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Mary Anne's Book (The Baby-Sitters Club Portrait Collection #4)
Contains information about Mary Anne, including what it was like for her growing up without a mother, her fear of performing in public, and how she got to know her grandmother.
Paperback, 155 pages
Published
March 1st 1996
by Scholastic
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reading this book was like torture. i think i read anna karenina faster. this is another one of those supposed "autobiographies" that each 13-year-old member of the babysitters club writes for school. mary anne reminisces about the time that richard gave her away to her grandparents, even though she has no memories of living with them; being enrolled in a summer ballet class & making herself physically sick from the anxiety she felt about performing in the class recital (once she admitted he...more
Loved this! I am such a Mary Anne. I totally understand her shyness, although I experienced it more in my teens than in my childhood. It was nice to see that not all the stories had an entirely happy ending - Mary Anne never totally overcome her shyness and everything wasn't completely rosy between her dad and her grandma. Her life story was realistic. Overall, a very sweet read and it was lovely to see the interactions between the girls as kids, especially Kristy looking out for Mary Anne. 10/1...more
Loved all the Portrait Collection! I thought I was so awesome when I got them all haha!
Got bored. Read this. Hilarious trip down nostalgia lane.
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Ann Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She's now a full-time writer.
Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood me...more
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Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood me...more
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