Karen's Fishing Trip

Baby-Sitters Little Sister #98

by Ann M. Martin

During a vacation at Shadow Lake with her family, Karen--along with her friends Nancy and Hannie--enjoys playing in their secret clubhouse, learning how to fish, telling stories around the campfire, and searching for the Shadow Lake Monster. Original.

Genres: Middle Grade, Collections, Childrens, Fiction, Chapter Books

117 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1998

About the author

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 memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.

Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.

Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.

After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/annmma...

Reviews

[Joy Becker]

I love this book! The big house family goes on a trip to Shadow Lake and are taking Hannie and Nancy. They're sad because they won't be with the dads on Father's Day, but they still have fun looking for the Shadow Lake monster. They also enter a fishing contest. But they really want to see the shadow lake monster. Can they find it?

[Em's Adventures]

Karen can be so cute and thoughtful.

[Cynthia]

Took me roughly an hour to read it....it's a nice book

[Jenifer Dale]

A really sweet book and wonderful addition to the series. The family goes fishing and takes Karen's friends with them, but their sad that they won't see their families on father's day. It's a cute story with a really sweet ending.

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 19298 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP