A GRAPHIC NOVEL BY

GALE GALLIGAN

BABYZSITTERS
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neRAINA “TELGEMEIER

DAWN THE IMPOSSIBLE THREE

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY

ANN M. MARTIN
BABY-SITTERS
CLUB
DAWN re IMPOSSIBLE THREE
 DON’T MISS THE OTHER
BABY-SITTERS CLUB GRAPHIC NOVELS!

KRISTY’S GREAT IDEA

THE TRUTH ABOUT STACEY

MARY ANNE SAVES THE DAY

CLAUDIA AND MEAN JANINE

 ANN M. MARTIN

BABY-SITTERS
CLUB

DAWN tie IMPOSSIBLE THREE

A GRAPHIC NOVEL BY

GALE GALLIGAN
WITH COLOR BY BRADEN LAMB
 Text copyright © 2017 by Ann M. Martin
Art copyright © 2017 by Gale Galligan

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 A.M. M.

Eternal thanks to Mom, Dad, Lori, A. M. M.,

Raina Telgemeier, Cassandra Pelham, David Saylor,
David Levithan, Phil Falco, Sheila Marie Everett, Braden Lamb,
Mah @ien Devaronen, Rachel Young, Ngozi Ukazu,
Dave Valeza, and all my beloved friends,
family
and grads.
,
And to Patriwho
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own line
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G. G.
KRISTY THOMAS CLAUDIA KISHI
PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT

DAWN SCHAFER
ALTERNATE OFFICER

MARY ANNE SPIER STACEY MCGILL

SECRETARY TREASURER
 a

| CHAPTER 1 |/

I'VE ONLY LIVED

HERE A FEW MONTHS. TO FREEZING )
CONNECTICUT.
LAST FALL mY PARENTS
SPLIT UP, AND Mom
DECIDED TO UPROOT
us FROM SUNNY
CALIFORNIA...

mY NAME IS DAWN SCHAFER,

AND I'm THE NEWEST MEMBER
OF THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB.
 I’m DAWN.
REMEMBER MEF

OW, IT’S
YOU, DAWN. IF YOU NEED ME, JUST
TERRIFIC! g CALL THE LIBRARY AND TELL
YOU'RE THEM I’m IN THE TRUSTEES
RIGHT ON MEETING, OKAY? THE NUMBER
IS BY THE PHONE.
AND THE EMERGENCY
NUMBERS ARE IN
THEIR USUAL SPOT.

MALLORY’S UPSTAIRS I WAS BABY-SITTING

DOING HER HOMEWORK, FOUR OF THE EIGHT PIKE
BUT SHE'LL BE DOWN SOON. CHILDREN THAT AFTERNOON.
MARGO'S IN THE REC
ROOM, AND NICKY’S AT
THE BARRETTS’ PLAYING
WITH BUDDY.

THOSE TWO GO
BACK AND FORTH
ALL THE Time, SO
YOU'LL PROBABLY
See THEM LATER.
 as = See |

BE GOOD y LET'S GO See

FOR DAWN, || | WHAT MARGO IS
PUMPKIN. g DOING, OKAY?
WEAR YOUR JACKET
\F YOU GO OUT, IT’S
CHILLY TODAY.

Rl
THE
T
 IN FACT, TODAY WILL BE HER
FIRST DAY AS AN OFFICIAL
y JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE BSC.
 SHe’S STILL
GOING OUT ON AND SHE’S
INTERVIEWS... STILL GOING OUT
WITH MR. SPIER.
LOOKING
FOR A JOB...

WHEN mom, MY BROTHER, JEFF, AND I

MOVED TO CONNECTICUT, I BECAME
CLOSE FRIENDS WITH MARY ANNE SPIER.
MARY ANNE AND I DID A LITTLE
DIGGING AND FOUND OUT THAT
OUR PARENTS USED TO DATE! AUUUUUUUGH!!

THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT

SINCE THEN -- mY MOm IS DIVORCED,
AND MARY ANNE’S DAD |S WIDOWED.
WE REINTRODUCED THEM, AND IT
SEEMS TO BE GOING REALLY WELL!
IT’S Suzi
BARRETT. SHE FELL
COMING uP THE
AND THIS IS STEPS. I THINK
HER BROTHER, SHE SKINNED
HER KNEE.

of
COME IN AND WE’ Aw”
—__+| WASH YOUR CUT 8
FIND YOU A BANDAGES

@ we HAVE BAND-All 4
a :a

f
oe

x
a
ws
VX
(;
\."Ea
NA
A
 AT LEAST IT’S
ms”
NOT AS BAD AS
NICKY’S FINGER.

ca
A FEW MONTHS AGO, nN
I WAS BABY-SITTING THE NICKY LOOKED
BOYS AND THEY WERE AWAY FORA BAM/ THE BALL
PLAYING VOLLEYBALL. MOMENT AND... SLAMMED INTO
H)S HIS FINGER.

NS

a5«B
Sd ON
8
MY

cay
IT WAS IN
A CAST FOR
MONTHS,

I TOOK CARE OF ALL

\ [THE KIDS wHILe mom AND
DAD DROVE Nicky To THE
EMERGENCY ROOM. THIS HAPPENED
WHEN YOU WERE
IN CHARGE OF Him?
I MEAN, IT WAS
AN ACCIDENT.
 | al el
| ul oN

ag
N
 HE SAID NOT T
DAD Jus EXPECT HIM o
CALLED.T
DINNER FOR
TONIGHT.

HE SAID NOT To
EXPECT HIM
...
B E CAUSE He’s
TAKmIoNG YOUR
m OuT!

ous
ANOTHER
DATE/!

= v-
Af o AD NEVER u m e e
af ZAAA s e p T O \ BUT He SAI
GOT THE IDEA D HE
= A 0 0 S P U R - \
iA Z OF-T
MOMENT TH HE-
INGS. FIVE MINUTES
A B O U T
$ AGO!
T CAN'T BELIE
NE IT.
I KNEW ONE REASON |
MARY ANNE WAS SO ;—] He use To make So
HAPPY ABOUT OUR & MANY RULES FOR HER.
PARENTS DATING.

IT WAS BECAUSE
mY MOTHER TOOK
mR. SPIER'S MIND
OFF MARY ANNE.

IT WAS AMAZING THAT SHE

COULD REMEMBER THEM ALL.

| ed a

BUT NOW MARY ANNE CAN WEAR CONTACTS IF

™
NN |
/
SHE WANTS, SHE CAN SPEND HER BABY-SITTING IR ra IN
MONEY IF SHE SAVES HER ALLOWANCE, AND \
SHE CAN BUY HER OWN CLOTHES!

YOU KNOW WHAT

I'm GOING TO
START DOING?

REDECORATING
my ROOM,

IT’S SO COOL SEEING

HOW SHE EXPRESSES
HERSELF.
I USED TO THINK THAT OH, YOU KNOW
THE ONLY WAY I'D BE WHAT I mean. I
ABLE TO REDECORATE THINK IT'S GREAT.
WAS IF MY FATHER
LOST HIS MIND. GREAT THAT
THEY'RE GOING OUT,
I Guess HE DID OR GREAT THAT HE'S
LOSE IT -- OVER LOST HIS MIND?
YOUR MOTHER.

WHAT ARE YOU

GOING TO DO TO
YouR ROOM?

