Karen's Pizza Party is the 42nd book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Lucky Karen. She is going to be the queen of Pizza Express for one whole month. That means wearing a crown, and having her picture taken, and being on TV.
Karen thinks she is so great. The kids at school think Karen is a pest. So Karen is going to make up with everyone. She is going to throw the biggest pizza party ever.
Long live Karen the Pizza Queen!
Summary[]
Karen and her friends enter a contest at Pizza Express. The winner gets to be King or Queen for a month. They fill out form after form. On the big day, everyone gathers in front of Pizza Express. Karen's name is called as the winner! She says that it is her lucky day because in addition to being crowned Pizza Queen, Karen also gets to take care of Hootie the Guinea Pig while her classroom is being renovated. Karen is busy as Pizza Queen. She films a TV commercial, has a professional photo shoot, and makes appearances at the restaurant.
However, this quickly starts to go to her head, and she starts to annoy her friends. For example, one day, she made everyone watch her perform her TV commercial at school. Karen keeps promising her friends that she will get them free pizza. Mommy isn't too happy about that. Mommy also isn't happy when Hootie the Guinea Pig gets lost at the little house. Eventually they find him behind the refrigerator. At the end of the month, the owner of Pizza Express hosts a pizza party for Karen and her friends. She decides not to be braggy anymore, and everyone enjoys the party. The next week, Karen's classmate Natalie is crowned as the new Pizza Queen.
Characters in this book[]
Karen's Family
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- Big House - Watson Brewer, Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer, Charlie Thomas, Sam Thomas, Kristy Thomas, David Michael Thomas, Emily Michelle Brewer, Nannie
- Little House - Seth Engle, Lisa Engle
Kids
- Ms. Colman's Class: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Bobby Gianelli, Ricky Torres, Leslie Morris, Addie Sidney, Pamela Harding, Natalie Springer, Hank Reubens, Barkan Twins
- Sari Papadakis (mentioned)
- Daniel Dawes (mentioned)
- Linny Papadakis
- Rodney - previous Pizza King
- Joey McGrath - birthday guest at Pizza Express
Teenagers
- Tamara Harding (mentioned)
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mrs. Papadakis
- Mr. Rush (Pizza Express owner)
- Marcy Jacobs - commercial producer
- Gene and Verna - hair and make up workers
- Chris, Lenny, Marco, Ling - photography assistants
- Maureen - photographer
- Mrs. Dawes
Places in this book[]
- Stoneybrook Academy - cafeteria and Ms. Colman's classroom
- Pizza Express
- Photography studio
- Bellair's
Trivia[]
- On the dedication page it says: "This book is for Morgan and Katie, Heather, Liz, Melissa, Kelly, Angie, Claudia, Andrea L., Andrea R., Alison, Lindsay, and Jennifer!"
- Inconsistencies: Mr. Rush is mentioned to be the owner of Pizza Express, however, in Dawn and the Big Sleepover Mr. Morton is the owner. Karen is mentioned to be a great speller, but she misspells private on page 70.
- It's mentioned that Karen has a college fund in this book.
- The auditorium and cafeteria was renovated during the summer.
- Karen, Addie, Leslie, and the Barkan Twins all had permission to take home Hootie.
- A boy named Rodney was the pizza king the previous month.
- Pizza Express is described as kind of dark inside.
- Pamela's sister gave her a couple of sticker sheets.
- Natalie was announced as the next pizza queen.
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