Mary Anne Saves the Day by Ann M. Martin

I had definitely forgotten just how strict Mary Anne's father was (and I had forgotten he was a lawyer), not allowing Mary Anne to, essentially, grow up. And I know that reading this as a 12 year old, I was all over that styling. Stacey really is 80s fashion personified. I also love how Mary Anne idolises Stacey's dress sense, describing her as being super sophisticated because she has a set of earrings (for pierced ears, obviously), one of which is a dog and the other a bone. There's a lot of angst and drama in this episode (which is surprisingly very realistic) with plenty of sticking out of tongues and name calling. And it's only as Mary Anne has to look after a sick child that her father realises just how grown up and responsible she is, and starts to let go. At school, Mary Anne starts to come out from the shadows and make her own friend - new kid Dawn. The resulting argument leads to none of the girls being friends any longer, and the future of the club is in jeopardy. In this one, we have the members of the Babysitters Club falling out over who gets to sit for Mrs Newton's new baby. I'm amazed at how well I remember these stories, given that it's been 20 years since I read them. Mary Anne saves the day, also known as the one where Mary Anne finally develops a backbone. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.Īfter 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.

They inspired her to become a writer herself. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.Īnn has always enjoyed writing. But many of her characters are based on real people. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. She's now a full-time writer.Īnn gets the ideas for her books from many different places. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. Ann Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955.

Mary Anne Saves the Day by Ann M. Martin