I'm GOING TO
TAKE ALL THE KID
STUFF OFF MY WALLS
AND PUT UP POSTERS
AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
THAT'S ALL
I CAN AFFORD
TO DO.

BuT IF I CAN GET my

DAD TO AGREE, I'D
LOVE A NeW BEDSPREAD,
EVERYTHING
Ru6, CURTAINS, AND
IN MY ROOM IS
WALLPAPER.
PINK, AND I CAN'T
STAND PINK!
 OH, DAWN AND
MARY ANNE. THIS IS JANINE, CLAUDIA’S SISTER.
LLO.
Be cLAUDIA IS SHE’S ALREADY TAKING COLLEGE-
LEVEL MAA
Noe CLASSES, EVENeoTHOUGH
UPSTAIRS AWAITING
SHE'S ONL’ HIGH SCHOOL.
YOUR ARRIVAL.

HOW’s mimi
TODAY?

OH/ SHE
IS DOING
VERY WELL.

WE WERE JUST
WORKING ON HER
FLASH CARDS
TOGETHER. Lo

fd ‘3 THAT my
MARY ANNE?

mimi |S CLAUDIA’S GRANDMOTHER.

WE WERE ALL REALLY WORRIED WHEN
SHE HAD A STROKE A FEW MONTHS
AGO -- ESPECIALLY MARY ANNE.

THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD

A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP.

I HEAR YOU'RE
WORKING ON SHE STILL MIXES
FLASH CARDS IN JAPANESE WORDS OH, IT’S 5:30.
RIGHT NOW. SOMmeTimes, BUT I YOUR CLUB WILL
YES. REALLY DO THINK BE EXPECTING YOU.
MANY, MANY THEY'RE HELPING.
FLASH CARDS. THANKS,
JANINE!
 THIS IS CLAUDIA,
I KNOw... OUR VICE PRESIDENT.
I LEFT some...

STACEY'S OUR TREASURER,

SHE MOVED HERE FROM
NeW YORK CITY A LITTLE
WHILE BEFORE I CAME.

we're uP
TO FOURTEEN
DOLLARS.

NOT BAD.

MAYBE WE
SHOULD GET
MORE STUFF FOR
THE KID-KITS?

KRISTY IS THE
CLUB'S FOUNDER
AND PRESIDENT.
SHE DIDN'T LIKE
ME MUCH AT FIRST,
BuT I THINK we're
ALL RIGHT NOW.
 MALLORY, WE
HEY, MALLORY! WANTED YOU TO
YOU CAN SIT COME TO TODAY’S
WHEREVER. MEETING FOR TWO
REASONS.
WANT some?
FIRST, SO YOU CAN
SEE HOW OUR CLUB
RUNS, AND SECOND,
SO WE CAN DECIDE,

SO We CAN GET
AN IDEA OF HOW
WELL...HmM,

HOW mucH
EXPERIENCE

RIGHT. AND TO
FIND OUT HOW YOU WELL, I'VE BEEN TAKING
HANDLE CERTAIN CARE OF MY BROTHERS MALLORY,
SITUATIONS. AND SISTERS FOR YEARS. WOULD YOU MIND
I KNOW HOw TELLING uS ABOUT
TO CHANGE DIAPERS NICKY’S FINGER?
AND FIX FORMULAS,
I'VE ALWAYS --
 WE HAVE
THAT ACCIDENT TO BE REALLY
SHOULDN'T HAVE CAREFUL ABOUT
HAPPENED. WHO We ACCEPT
INTO THE CLUB.
YOU SHOULD
HAVE BEEN
WATCHING Him. WE'VE HAD SOME
TROUBLE IN THE
PAST WITH SITTERS
WHO WERE...
UNRELIABLE.

BUT I AM
RELIABLE.
AND I WAS
WATCHING
NICKY.

A-AND I KNOW
EVERYTHING
ABOUT TAKING
CARE OF KIDS.

THEN YOU
WON’T MIND
TAKING A
TEST.
 ALL RIGHT. DURING THAT MEETING,
QUESTION ONE, WE ALTERNATED BETWEEN
TAKING CLUB CALLS...

=fSD 3 xe

AND GRILLING MALLORY, WHAT? BUT

mY SISTER --
AT WHAT AGE
DOES A BABY SECOND
CUT HIS FIRST QUESTION, WHAT
TOOTH? TEETH DOES THE
WRONG. BABY USUALLY
MARY ANNE, CUT FIRST?
KEEP SCORE,

BREWERS
THURSDAY?
NEXT
MIDDLE ONES
ON THE BOTTOM? DESCRIBE THE
STRUCTURE OF
ARE YOU THE DIVESTIVE
ASKING US OR SYSTEM.
TELLING US? use
 AGHHHHH!
THIS IS WELL, THEN,
RIDICULOUS / GIVE ME A
CHANCE TO
YOU CAN’T HONESTLY
SHOW YOU WHAT
TELL Me THAT YOu
ALL KNOw THE
ANSWERS TO ALL OF
THESE QUESTIONS,

MALLORY, THIS
|S IMPORTANT
BABY-SITTING
KNOWLEDGE.

HELLO,
BABY-SITTERS BUDDY AND
I LooK
CLUB. SUZI/ 1S THIS
FORWARD TO
MRS. BARRETT?Z
NEXT THURSDAY SEEING YOU
AFTERNOON?

HOW mANY?

I’m BABY-SITTING
FOR THE BARRETTS! YOU HAVEN’T
EVEN GIVEN WHY DON’T
me a CHANCE! WE HAVE A
TRIAL RUNZ
WE’VE GOT TO
BE CAREFUL ABOUT
THESE THINGS,
MALLORY.
MALLORY GOES
ON A JOB WITH OKAY,
ONE OF US. MALLORY?

IT CAN BE FOR
THE PIKES, EVEN,

IT LOOKS LIke
RIGHT NOW, OUR THEN IT HEREBY
NEXT APPOINTMENT pismiss TODAY’S
WITH YOUR FAMILY MEETING OF THE
1S...NEXT SATURDAY. BABY-SITTERS CLUB.
DOES THAT WORK
FOR YOU?
 I GOT BACK HOME THAT
EVENING JUST AS Mom WAS
ON HER WAY OUT TO MEET

=— Sy
MR. SPIER FOR DINNER.
Valve. , = /

I SHOULD BE
DINNER’S READY IT’S SITTING
BACK INA
FOR YOU AND JEFF. IN THE POT ON
FEW HOURS,
THE STOVE.

AND THERE’S mom, come

SALAD IN BACK HERE.
THE FRIDGE.
 ~ mom, FOR
ONLY ONE
HEAVEN’S SAKE.
EARRING,

RUBBER WHAT WOULD

I DO WITHOUT
YOU, DAWN?

MUCH BETTER.
AND I’m OFF!

ALL RIGHT,
SAY HI TO
mR, SPIER
FOR --

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 EATING DINNER.
DAWN/ IT’S OH/ I SHOULD'VE
MARY ANNE. ASKED YOU OVER
WHAT ARE SO YOU WOULDN'T
YOU uP TO? HAVE TO EAT ALONE.

THAT'S OKAY.

LISTEN, I HAVE
A GREAT IDEA.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE HAVE A TON OF
WANT TO HELP SPARE STUFF THAT
ME REDO mY I BET YOU'D LOveE.
ROOM?
POSTERS,
PICTURE FRAMES,
A CUTE LAMP...

LI DON’T KNOW...
DOESN’T YOUR mom
WANT THOSE THINGS?

