Also see the Stevenson Twins for more info
Anna Stevenson (born on October 15th) is Abby Stevenson's twin sister. Her Hebrew name is Hannah. She is in eighth grade at Stoneybrook Middle School with Kristy Thomas and a friend of The Baby-Sitters Club.
Appearance[]
Anna has hair and eyes that are deep brown almost black and a pointy face. Her hair is cut shorter then Abby's (it goes to her shoulders) and she has bangs. She wears either glasses or contact lenses because she is nearsighted. She wears different glasses frames from Abby.
In Kristy and the Dirty Diapers, she's mentioned to be about 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Biography[]
Anna isn't athletic but is shown to be a very gifted musician who spends hours practicing her violin. She is very close to Abby and sometimes they can be in different places and will have intuitions about each other that end up being true.
She was born in Long Island, New York to her parents Rachel Stevenson and Jonathan Stevenson. Anna is eight minutes older than Abby in Abby and the Best Kid Ever. Anna moved to Stoneybrook with Abby and her mother after her father was killed in an accident when she was nine years old. She goes to Stoneybook Middle School because it has a great orchestra in Kristy and the Dirty Diapers. Anna was asked to join the Baby Sitters Club along with Abby, but she declined due to her commitment to playing the violin in the school orchestra.
In Abby's Twin, she had an orchestra field trip and had a health exam when she came back. Anna is diagnosed with scoliosis and has to wear a brace underneath her clothing for 23 hours a day for 2 to 3 years. She is x-rayed for her scoliosis by Dr. Abrahams every three months.
In Stacey's Movie, she's in Stacey McGill's Short Takes class. She is in the same group as Logan Bruno, Alan Gray, and Kristy Thomas.
Music[]
Her orchestra teacher is Mrs. Pinelli and the class send tapes to kids in a Mexican orphanage in Stacey's Broken Heart. Music is her life, most of her friends are from orchestra or other groups she plays in. Anna plays piano but her main instrument is violin. She practices violin for two hour stretches and often loses track of time. She takes private lessons and in the first chair in the SMS orchestra. Played a solo with the high school orchestra in Long Island. Anna has won violin competitions. She likes to practice a couple of hours a day before dinner.
In Abby and the Mystery Baby she also plays chamber music.
Abby mentions that she can play their father's harmonica in Abby's Lucky Thirteen.
Friends[]
- Corley has been her best friend since kindergarten and is the queen of note passers. She's also a musician.
- Roxanne
- Shannon Kilbourne
- Lauren
Likes[]
Dislikes[]
- Public speaking
- Video games
- Garlic
Trivia[]
- In early drafts her placeholder name was Ethel.
- Unlike Abby, she doesn't have asthma or allergies which was mentioned in Kristy and the Dirty Diapers.
- Anna is pretty quiet according to Kristy in Kristy and the Dirty Diapers.
- Is good at imitating Abby's allergies
- Her doctor is Dr. Hernandez in Abby and the Notorious Neighbor.
- She goes to Claudia's party in Claudia's Big Party.
- In Kristy and the Dirty Diapers she feels neutral about sports
- Kristy is her in math class.
- Her friend, Corley, gave her a teapot shaped like a piano when she was in the fifth grade as mentioned in Welcome to the BSC, Abby. She still has notes from her from the first grade.
- She's into bird watching in Abby and the Notorious Neighbor.
- In Mary Anne to the Rescue it's mentioned that Anna once has a febrile seizure.
- She has her old teddy bear named Stubbles in Abby's Book.
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