Author: Willo Davis Roberts
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481437062
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A bestselling classic mystery about a baby-sitter who is kidnapped along with the three kids she is watching from three-time Edgar Award–winning author Willo Davis Roberts. “A solid adventure with more than a few spine-tingling moments” (Booklist). From the moment she set eyes on the three Foster kids, Darcy knew being their baby-sitter would be no picnic. But the pay was twice her usual rate, and the job was only for a few hours a day—surely an experienced baby-sitter like her could handle it. But Darcy hadn’t counted on the mysterious things that started happening at the Fosters’ home after she took the job. She did everything a good baby-sitter was supposed to do: she didn’t let the stranger claiming to be from the gas company into the house and she called the police when the burglar alarm went off in the middle of the afternoon. But that wasn’t enough to prevent a baby-sitter’s worst nightmare from coming true. Now it’s up to Darcy to rescue the Foster kids—and herself—from three ruthless kidnappers.
Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job
Author: Willo Davis Roberts
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481437062
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A bestselling classic mystery about a baby-sitter who is kidnapped along with the three kids she is watching from three-time Edgar Award–winning author Willo Davis Roberts. “A solid adventure with more than a few spine-tingling moments” (Booklist). From the moment she set eyes on the three Foster kids, Darcy knew being their baby-sitter would be no picnic. But the pay was twice her usual rate, and the job was only for a few hours a day—surely an experienced baby-sitter like her could handle it. But Darcy hadn’t counted on the mysterious things that started happening at the Fosters’ home after she took the job. She did everything a good baby-sitter was supposed to do: she didn’t let the stranger claiming to be from the gas company into the house and she called the police when the burglar alarm went off in the middle of the afternoon. But that wasn’t enough to prevent a baby-sitter’s worst nightmare from coming true. Now it’s up to Darcy to rescue the Foster kids—and herself—from three ruthless kidnappers.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481437062
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A bestselling classic mystery about a baby-sitter who is kidnapped along with the three kids she is watching from three-time Edgar Award–winning author Willo Davis Roberts. “A solid adventure with more than a few spine-tingling moments” (Booklist). From the moment she set eyes on the three Foster kids, Darcy knew being their baby-sitter would be no picnic. But the pay was twice her usual rate, and the job was only for a few hours a day—surely an experienced baby-sitter like her could handle it. But Darcy hadn’t counted on the mysterious things that started happening at the Fosters’ home after she took the job. She did everything a good baby-sitter was supposed to do: she didn’t let the stranger claiming to be from the gas company into the house and she called the police when the burglar alarm went off in the middle of the afternoon. But that wasn’t enough to prevent a baby-sitter’s worst nightmare from coming true. Now it’s up to Darcy to rescue the Foster kids—and herself—from three ruthless kidnappers.
Award-winning books for children and young adults
Author: Betty L. Criscoe
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810823365
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810823365
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Girl with the Silver Eyes
Author: Willo Davis Roberts
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442421703
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A 10-year-old girl, who has always looked different from other children, discovers that she not only has unusual powers but that there are others like her.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442421703
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A 10-year-old girl, who has always looked different from other children, discovers that she not only has unusual powers but that there are others like her.
Paperback Crush
Author: Gabrielle Moss
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1683690796
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun. Those pink covers. That flimsy paper. The nonstop series installments that hooked readers throughout their entire adolescence. These were not the serious-issue novels of the 1970s, nor the blockbuster YA trilogies that arrived in the 2000s. Nestled in between were the girl-centric teen books of the ’80s and ’90s—short, cheap, and utterly adored. In Paperback Crush, author Gabrielle Moss explores the history of this genre with affection and humor, highlighting the best-known series along with their many diverse knockoffs. From friendship clubs and school newspapers to pesky siblings and glamorous beauty queens, these stories feature girl protagonists in all their glory. Journey back to your younger days, a time of girl power nourished by sustained silent reading. Let Paperback Crush lead you on a visual tour of nostalgia-inducing book covers from the library stacks of the past.
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1683690796
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun. Those pink covers. That flimsy paper. The nonstop series installments that hooked readers throughout their entire adolescence. These were not the serious-issue novels of the 1970s, nor the blockbuster YA trilogies that arrived in the 2000s. Nestled in between were the girl-centric teen books of the ’80s and ’90s—short, cheap, and utterly adored. In Paperback Crush, author Gabrielle Moss explores the history of this genre with affection and humor, highlighting the best-known series along with their many diverse knockoffs. From friendship clubs and school newspapers to pesky siblings and glamorous beauty queens, these stories feature girl protagonists in all their glory. Journey back to your younger days, a time of girl power nourished by sustained silent reading. Let Paperback Crush lead you on a visual tour of nostalgia-inducing book covers from the library stacks of the past.