NaH.
WHY DON’T I COME OVER
WE WERE GOING TOMORROW AND BRING
TO HAVE A GARAGE SOME STUFF WITH mez
SALE BUT NEVER
GOT AROUND TO IT. IF YOU LIKE IT, IT’S
YOURS. IF NOT, WE’LL
THINK OF OTHER THINGS
TO DO TO YOUR ROOM,
 THE NEXT DAY, I WENT THROUGH THE ATTIC
AND FOUND SO MUCH STUFF THAT mom
HAD TO DRIVE ME OVER TO THE SPIERS’,

THIS WAS A LITTLE TWO, WHEN MARY ANNE SAW

SNEAKY ON MY PART, | mY Mom, SHE’D KNOW IT WAS
SINCE IT SERVED OKAY TO USE OUR THINGS...
THREE PURPOSES.
THANKS A LOT, \
MRS. SCHAFER.

AND THREE, IT WOULD

GIVE US A CHANCE TO See YOU'RE MAKING me
HOW THE BIG DATE WENT. LOOK BAD/ AT LeasT
OHs
PRETEND IT WEIGHS LUGGING AROUND
SOMETHING. PAPERWORK ALL
SHARON! DAY DOES HAVE
GOODNESS, LET
ITS BENEFITS.
ME HELP YOU
WITH THAT.
 WHERE DO LET’S SEe WHAT
WE START? THESE ARE/ I DON’T
EVEN REMEMBER.

OH/ LONDON
AND...mY DAD’S
AT NIGHT! ASTRONOMY CHOART2 IT’S NICE, BUT
HOW PRETTY. I DON’T KNOW

| v

HEY, KRISTY/ WE’RE

REDECORATING my
ROOM/ WANT TO
COME OVER?
fF BROUGHT TAKE THE OLD STUFF
IT OVER. OFF MY WALLS AND

®
‘ y
—S
—_= \\ fo )

Jos b x yA ; ;

‘ SY) Py

HE'S LETTING YOU HOW COME YOU DIDN’T

PUT THUMBTACKS TELL ME YOU WERE
IN THE WALLS? GOING TO START
REDECORATING2
HEY, DID I TELL YOu?
OUR PARENTS WENT
ON ANOTHER DATE
LAST NIGHT...
 I MIGHT HAVE
SOME THINGS YOu
COULD USE, TOO.
REMEMBER WHEN WE
MADE THAT POSTER
FOR ART CLASS AND
IT WON THE PRIZE?

AND I BET
WE COULD USE
WATSON'S STENCIL OH, WHAT A
KIT TO FIX uP WONDERFUL
YOUR OLD PINK IDEA!
PHOTO FRAMES!

AND WITH ALL AFTER THAT, > THE

MAYBE I CAN
OF THESE FREE beeen cael HEY, KRISTY, DO THREE OF US WORKED ON
DECORATIONS, TO REPLAceE 4 YOU REmemBER MARY ANNE'S ROOM FOR
GOSH!H/ THE BepspREaAD. ~p_THE Time... HOURS, WE TALKED AND
PLANNED AND LAUGHED.
BUT I NOTICED
TWO THINGS:

KRISTY ONLY SPOKE

DIRECTLY TO MARY ANNE...

AND KRISTY NEVER LAUGHED AT mY

JOKES. (EVEN THOUGH MARY ANNE DID.)

a \
lll
 I THOUGHT KRISTY AND I HAD
SMOOTHED EVERYTHING OVER
WHEN SHE MADE ME AN OFFICIAL
ALTERNATE OFFICER OF THE
BABY-SITTERS CLUB...

BUT I GUESS I WAS WRONG,

 BEFORE I KNEW IT, THE PTT TTTfoley |
TIME HAD Come FOR my
FIRST OFFICIAL BABY-SITTING
JOB WITH THE BARRETTS.

Hi, SUZI, I’m

DAWN. I FIXED
YOUR KNEE,
REMEMBER?

AND SO, 1 DEFEATED

Wetbs Lm GOING)
TO BABY-SIT FOR
ANOTHER STUDENT...
YOU TODAY.
IS YOUR
mom Home?
maY L
COME IN2

OF THE NOTORIOUS
SCHOOL OF NODS.
 I DON’T
NO, I’m DAWN, LIKE GUNS, SO
YOU'RE BURNED! YOUR SITTER. NO GUNS WHEN
YOU'RE A GONER!
WE MET AT I’m AROUND.
THE PIKES’.

33
 DO YOU KNOW
WHERE YOUR mom
KEEPS THE DIAPERS?
THIS PLACE WAS A MESS/! FF
 >,
M e ) ‘ic
 USUALLY, 1 GET SOME KIND
OF SPECIAL INSTRUCTION.

SNACK TIME AT 4, NO
TY BEFORE HOMEWORK...

SO exe

YOU GUYS EVER WELL... HOW

SEE MARY POPPINS2 WOULD YOU LIKE
TO PLAY A GAME?
 I’m GOING TO Time
uS TO SEE HOW FAST
WE CAN CLEAN UP
THE LIVING ROOM.

TAKE ANYTHING THAT

DOESN’T BELONG IN
THERE AND PUT IT WHERE
IT DOES BELONG.

TIDY EVERYTHING DON’T WORK SO

ELSE UP, BUT FAST YOU BREAK
BE CAREFUL. SOMETHING.
WE'LL HAVE
TO ADD Time TO
OUR SCORE IF
THAT HAPPENS.
 a
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Se
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hes < a
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————
we i
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{7
 SIX MINUTES
AND SEVENTEEN
SECONDS! 1S...IS THAT
A RECORDZ/

{ IT MIGHT BE...
BUT NOT IF
WE CLEAN uP
| THE KITCHEN
\ even Faster!
 THIS SURE IS
NICER, ISN’T IT?
EVEN THOUGH
WE DIDN’T BEAT
THE RECORD
THIS TIME.

HAVE A
DADDY?

WELL... YES.
YEAH. HE’S
BUT NOT HERE.
IN CALIFORNIA.
HE DOESN'T Live
THREE THOUSAND
WITH US.
MILES AWAY.

AND DAD ARE

DIVORCED.

4]
 I WONDER
HOW LONG BUT YOU KEEP
DIVORCE LASTS. HOPING YOUR DAD
WILL COME BACK?

THAT'S
WHAT mommy
SAID, BUT...

excepT I
KNOW HE
WON'T.
HOME FOR GOOD
 BY THE TiMe MRS.
BARRETT CAME BACK...

SUZI HAD COOLED OFF. AND We WERE ALL EXCITED

TO SHOW OFF OUR HANDIWORK. |

™\ A I HOPE YOu’LL
COME BACK.

IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN

HOW OFTEN “ANY Time” WAS
GOING TO BE, I MIGHT NOT
HAVE SPOKEN SO QUICKLY,
 APTER5
THE FIRST TIME I MET MARY ANNE,
SHE WAS SITTING AT A CAFETERIA TABLE
ALL BY HERSELF. THE BABY-SITTERS
CLUB HAD JUST HAD A HUGE FIGHT. THEY WERE ALL SITTING WITH OTHER
FRIENDS -- EXCEPT FOR MARY ANNE.

THAT’S WHERE
NOW THAT SHE AND KRISTY
I CAME IN.
ARE FRIENDS AGAIN...

THEY'VE GONE BACK

TO SITTING AT THEIR
USUAL TABLE WITH THE
SHILLABER TWINS.

