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Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: The Baby-Sitters Club #17 [Paperback]

ann m. martin (Author)

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Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: paperback (1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0590764748
ISBN-13: 978-0590764742
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,995,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars mystery!, April 14, 2005

Gabriel Fernandez "Book Addict" (Canoga Park, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery (Baby-Sitters Club) (Paperback)

mary anne finds a note in her mailbox ''wear this bad luck charm or else''. mary anne's got to do what it says but who sent the charm?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Bah to superstition, October 3, 2011

M "CultOfStrawberry" (I wait behind the wall, gnawing away at your reality) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery (Baby-Sitters Club) (Paperback)

Despite Mary Anne's sweet and shy personality, she has gained rivals because girls are jealous that she has a boyfriend (Logan) You know what they say, haters gonna hate. So they decide to screw around with Mary Anne by making her believe that she has been cursed with bad luck. In the end it proves to just be a prank, and the club learns to not take superstition so seriously.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery, June 14, 2006

Anna M. Ligtenberg "AnnaLovesBooks" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery (Baby-Sitters Club) (Paperback)

I really like all the BSC books, but this one is just a little bit better than the average ones.

Mary Anne gets a chain letter and tempts bad luck by throwing it away and breaking the chain. When bad things start to happen, the girls are a little freaked out - and then a bad luck charm arrives for Mary Anne. With it is a note, telling her that she has to wear it "or else!" Not wanting their luck to get worse, Mary Anne wears it. Will they figure things out before anything REALLY bad happens?

And as Halloween draws near, Jessi helps Jamie Newton become a little less afraid of costumes; Kristy has to deal with her younger siblings' fears about the spooky holiday. The best moment in the book - A bird has gotten into the Pike house and been shooed out a window. Claire Pike, noting that the bird came in via the chimney, asks "I wonder if the bird knows Santa Claus." Funny!

- AnnaLovesBooks

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4.0 out of 5 stars chain letters are illegal
but this book was entertaining to read although whoever it was that was doing this did it for a really really dumb reason. Read to find out.

Published on January 3, 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoooooooo
One of Ann's sort of fantasy books. I like the spooky set ups. pretty funny when Mary Anne crys. Why would any bad people send Mary Anne a bad luck charm? Read more

Published on December 28, 2001 by Tzu-Ting Liao

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Read
This book is one of my top 5 favorite BSC books. It has a great amount of mystery and suspence. If you are interested in low-key witchcraft this is the BSC book for you!

Published on November 28, 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars From the good old days
Back before Ann M. Martin (if such a person exists) totally sold out, she had a wicked sense of humor. Read more

Published on April 4, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Mary Anne has a good day until she finds a chain letter.
Mary Anne is walking home one day and checks her mailbox for mail and she finds a letter with her name on it,but it is right before the meeting. Read more

Published on February 18, 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars A must read for Baby-Sitters Club lovers
This was a very good book for me to read and I couldn't keep my nose out of it! I think it was quite good and I think so because it builds up suspense and it keeps you reading. Read more

Published on January 9, 1998

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Mary Anne, Old Hickory, David Michael, Baby-sitters Club, Daddy Stew, Halloween Hop, New York, Jamie Newton

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This book cites 21 books:

Mary Anne Saves The Day (Baby-Sitters Club #4) by Ann M. Martin in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Truth About Stacey, Collector's Edition (Baby-Sitters Club, No. 3) by Ann M. Martin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Baby-Sitters Club, No. 2) by Ann M. Martin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Logan Likes Mary Anne (The Baby-Sitters Club, No. 10) by Ann Matthews Martin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Bsc #34: Mary Anne And Too Many Boy (Baby-Sitters Club: Collector's Edition) by Ann M. Martin in Front Matter, and Back Matter

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