Robert Brewster is only interested in talking with his old girlfriend Stacey.

Joining the Baby-sitter's Club after moving to a new town, Stacey helps her new friends outmaneuver a rival sitter group while coming to terms with her diabetes.

Dawn's little brother Jeff is visiting the new Schafer-Spier family. He is miserable because all his old friends have changed, and Mary Anne's dad is trying way too hard to be Jeff's best friend. Dawn hopes that the family trip to Boston will bring everyone together, but now the Schafers and the Spiers aren't talking at all. Could this mean divorce for the family?

When a fight breaks out among the members of the Baby-sitters Club, timid Mary Anne finds herself becoming more assertive as a baby sitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.

While reading a magazine, Claudia comes up with the idea of starting a personals column in her school paper. She helps others, but will she ever find the perfect boy for her?

"How do you say good-bye to your very best friend?"--Page 1 of cover.

"When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club--a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all while doing something they each love to do--she has no idea how much the club will change everything. Crank calls, uncontrollable toddlers, wild pets, untruthful clients...running a business is hard work! Kristy and her co-founders, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey, are sure they can handle anything. But only if they stick...

Jerome Alligator's skill is put to the test on Halloween night when he babysits Mrs. Witchcraft's two devilish kids, Lucy and Lucifer.

Arthur's experience babysitting for the terrible Tibble Twins is as challenging as he expected, but he finally gets control by telling them a spooky story.

Dawn enjoys her visit to California so much that she considers staying there with her father, as her brother, Jeff, has done.