AS
 mY DAD AND DAWN’S
mOM WENT OUT ON
TWO MORE DATES
THIS WEEKEND.

ANY UPDATES?

WHERE'D
THEY GO?

OUT TO DINNER YOU KNOW, IF

AND THE MOVIES YOUR PARENTS
ON SATURDAY GET MARRIED...

AND THEN TO
BRUNCH THE
VERY NEXT
MORNING.
KRISTY DIDN’T
DISLIKE ME. «AND THEY'LL GET
MARRIED AND HAVE
A BIG, BEAUTIFUL
WEDDING, WITH
TONS OF FLOWERS...

HEY, um,
KRISTY.

AREN’T YOUR
mOM AND WATSON
PLANNING TO GET
MARRIED SOON?

49
 uM... YEAH. GOSH, YOU’RE
IN THE FALL, GOING TO BE YEAH! FOUR
PROBABLY. @ BIG FAMILY. BROTHERS AND
AND THEN YOu’LL
HAVE A LITTLE
YOUR FIRST
STEPSISTER AND
SISTER.
STEPBROTHER,
RIGHT? HOW’S W’S EVERY!
EVERYBOD Y
GOING TO FIT
IN YOUR HOUSE?

RIGHT, PLUS
mY THREE
BROTHERS.

SORT OF
MOVING.

TO WATSON’S
MANSION.
 DO You GET
OOOOH, TO Repecorate \ I GUESS. BUT WHAT
A REAL - a le YOUR ROOM2 I REALLY WANT IS
MANSION? / MANSION. LIKE, HOWEVER EXACTLY WHAT’S IN
IT’S HUGE. YOU WANT? mY ROOM RIGHT NOW,

WHAARAT?
YOU'VE HAD THAT
FOR YEARS.

JUST THINK/
YOU COULD PROBABLY 3 SPORTS Si aaa WHAT I WANT
DO ANYTHING You THEMED. NOUR eres 1S WHAT
WANTED TO YOUR I've GOT.

SEE YOU
GUYS LATER,

51
 SHE DOESN'T
WA
NT TO move.
Eruaed

NHOARD maTTeR HOW

I TRIED.
..
ra
ieeil i
is
sn Hf

H
aT
|
 SATURDAY MORNING.
I WAS HEADED TO my
SECOND BABY-SITTING
R IRRETTS,
HOW LONG
WHAT’S FOR
STAYING2 4 BREAKFAST?

CLAUDIAF
IS THAT

STACEY, MALLORY,
AND I ARE SITTING
FOR THE PIKES -- ALL
te OF THEm -- AND we’RE
— THINKING ABOUT
HAVING A PICNIC.

YOU BRING
SNACKS?
9:00 - Breakfast 930 - Clean tasle.

SS 1030 - Straighten } BO - Snacks

Bedrooms. L | for picnic??

a » o Eel
: VG gcout
ay ZAiiies
of
CP

ame
itchen.

a
 = DAWN/ YOU
MADE IT!

UH...ARE RIGHT, AND THERE ARE

YOU OKAY? THREE BARRETT KIDS.

HOW MANY AND YOU AND

PIKE KIDS ME AND CLAUDIA, NOW COUNT
ARE THEREZ THE PEOPLE IN
SOx THE BACKYARD.
EIGHT. YOU FOURTEEN.
KNOW THAT.
 | ey eubii
f MARGO,

as 4

st oN a\ 6,

hia AND JENNY

S PREZZI0S0Z2
An

(
[ Ly
 HEY, MARNIE.
YOU WANT
A BROWNIE?

‘>> | :

WHAT ARE
YOU DOING?!

WHAT ARE
YOU DOING2/

SHE CAN’T EAT

CHOCOLATE.
IT MAKES HER MRS. BARRETT
REALLY SICK. NEVER TOLD
mé THAT.
 I APOLOGIZED To
MALLORY FOUR Times. THEN T BEGAN
TO FEEL ANGRY.

I KNEW MRS. BARRETT

Z WAS GOING THROUGH A
LOT RIGHT NOW, BUT...
M ne ; 5
J g

SHE NEVER GAVE

ME INSTRUCTIONS I HAD TO DO ALL
FOR THE KIDS. = cig HarpLy pain «OOF THE HOUSEWORK. AND HER NEGLIGENCE
ATTENTION TO THEM, ALMOST HURT MARNIE.

OS
I’m HOme! I KNEW I NEEDED To TALK
TO HER ABOUT EVERYTHING.

OH GOODNESS,
I DON’T KNOW
HOW YOu DO IT.

THE HOUSE

&® | * INCREDIBLE,
THANK YOU.
-} Shotter didnt wort to heave sett ohone ot
| aight. Shecabled me otthe host minute
 SORRY!
GOTTA GO/
BARRETTS!

CLAUDIA WAS RIGHT.

WITH MRS. BARRETT’S DIVORCE

AND JOB HUNT, IT SEEMED LIKE
SHE ALWAYS NEEDED SOMEONE
TO LOOK AFTER THE KIDS...

AND THEY
LIKED ME BEST.

ONE Time, I EVEN

MISSED A MEETING OF
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB.
MRS. BARRETT HAD PROMISED
SHE'D BE BACK BY 5:30, BUT
ENDED UP STAYING OUT UNTIL 6
WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A CALL/

BUT I DID FINALLY

GET UP THE NERVE
TO TALK TO HER.

67
 THANK YOU,
DAWN. I DON’T HOW COME YOU
KNOW WHAT DION’T TELL me
MARNIE’S ALLERGIC
MRS. BARRETT?
TO CHOCOLATE?

L...DION’T
TELL YOu? I ALMOST GAVE HER
A PIECE OF BROWNIE
THE OTHER DAY.
MALLORY STOPPED
me JusT IN Time,

DO THE KIDS
HAVE ANY OTHER
ALLERGIES?
THAT We’RE
IS THER!
AWARE OF. eRe
ANYTHING ELSE
I SHOULD KNOW?

68
 THANK YOU AGAIN,
DAWN. I HOPE YOU
KNOW HOW MUCH WE
APPRECIATE You. WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S BEEN GOING
ON, WELL, I JUST --

TLL GET iT! i DAD SAYS

BUDDY! I TOLD WHERE ARE we?
YOU, YOU ARE NOT
10 PNSWER THE — 1 YOU WERE S'POSED
TO DROP OFF ME
AND SuZI HALF
AN HOUR AGO.

OH GRACIOUS, DAWN, ILL SEE

I COMPLETELY YOU WEDNESDAY!
FORGOT!! a

71
 SO THAT IT’S BEEN A FEW WEEKS
DIDN’T REALLY NOW, AND LIKE CLAUDIA
GO AS PLANNED. SAID, I'VE BEEN SITTING
FOR THE BARRETTS A LOT,

IT’S STARTING m-my

TO FEEL Like I’m, HOMEWORK.
I DON’T KNOW,
€ STAND-IN mom.
WELL, CAN
I HELP? I’m
BUDDY? PRETTY
WHAT'S THE SMART,
MATTER?

72
 I’m SUPPOSED TO
ASK HER ABOUT OUR
FAMILY TREE, BUT
SHE'S ALWAYS BUSY.

OR TIRED.

AND I REALLY
WANT IT To
BE GOOD.

WELL, LET’S DO
AS MUCH AS WE
CAN, OKAY?

i |

PA (yDo
) ?

IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT AFTER

ASKING BUDDY A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND MAKING SOME
PHONE CALLS TO mRS. Pike...
WE FIGURED OUT WHERE ALL HE’D HAVE TO DO
BUDDY’S RELATIVES WAS GET THE MISSING
BELONGED ON THE TREE. NAMES FROM HIS mom.
 MALLORY! THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR COMING.
SUZI’S BEEN
THROWING UP AND
I CAN’T GET AHOLD
OF MRS. BARRETT.
COULD YOU...?

I SPENT THE REST OF

THE DAY READING TO
SUZI IN THE BATHROOM...
BOTH mY FAMILY AND MALLORY’S
ENDED UP CATCHING THAT BUG.
 CHAPTER 8
Buddy?
WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

THESE BACK
TODAY!

THANKS
FOR HELPING
me, DAWN.

78
 I WAS GLAD I COULD
HELP, BUT BUDDY’s mom
SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE
ONE HELPING HIM WITH
HIS FAMILY TREE...

a
Pe zi
ae
BEING PROUD OF
[| THE GOLD STAR...
|

a”
AND GETTING
THE HUG.

= COME ON
en UPSTAIRS.
 I CALL THIS
MEETING OF THE
BSC TO ORDER.
Bier teis HENS
HAD DING DONGS
Back HERE,
r|
ech Last Year. WILY THar’s oLo
BUSINESS!
OF BUSINESS?

MALLORY’S,
BEEN DOING
A GREAT JOB.
 MARNIE WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN SERIOUS
TROUBLE IF MAL HADN’T
BEEN AT THE PICNIC. ~\
TH-THANKS.

GOOD 308, AND YOU

MALLORY! KNOW...
AND SHE
WAS REALLY
HELPFUL WHEN
SUZI GOT SICK.

I DIDN’T HAVE TO
PASS YOUR CRAZY HOLD ON
TEST TO 00 IT. JUST A --

ACTUALLY, WE DID HAVE TO DO

YOU'RE RIGHT, AN AWFUL LOT OF
RESEARCH OURSELVES
TO PuT THAT TOGETHER,
\
CSF
AND I STILL COULON’T
wW) REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
 AND MALLORY HAS
BEEN REALLY HELPFUL,
ve Ww IE INVITED
HER TO JOIN THE CLUB.

HOW ABOUT A
TASTY TOAST TO MALLORY!
FOR OUR NEW aon
JUNIOR MEMBERF
oO by
=a me * me, i

s
 THE REST OF THE
MEETING WAS PRETTY OH, BEFORE
NORMAL, UNTIL... I FORGET...

KRISTY, L
WANTED TO I WAS BABY-SITTING
ASK YOU ABOUT FOR DAVID MICHAEL
SOMETHING. THE OTHER DAY...
 THEY DIDN'T
WHEN YOU mOvep,
DID THEY PACK LEAVE ANYTHING
uP EVERYTHING BEHIND.
IN THE VAN?

OH, OF
COURSE,
EVERY LAST

OH, DAVID
MICHAEL!

THEY WON’T
&-EVEN PUT LOUIE
YOUR PETS?2 IN THE VAN.

84
 BUT TALKING
TO HIM GOT
ME THINKING.

WHAT ARE WE GOING

TO DO ABOUT THE CLUB
WHEN YOU mOve?

{i IT’S ONLY eR COULD WE meET BUT We’D

RG a Few mies
—— f (_> SOMEWHERE
SS) away -- ae
4
5 yo Sr OUR CLIENTS
HAVE TO KNOW
mom WON’T / fb /
LET Me BIKE WHERE TO
HERE FROM REACH US.
WATSON’S.
if
 STUPID,
HEY, DON’T
STUPID A LOT
WATSON. CEE POUNON
WATSON. IT’S
IT’S NOT
ANYBODY’S
YOU KNOw.
NOT HIS FAULT. FAULT.

I may KNOW
MORE THAN you’Re NOT NO, BUT I’m THE ONLY ONE
YOU THINK. THE ONLY ONE WHOSE MOM CHOSE TO GET
WHOSE PARENTS MARRIED TO A GUY WHO'S SO
GOT DIVORCED. RICH HE LIVES OVER ON
MILLIONAIRE’S LANE.

AND I’m THE ONLY ONE

WE COULDN’T RUN
WHO MAY HAVE TO DROP
THE CLUB WITHOUT
OUT OF THE CLUB.
YOU, IT WOULDN'T
THE CLUB IT STARTED.
BE RIGHT.

86
 THE FATE OF THE CLUB WAS
HANGING IN THE AIR --
MUCH LIKE THE WINTER CHILL
THAT JUST WOULDN’T GO AWAY.

BUT IT WAS MEMORIAL DAY

WEEKEND, AND mOm WAS
DETERMINED TO HOST A PICNIC.

mom, THIS MIGHT BE

OF COURSE, MOST PEOPLE
THE FIRST PICNIC EVER
ALREADY HAD PLANS. IN THE
ATTENDED BY PEOPLE
END, THE ONLY ONES WHO
IN DOWN JACKETS.
COULD MAKE IT WERE mY
GRANDPARENTS, THE SPIERS,
FOR PITY’S THE BARRETTS...
SAKE, DAWN.
IT’S LOVELY
our.
 DO YOU THINK I
COULD SUBSTITUTE
RAW HONEY FOR
SUGAR?

AND KRISTY AND

DAVID MICHAEL.

WHAT IF, INSTEAD OF

TRYING TO MAKE ALL THIS
FANCY STUFF, We JUST DO WE'RE IN
HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS, CONNECTICUT
AND POTATO SALAD? NOW, mom,
PEOPLE BARBECUE
HOT DOGS! DO THINGS HERE. We
YOU EVEN KNOW SHOULD TRY TO SERVE
WHAT’S IN A -- FOOD THEY'LL EAT.

89
 WELL, I SUPPOSE
YOUR GRANDPA’S THEY EVEN HAVE
VERY GOOD WITH READY-MADE
THE GRILL. POTATO SALAD
AT THE GROCERY
AND ITLL
BE SO EASY.

SS
we sHoPPED, F
A I Rememeereo SS

4a
BS

ia - A

Hc
ba
mane
oo
DIDN’T YOUR
PARENTS NOT
LIKE MR. SPIER?

THAT WAS
A LONG
TIME AGO...
 ((
a

KEEP AN EYE ON
THEM, THIS 1S A GOOD
CHANCE TO SEE HOW
THEY’RE DOING,

AND WHETHER OR NOT

YOUR GRANDPARENTS
STILL DISAPPROVE
OF MY DAD.
WE MIGHT
HAVE TO AVERT
A CRISIS.
MARY ANNE...

WHERE ARE YOUR

FATHER’S GLASSESZ?

~ f
Ste
—<—>
come AND
GET IT!

SO, RICHARD,
HOW ARE THINGS AT
THOMPSON, THOMPSON,
AND ABRAMS?

WELL, I HAVEN'T
BEEN WITH THEM IN I STARTED my
QUITE SOME Time. OWN FIRM ABOUT
FOUR YEARS AGO.

AND ARE YOU

STILL LIVING ON
TAYLOR STREET?

WHY, NO!
WE'RE OVER
AT BRADFORD
COURT NOW.
OH/ WHAT
A LOVELY
 I’m GLAD
EVERYTHING
TURNED OuT
OKAY.
YOUR PARENTS
REALLY LIKE
EACH OTHER.

