Monday, March 5, 2018

Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Babysitters Club Book #5) by Ann M Martin -ADVISABLE

Martin, Ann M Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Babysitters Club Book #5), 148 pages.  GRAPHIC NOVEL.  Scholastic, 2017.  $11. Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: PG (Parental Kidnapping); Violence: G.

Dawn takes a new babysitting job –a family of three children. But it’s unlike any other job she has taken before, the mom rushes out the door without giving her any information, the house is a mess, and when she does need to get a hold of the mom –she doesn’t answer. Finally things come to a head when one of the children goes missing. In the meantime, life continues with the club as they test a possible junior member, Kristy is worried about moving, and there may be a parent marriage in the future which would join two of the girls as sisters.

Students at my school LOVE this series and its wildly popular. However, when they had the chance to buy this book at our book fair last week –they wouldn’t touch it because this book # 5 is by a different artist –Gale Galligan and the previous four are by Raina Telgemeier. This book is not a stand alone and the others in the series should be read prior. There are some real life lessons here about the role of the parent in babysitting and does involve a parental kidnapping.

EL –ADVISABLE.  Stephanie, Elementary School Librarian & Author

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