Jessi's new teacher is shy and wears odd clothes and the students play jokes on him that Jessi thinks are funny, but when he leaves after she plays a prank on him, she feels awful about it.

"Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has left her Upside-Down House and the animals that live there in the care of her twenty-something niece, Missy. Luckily for the town's families, Missy Piggle-Wiggle is capable of concocting the same sort of inventive cures for bad behavior that made her aunt an indispensable community resource"--

When Kristy gets a regular sitting job at the Kilbourne house, she wonders why Shannon, an associate member of the BSC, doesn't take care of her own sisters. She soons finds herself in the middle of a feud between Shannon and her sisters.

In parallel stories, Bone, an orphaned dog, finds and loses a series of homes, Molly, a family pet, helps Charlie through the grief and other after-effects of his brother's death, and lonely Henry pleads for a dog of his own.

The members of the Baby-Sitters' Club have signed up for their best school trip yet: a week in London and Paris.

Jenny Prezzioso is the fussiest kid the Baby-sitters know. Her hair is always perfect, she wears frilly dresses and is never dirty. Mary Anne wants her to join the kickball team but no way is she going to play.

Is Dawn's California baby-sitting club more popular than Stoneybrook's BSC?

Flora and Ruby's Aunt Allie is about to adopt the baby she always wanted and the whole family is excited.

This is a different kind of summer for Stacey. Since her fight with the BSC, Stacey's not baby-sitting much, and she doesn't have her best friend Claudia to do things with. So Stacey gets a part-time job at the department store downtown, and she finds a new group of friends. Stacey enjoys hanging out with Jacqui, Sheila, and the other girls. They're serious shoppers, and they're really into music. These girls are fun. A little wild even. But Stacey's...