YOU MIGHT KRISTY...

ACTUALLY
END uP BEING
SISTERS. ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT?

my Mom GETTING
MARRIED, AND THE
MOVE AND ALL.
IT’S A LOT.
 I’m GOING TO BE YOU DON’T
SO FAR AWAY FROM WANT TO BE
YOU GUYS, AND I DON’T LEFT BEHIND,
KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING
WITH THE CLUB...

WHEN WE MOVED
HERE, WE HAD TO
LEAVE A LOT BEHIND.

OUR HOUSE, OUR

COUSINS AND BEST
FRIENDS, DAD...

THEY’RE ALL
THOUSANDS OF
MILES AWAY NOW.

BUT We STILL
TALK ALL YOU'RE
THE Time. ONLY MOVING
ACROSS TOWN. po You REALLY THINK
WE'RE GOING TO LET OUR
FRIENDSHIP CHANGE
OVER A FEW MILES?
OF COURSE NOT.
 ut the Lids were wild. Wid and cranky. Lim Sure
the sitter theyr really wasted was Dawn. LD don't
paar eal L hope theyr
" you than they do for me. -

bgt ens ge
ne ae

not really) and said heshouldn't have

he Enew dom well she’d be out. What's goings nf
ul
of calls
LD think we should al be caref From

Mr. Baxvett.
 TODAY, FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN AGES, 1 WASN’T
THE ONE BABY-SITTING Fé
FOR THe BARRETTS. EF

I DIDN’T ENVY MARY ANNE --

IT HAD BEEN RAINING FOR
THREE DAYS STRAIGHT.
QS a

|——id
£L7
LZ

SZ

AK
a

as
MARTIAN?Z!
i I’m A COWBOY!
4 FROM VENUS!
Y wet, rm Not ) THIS Is OBvioUsLY
DEAD FOR LONG, & VENUS WEAPON!
BECAUSE I’m COMING
ALL RIGHT, WHO
WANTS TO --

BUDDY, YOU GIVE ONE

MORE BIZZER SIGN TO YES, YOU WILL.
ANYONE TODAY -- I’m IN CHARGE
ANYONE -- AND YOU'LL HERE, AND WHAT
HAVE TO STAY IN YOUR I SAY GOES.
ROOM UNTIL YOUR
MOTHER COMES HOME.

101
 NOW. YOU
KNOW WHAT
WE'RE GOING
TO DO TODAY?

NOT READ.
NOT PLAY
CANDY LAND,

SO TODAY We’RE
NOPE. I CAN TELL GOING TO GO
YOU'RE TIRED OF D\ oursipe FoR A
THE SAME OLD PUDDLE WALK.
RAINY-DAY STUFF,

102
 JUMP IN AS
MANY PUDDLES
AS YOU CAN,
TRY TO MAKE
BIG SPLASHES!

you're WEARING \ | ‘a
P

YOUR SWIMSUIT
BNC RAMEE: THESE CLOTHES
ARE SUPPOSED
TO GET WET.

103
eer
| Yd
het
ae tai
tae poy,
|
 J
s o r r y a o u t
| [ ?
H E L L O
THAT.

a
th
 WHEN MRS. BARRETT
GOT HOME, THERE WAS
QUITE THE SCENE, BUDDY WAS MAD
BECAUSE HE’D BEEN
PUNISHED...
MRS. BARRETT WAS
MAD BECAUSE BUDDY
HAD MISBEHAVED...

AND SHE WAS

VERY UPSET THAT MR.
BARRETT HAD CALLED.

HE’S ONLY SUPPOSED

TO SPEAK TO THE KIDS
AND BUDDY,
ON ALTERNATING WHAT IS THE
TUESDAYS, AND THIS MATTER WITH
IS THE WRONG DAY. I GET NOTES
YOu?
FROM YOUR
IT’S PART OF THE TEACHER, YOU
CUSTODY ARRANGEMENT, GIVE MARY ANNE
AND He CAN’T KEEP HIS TROUBLE...
OWN SCHEDULE
STRAIGHT!

I DON’T HAVE
TIME FOR THIS,
YOUNG MAN. AND STRAIGHTEN
I CANNOT BE YOUR OUT THE messes
MOTHER AND FATHER, YOU GET YOURSELF
RUN THIS HOUSEHOLD,
LOOK FOR A JOB...

108
 =f
THE RAIN DIDN’T
= LET UP AFTER THAT.

: Et

I DIDN’T REALLY MIND.

IT MADE mé THINK OF
THE RAINY SEASON
IN CALIFORNIA.

MOM WAS IN A
GREAT MOOD.

AND 1 HADN'T HAD TO TELL

SEAN NPLSren ERE HER TO FIX HER EARRINGS IN
TALKING ON THE PHONE THREE DAYS STRAIGHT --
ALMOST EVERY NIGHT. A NEW RECORD.

TOO BAD THE BARRETT

KIDS WEREN’T NEARLY
AS HIGH-SPIRITED.
 HOW ABOUT...
PUTTING ON MAKING
A PLAY? OUR OWN
COMIC BOOK?

4 Oe

WELL, WHAT
DO YOU WANT
TO 002

I DUNNOOOOOO,

& a wo 4 ‘<9Zz
STOPPED!
 BUu0DY?

BUDDY? NO,
HE HASN’T — I WAS HOPING TRY CALLING THE
He’D COME SEE MURPHYS. AND
mY NeW WALKIE- THE SPENCERS.
TALKIES, THOUGH. AND LeT me
KNOW IF YOU
DON’T FIND Him
IN ABOUT HALF
AN HOUR,

116
 WHERE ON EARTH
COULD BUDDY
HAVE GONE?

WHEN WE GOT BACK, WE

CHECKED THE YARD AND I CALLED THE MURPHYS AND
HOUSE ONE mORE Time, THE SPENCERS, LIKE MRS. PIKE
AND THEN 1 STARTED SUGGESTED, AND THEN FOUR
MAKING CALLS. MORE NEIGHBORS WHOSE
\ aE NUMBERS MR. MURPHY GAVE Me.

IF YOU SEE
HIM, COULD YOU
LET Me KNOW?

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE,

I COULDN’T GET AHOLD OF
MRS. BARRETT.

Hi/ I CAN’T COME

TO THE PHONE
RIGHT NOW, BUT --

BUDDY WAS mY
RESPONSIBILITY, AND
I'D LET HIM DOWN.
 AFTER THAT, 1
CALLED MRS. PIKE
BACK IN A PANIC.

SHE TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY,

AND WE STARTED ASKING
PEOPLE TO HELP LOOK FOR HIM.

ALL RIGHT,
EVERYONE!