Babysitter
Author: Miriam Forman-Brunell
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814727867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
On Friday nights many parents want to have a little fun together—without the kids. But “getting a sitter”—especially a dependable one—rarely seems trouble-free. Will the kids be safe with “that girl”? It’s a question that discomfited parents have been asking ever since the emergence of the modern American teenage girl nearly a century ago. In Babysitter, Miriam Forman-Brunell brings critical attention to the ubiquitous, yet long-overlooked babysitter in the popular imagination and American history. Informed by her research on the history of teenage girls’ culture, Forman-Brunell analyzes the babysitter, who has embodied adults’ fundamental apprehensions about girls’ pursuit of autonomy and empowerment. In fact, the grievances go both ways, as girls have been distressed by unsatisfactory working conditions. In her quest to gain a fuller picture of this largely unexamined cultural phenomenon, Forman-Brunell analyzes a wealth of diverse sources, such as The Baby-sitter’s Club book series, horror movies like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, urban legends, magazines, newspapers, television shows, pornography, and more. Forman-Brunell shows that beyond the mundane, understandable apprehensions stirred by hiring a caretaker to “mind the children” in one’s own home, babysitters became lightning rods for society’s larger fears about gender and generational change. In the end, experts’ efforts to tame teenage girls with training courses, handbooks, and other texts failed to prevent generations from turning their backs on babysitting.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814727867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
On Friday nights many parents want to have a little fun together—without the kids. But “getting a sitter”—especially a dependable one—rarely seems trouble-free. Will the kids be safe with “that girl”? It’s a question that discomfited parents have been asking ever since the emergence of the modern American teenage girl nearly a century ago. In Babysitter, Miriam Forman-Brunell brings critical attention to the ubiquitous, yet long-overlooked babysitter in the popular imagination and American history. Informed by her research on the history of teenage girls’ culture, Forman-Brunell analyzes the babysitter, who has embodied adults’ fundamental apprehensions about girls’ pursuit of autonomy and empowerment. In fact, the grievances go both ways, as girls have been distressed by unsatisfactory working conditions. In her quest to gain a fuller picture of this largely unexamined cultural phenomenon, Forman-Brunell analyzes a wealth of diverse sources, such as The Baby-sitter’s Club book series, horror movies like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, urban legends, magazines, newspapers, television shows, pornography, and more. Forman-Brunell shows that beyond the mundane, understandable apprehensions stirred by hiring a caretaker to “mind the children” in one’s own home, babysitters became lightning rods for society’s larger fears about gender and generational change. In the end, experts’ efforts to tame teenage girls with training courses, handbooks, and other texts failed to prevent generations from turning their backs on babysitting.
The Babysitter
Author: Ed Gorman
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Screaming and violent, little Jenny had never behaved as such—until The Babysitter. As the teenager entered the house, the grandmother was aware of her striking, disturbing beauty—a disturbing beauty that hides an ancient curse.
Publisher: Crossroad Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Screaming and violent, little Jenny had never behaved as such—until The Babysitter. As the teenager entered the house, the grandmother was aware of her striking, disturbing beauty—a disturbing beauty that hides an ancient curse.
Don't Hurt Laurie!
Author: Willo Davis Roberts
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780812405781
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Laurie had a secret that she felt sure she could never share because no one would ever believe her.
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780812405781
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Laurie had a secret that she felt sure she could never share because no one would ever believe her.
Sugar Isn't Everything
Author: Willo Davis Roberts
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689712251
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A unique, much-needed resource guide for young diabetics. "For young diabetics, it is bibliotherapy. For non-diabetics, it is informative about a silent, potentially life-threatening illness and its treatment".--School Library Journal. Full color.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689712251
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A unique, much-needed resource guide for young diabetics. "For young diabetics, it is bibliotherapy. For non-diabetics, it is informative about a silent, potentially life-threatening illness and its treatment".--School Library Journal. Full color.
Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job
Author: Willo Davis Roberts
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481437054
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. A babysitter and her three willful charges make a formidable team to outwit their surprised kidnappers.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481437054
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. A babysitter and her three willful charges make a formidable team to outwit their surprised kidnappers.
The Baby-sitter II.
Author: R. L. Stine
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780590550628
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Jenny's last babysitting job nearly ended in death. But she's a survivor. She's getting over it. The crazy guy who was after her is gone and she's even got a new babysitting job. When she answers the phone, she hears a familiar voice, a voice from the past, from the grave.
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780590550628
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Jenny's last babysitting job nearly ended in death. But she's a survivor. She's getting over it. The crazy guy who was after her is gone and she's even got a new babysitting job. When she answers the phone, she hears a familiar voice, a voice from the past, from the grave.