Susan Tang

For New Year's Eve, Karen thinks everyone should make a promise. Hannie is going to stop biting her nails. Kristy promises not to talk to her boyfriend on the phone so much. And Karen makes the most promises of all -- nine! But pretty soon, everyone starts breaking their promises. And her brothers and sisters are calling Karen a spy! Poor Karen. Why is everyone being bad except her?

Karen's having her first sleepover ever! She and her friends are going to tell spooky stories, try on makeup, and raid the refrigerator.

"It's fun to be a Baby-sitters Little Sister! We Heart Cats! Karen's best friend Hannie just got a new kitten. Now all her friends have cats. And Karen has a great idea. She can start a club like her big sister Kristy. It will be a Kittycat Club! What will the club do? Karen can't baby-sit like Kristy...but she can cat-sit! Will anyone want Karen as a cat-sitter? They'd better-running a club is hard work!" -- Amazon.

"There are no big holidays in August. But Karen wishes there were. so she and her friends decide to invent a brand-new holiday of their own."--Page 4 of cover.

Karen's grandad is sick. Karen wants to do something nice to cheer him up. So, she makes a movie for him. All Karen's friends are going to star in her movie. But uh-oh. Karen's having problems on the set. And now her friends are mad at her. Making a movie isn't as easy as she thought!

Ms. Colman's class is making kites for their kite-flying contest. Whoever's kite stays up the longest gets a prize.

Kristy gets angry at Karen for spending more time selling lemonade at their softball games than actually playing the game.