/ SPREAD OUT AND J =CAWN AND 1

LOOK FOR BUDDY.
\ GOINPAIRSOR f Jf wit stay ey THe \
PHONE IN CASE
}) GROUPS OF THREE. \ euppy cas.
"\ YOUNGER CHILDREN,
GO WITH AN ADULT. ] come Back
HERE IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING
TO REPORT.
 WHY HASN’T I DON’T KNOW,
SOMEONE FOUND SWEETIE, BUT WHAT IF He’S HURT2
Him BY NOW? HeE’LL TURN UP, WHAT IF HE CLIMBED A
HOW FAR COULD
TREE AND FELL OuT? OR GOT HIT
HE HAVE GOTTEN?
BY A CARZ TI
COULDN'T --

HELLO?
BARRETT
RESIDENCE --

BUDDY, IS
THAT You?2

JUST CHECKING Ly
IN. NO NEWS FROM
HIGH STREET OR
SLATE STREET.
 | [ HEY, DAWN.
\ Hey,mom. Pa
{ THe poor |
WAS OPEN. }

I GOT YOUR NOTE

AND CAME OVER
LIKE YOU SAID TO.
WHAT’S GOING ON?
HONEY, BUDDY’S
MISSING, EVERYONE’S
OUT LOOKING. HAVE
YOU SEEN HIM2

SURE T Have.
AND He’S NOT
MISSING,
 He’s AT
HIS LESSON.

SUZI, DOES BUDDY

TAKE ANY KIND

)
1S

HONEY, WHAT MAKES 7 AT THE SAME Time

YOU THINK BUDDY
PICKED me uP FOR
1S AT A LESSON?
mY PIANO LESSON... 4

=
Sa
Cae
|
pce I Saw
SOMEONE PICK
BUDDY UP.

aa ~

4A
7 @
YOU SAW BUDDY
GET INTO A CAR
WITH SOMEONE I’m GOING TO
THIS MORNING? CALL THE POLICE.
 DO You REMemBER DID YOU See THE
ANYTHING ELSE LICENSE PLATE?
ABOUT THE CARZ THE DRIVER2

I DON’T
KNOW, OKAY?

WE LIVE THREE
HOUSES AWAY, AND MRS. KATZ PICKED
BESIDES, I WASN’T me UP, AND I SAW BUDDY
PAYING ATTENTION, GET INTO A CAR IN HIS
I DIDN’T THINK DRIVEWAY. THAT'S ALL.
THERE WAS ANY
REASON TO. BUT YOU'RE
SURE IT WAS
A BLUE CAR.
 DID BUDDY LOOK SCARED
A BLUE CAR.
AS HE GOT IN THE CAR? LiKE
DID YOU RECOGNIZE
AND YOu HE DIDN’T WANT TO GO?
THE CAR? HAVE You
DION’T NOTICE
SEEN IT AROUND
THE DRIVER.
NO. HE WAS HERE BEFORE?
OPENING THE DOOR
AND GETTING IN.

I DON’T
KNOW. IT WAS
sustacar. |

ANY MORE
QUESTIONS?
JORDAN, IT KNOW ONE LAST
WE'VE ASKED YOU THING.
THIS BEFORE.

BUT ARE YOU

POSITIVE YOU DIDN’T ABOUT WHAT TIME
SEE THE DRIVER? NOT DID YOU See BUDDY
EVEN WHETHER IT WAS GET INTO THE CAR?
A MAN OR A WOMAN?

T was
LOOKING AT
BUDDY, NOT
THE DRIVER.

MOM, WHAT TIME

DID MRS. KATZ 5, THEN, MY
PICK me UP? PIANO LESSON
WAS AT 11:30.

AS FOR ME, THE POLICE

MOSTLY HAD QUESTIONS BUT THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED
ABOUT MR. BARRETT, WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT
MRS. BARRETT DIDN’T WANT
THEY SEEMED DISAPPOINTED
MR. BARRETT CALLING THE KIDS.
WHEN TI SAID I DIDN’T KNOW
MUCH ABOUT HIM, OR HIS
DIVORCE WITH MRS, BARRETT...
 MARNIE WILL
BE AWAKE SOON, YOU'RE A BRAVE WELL, JEFF
GIRL. I'm VERY AND I WILL BE
I SHOULD PROUD OF YOU. HELPING WITH THE
GET BACK NEIGHBORHOOD
TO WORK. SHOULD’ve SEARCH, SO...
SEEN ME BEFORE
YOU GOT HERE.

JUST YELL
IF YOU NEED
ANYTHING.
FOR THE NEXT HOUR, THE THEY SEARCHED THE
POLICE CAME AND WENT. : HOUSE FOR AN ADDRESS
BOOK OR ANY CLUE AS TO
WHERE MR, BARRETT MGHT
BE, BUT DIDN’T FIND MUCH.

MALLORY VOLUNTEERED TO
WHILE ALL OF THIS WAS
LOOK AFTER SUZI AT THE
GOING ON, I STILL HAD
PIKES’ HOUSE, AND T CALLED
JO SEE IF SUZI REMEMBERED MARNIE TOGO ATER
WHERE HER DAD Lived.

UM...IN HIS
*PARTMENT?
 BUDDY, IS
THAT YOUZ

BUDDY! WE'RE
WORRIED TO
DEATH. WHERE

A GAS STATION??2
WHERE -- WHAT --

HOW DID You BUT 1 DON’T

GET THERE? THINK I’m SUPPOSED
WHOSE CAR?
TO BE WITH HIM,
WHOSE CAR DID I KNeW You’D
YOU GET INTO? BE WORRIED,
DAWN HEY, HOW DOES
THOUGH, DAWN -- THIS THING WORK?
We'RE ON OUR WAY
HOME, OKAY? WE'RE --

SH tkkkkthth

130
 THERE'S
NO ONE ON / IT Was HE Was WITH
THE LINE, BUDDY!! HIS DAD. AT A
GAS STATION.

AS DETECTIVE
NORTON mADE
@ CALL...

IN A FANTASY.
MR. BARRETT WOULD
BRING BUDDY HOME...

EVERYONE WOULD SEE

THAT EVERYTHING WAS
FING AND LEAVE...

AND MRS. BARRETT WOULD

NEVER KNOW THAT ANYTHING
HAD GONE WRONG.
 SO YOU'RE TELLING ME
THAT MY EX-HUSBAND...
TOOK...BUDDY THIS MORNING.
BUT HAS YOUR
AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW DIVORCE BEEN A
UNTIL BUDDY CALLED? FRIENDLY ONE?

THAT’S CORRECT.
I DON’T MEAN
TO ALARM YOU...

BECAUSE, WELL,
OH, NO. HAM AND I Have
A LOT OF MISSING
PROBLEMS, BUT HE'D
KIDS ARE CHILDREN
NEVER KIDNAP THE KIDS.
F DIVORCE. I MEAN, HE ALREADY
OEDINORCE THEY'VE BEEN GETS THEM TWICE A...
Ea TAKEN BY PARENTS
WHO WANT CUSTODY,
BUT HAVEN’T BEEN
GRANTED IT.
 WHILE BUDDY AND I WENT | MA
ON OUR LITTLE MISSION, THE
POLICE GOT THE FULL STORY
OUT OF MR, BARRETT.

MRS. BARRETT HAD BEEN MIXING

uP THEIR SCHEDULE A LOT, AND WHEN HE DECIDED TO
HE REALIZED THAT SHE HAD CONFUSED TEACH HER A LESSON.
THE DATES AGAIN TODAY, HE GOT mAD.

HIS PLAN WAS TO COME BY, TAKE THE

KIDS, AND WAIT FOR MRS, BARRETT
TO FIGURE OUT HER MISTAKE.
WHEN HE SAW BUDDY ALL BY
HIMSELF, HE THOUGHT IT’D BE
EASIEST TO JUST TAKE HIM.

