to hurt Mrs. Twaney's feelings and Mary Anne doesn't want to be treated like a maid.

Mary Anne takes on a baby-sitting job that actually turns out to be more. Not only does she have to deal with little kids, she is also asked to do chores around the house that go beyond the norm that a babysitter would do. It is hard for her to say no because she is so nice, and she thinks that one extra chore can't hurt, but then it just piles on...

Mary Anne loves sewing. So when Mrs. Towne breaks her ankle, Mary Anne is happy to help her. But it seems like Mary Anne is doing everything for Mrs. Towne. Mary Anne doesn't want to hurt Mrs. Towne's feelings, But Mary Anne doesn't want to be treated like a maid too!

Basically this book is about when Mary Anne starts helping a woman named Mrs. Towne, who becomes her friend and then needs help becasue she breaks her ankle. At first Mary Anne is happy to help, but then it gets stressful and unlikeable. And then she questions herself, is she supposed to help Mrs. Towne, or be her Maid?

This book was awesome! It was about how Mary Anne helped out an ederly neighbor, Mrs. Towne, who later on became her friend. But she only became her friend after they communicated. They had to beceause, unknowingly, Mrs. Towne was taking advantage of poor Mary Anne.

At first, I was skeptical about this book. It looked like Mary Anne was so dull she couldn't solve her own problems! But you can't judge a book by its cover, so I read it. Very good and well written. I liked it because Mary Anne really stood up for herself in the end, and that's what communicating is about: making yourself and your point clear to all who hear you. I was glad when Mary Anne realized that whether or not she hurt Mrs. Towne's feelings, she owed it to herself to explain HER feelings.

You will like this book if you have trouble sticking up for yourself, or if you just want to read it on a rainy Sunday, like I did. Rainy Sundays are THE best time to catch up on good reading as this.

when I first read the book I thuoght it was boring but it does teach a good lesson, and the title is clever with the robin hood reference!