THEY WENT TO LUNCH

AND A THEME PARK, BUT THAT WAS WHEN mR. BARRETT
BUDDY DIDN’T Seem HAPPY. REALIZED THAT HIS EX-WIFE
WASN’T EVEN HOME.
WHEN MR. BARRETT ASKED WHAT
AND WHO KNEW WHAT A
WAS WRONG, BUDDY SAID HE WAS
BABY-SITTER WOULD DO WHEN
WORRIED ABOUT ME, BECAUSE
SHE FOUND OUT ONE OF HER
I DION’T KNOW WHERE He WAS.
CHARGES WAS MISSING?
THE POLICE GAVE MR. BARRETT
A WARNING, BUT THAT WAS IT.

THEY DID STRONGLY SUGGEST,

HOWEVER, THAT THE BARRETTS
TALK TO THEIR LAWYERS ABOUT
THEIR CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS.

WN] rap someTHine To

DB) Tel mas. earretr. :
 I WENT OVER THE
NEXT MORNING

MRS. BARRETT HAD SUGGESTED

THAT MR. BARRETT TAKE THE
KIDS FOR THE DAY, AND I’D Never
HEARD THE HOUSE SO QUIET.

IT WAS WEIRD,
SO, DAWN, WHAT
IS IT YOU WANTED
TO TALK ABOUT?

TI REALLY
LIKE BUDDY,
MARNIE, AND
SUZI, BUT...

I CAN’T
BABY- SIT

(Sa FOR THEM

ANYMORE.
zeae
WE'RE GOING
STRAIGHTEN OUR
YOU CAN'T? IT’S
PROBLEMS OUT, DAWN.
NOT BECAUSE OF
WHAT HAPPENED WE’RE GOING TO TALK TO
YESTERDAY, IS IT? OUR LAWYERS, AND MAYBE
A COUNSELOR, TOO
ip

ERAT
ST
ih
TT
NY
ST
|

YOU WON’T
HAVE ANY MORE THE PROBLEM
ISSUES WITH MY IS, UH.
EX-HUSBAND.

I’ve HAD A
LOT OF TROUBLE
BECAUSE OF...

oer

a?abe
S€w
gxeono
wet
ite
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 I CAN’T BE A GOOD
BABY-SITTER UNLESS
THE PARENTS GIVE
ME @ LITTLE HELP. I CAN’T DO ALL
THE HOUSEWORK.
I NEED TO KNOW THE
AND YESTERDAY
IMPORTANT THINGS, LIKE
WAS VERY
ALLERGIES, AND WHERE YOU
SCARY.
ARE WHILE I’m IN CHARGE.
I NEED PHONE NUMBERS,
AND ORGANIZATION,

BUT MOST
OF ALL...

aes
BUDDY COMES TO
ME WITH SCHOOL =
PROBLEMS, ee YOU'RE THEIR
SUZI CALLS me \_ MOTHER...
ON THE PHONE. s NOT Me.
I Love BUDDY = 2
AND SuZi. AND

ZZ
MARNIE, TOO, Jo
 I’m SORRY. THAT'S WHY I
CAN’T SIT FOR YOU ANYMORE,
YOUR KIDS NEED YOU,
NOT A BABY-SITTER.

I TALKED THIS OVER

WITH THE CLUB, AND
THEY THINK IT’S THE
RIGHT THING, TOO.

OH, DAWN.
PLEASE. JUST
A MINUTE.

YOU'RE THE BEST SITTER CAN'T

WE'VE EVER HAD. THE WE WORK
KIDS ADORE You. I DON’T SOMETHING
KNOW WHAT THEY’D DO IF... ourt2

TLL STILL BE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER.

140
 Vi
|\
~~

pial ~ x

AND MAYBE SOMETIMES

I COULD LEAVE SPECIFIC
CHORES FOR YOU TO
DO AND PAY EXTRA.
HOW ABOUT
A TRIALZ
T'LL BABY-SIT
FOR YOU THREE
MORE TIMES AND
WE'LL SEE HOW
IT GOES.
 SO I'LL BE SITTING
FOR THEM THREE
MORE TIMES.

I THINK IT WAS
VERY BRAVE OF YOU HOW ARE THE KIDS
TO HAVE THE TALK DOING NOW, ANYWAY?
IN THE FIRST PLACE. SINCE THE INCIDENT2

YEAH. YOU came THEY’RE GOOD,

TO A REASONABLE I THINK. MARNIE’S
comPRomIsE. TOO LITTLE TO
REMEMBER...

MALLORY TOOK
GREAT CARE OF SUZI
WHILE THINGS WERE
GOING DOWN...

AND
BUDDY’S, THE IDEA OF PARENTS
OKAY. He’S CONFUSED, BUT KIDNAPPING THEIR OWN
HIS PARENTS EXPLAINED CHILDREN IS SCARY.
THAT THEY HAVE SOME
PROBLEMS THEY’RE
WORKING ON,
 HELLO,
BABY-SITTERS
cLuB.

= : . i

| : \

Hi, BUDDY.
GUESS WHAT
HAPPENED IN
SCHOOL TODAY?

gen A I DROPPED my
| PENCIL ON STENE’S
DESK AND MR. ZUNG
SAID I COULDN’T
GO TO RECESS,

IS YouR
mom Home? I THINK YOU
SHOULD TELL HER
ABOUT THIS. SHE'LL
HELP YOU DECIDE
WHAT TO DO.
 WE DISCUSSED BUSINESS
FOR A FEW MINUTES...

I'VE BEEN THINKING

ABOUT WHAT TO
DO WITH THE CLUB
AFTER I Move.

I Mean, I KNOW we HAvE

ALL SuMMER BEFORE THAT
HAPPENS, BUT 1 CAN’T HELP
WORRYING ABOUT IT.

SO I've come
TO A DECISION.

145
 IS TO RAISE
OUR CLUB DUES.

THE ONLY SOLUTION 1 CAN

THINK OF IS TO PAY SOMEONE
TO DRIVE mE TO AND FROM CLUB
MEETINGS. NOT A CAB DRIVER,
BUT SOMEONE WHO'D LIKE TO
EARN A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY.
CHARLIE WILL BE
SOMEONE YOUNG ABLE TO DRIVE
WHO’S JUST LEARNED THEN, WON’T HE?
TO DRIVE --

KRISTY,
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ANN M. MARTIN’S the Baby-sitters Club is
one of the most popular series in the history of publishing —
with more than 176 million books in print worldwide — and
inspired a generation of young readers. Her novels include
Belle Teal, A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor
book), Here Today, A Dog’s Life, and On Christmas Eve,
as well as the much-loved collaborations, P.S. Longer Letter
later and Snail Mail No More, with Paula Danziger, and
The Doll People and The Meanest Doll in the World, written
with Laura Godwin and illustrated by Brian Selznick. She
lives in upstate New York.
GALE GALLIGAN i; « graduate of NYU and
the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her comics have
appeared in a number of anthologies, and she worked
as a production assistant on Drama by Raina Telgemeier.
Gale lives in Pleasantville, New York. Visit her online at
www.galesaur.com.
A GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SMILE ‘A GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SMILE
RAINA TELGEMEIER RAINA TELGEMEIER

BAIBY-SITMERS
CLUB

ANN M. MARTIN

A GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SMILE ‘AGRAPHIC NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFSMILE
RAINA TELGEMEIER RAINA TELGEMEIER

SABY-SITTERS | |BABY-SITTERS
CLUB CLUB

MARY ANNE SAVES THE DAY

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY BASED ON THE NOVEL BY
ANN M. MARTIN ANN M. MARTIN