Here Come the Bridesmaids! is the twelfth book in the Baby-Sitters Club Super Special series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Wedding bells are ringing on both coasts. Dawn's dad is getting married in California, and Mrs. Barrett (a favorite BSC client) is getting married in Stoneybrook. Looks like a job for the Baby-sitters Club!
Mary Anne, Kristy, and Claudia are flying out to help with the California wedding. And Dawn has a big surprise for Mary Anne: The stepsisters are both going to be bridesmaids.
Back in Connecticut, Stacey's a BSC bridesmaid, too — for Mrs. Barrett. Some of the club members have even been hired to baby-sit at the big event.
Being a bridesmaid sure is a lot of fun and a lot of work. But at least when it's all over, the Baby-sitters have something extra special to celebrate. Dawn's coming back to Stoneybrook — for good!
Chapter Narrators[]
- Dawn Schafer (Prologue, 1, 13, 21, 23)
- Stacey McGill (2, 15)
- Jessi Ramsey (3, 11)
- Mallory Pike (4, 17)
- Suzi Barrett (5, 22)
- Mary Anne Spier (6, 10, 12)
- Jeff Schafer (7, 18)
- Kristy Thomas (8, 19)
- Claudia Kishi (9, 16)
- Shannon Kilbourne (14)
- Logan Bruno (20)
Plot[]
Characters[]
California Wedding Attendees[]
- Jack Schafer (groom) and Carol Schafer (bride)
- The BSC - Kristy Thomas, Claudia Kishi, Mary Anne Spier
- The We Love Kids Club - Dawn Schafer, Sunny Winslow, Maggie Blume, Jill Henderson
- other - Jeff Schafer, Mrs. Bruen
Stoneybrook Wedding Attendees[]
- Franklin DeWitt (groom) and Natalie Barrett (bride)
- The DeWitt kids - Lindsey DeWitt, Taylor DeWitt, Madeleine DeWitt, and Ryan DeWitt
- The Barrett kids - Buddy Barrett, Suzi Barrett, and Marnie Barrett
- The BSC - Stacey McGill, Shannon Kilbourne, Mallory Pike
Other Characters[]
Kids
- Johnny, James, and Mathew Hobart
- Jamie Newton
- Myriah Perkins
- Charlotte Johanssen (mentioned)
- Becca Ramsey
- Nina Marshall (mentioned)
- Jake Kuhn (mentioned)
- Jordan, Adam, Byron, Vanessa, Nicky, Margo, and Claire Pike
- Daffodil Austin
- Clover Austin
- Stephie Robertson
- Erick DeWitt
- Ryan DeWitt (California)
Pre-Teens
Teenagers
- The Clements' son
Adults
- Mrs. McGill
- Ms. Javorsky - woman who fits Jessi for a Santa suit
- Lyle - florist for Carol and Jack's wedding
- Reverend Gunness the celebrant at Jack and Carol's wedding
- Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey
- Cecelia Parker (mentioned)
- Andrea, Jennifer, and Randi - Mrs. Barrett's bridesmaids
- The Clements - people who live on the same street as the Pikes.
- Richard and Sharon Spier
Locations[]
- Schafer House
- McGill House
- Ramsey House
- Spier/Schafer House
- Hobart House
- Pike House
- Winslow House
- Barrett/DeWitt House
- Unnamed church in Stoneybrook
- Vista Hills Mall
- Bellair's Department Store
Pop Culture and Real Life References[]
- Charlotte's Web (book and 1973 movie)
- Gilligan's Island
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The Twilight Zone
- Chronicles of Narnia
- The Oscars
- Medusa and the Gorgon from Greek mythology
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- On page 2, Dawn recalls when Carol and Jack had a big fight in Dawn and the We ♥️ Kids Club. Dawn mentions the time they were on TV from the same book on page 11.
- On page 20, Stacey recalls some of the events of Sea City, Here We Come!.
- On page 101, Mary Anne recalls that she'll burn if she's in the sun too long from Boy-Crazy Stacey.
- Claudia mentions that she has experience with cameras on page 159, this might be alluding to her photography class from Claudia and the Clue in the Photograph.
Inconsistencies
- On page 221, Dawn refers to Richard as "dad" at one point rather than by his first name like she usually does.
Trivia[]
- This book’s working title was California Wedding [1]
- This book takes place between books #80 and #81 in the regular series. At the time, Dawn has been living in California for several months (since #67 Dawn's Big Move) with her father, brother, and soon-to-be stepmother, but she is planning to come back to Stoneybrook right after the wedding. Meanwhile, BSC associate member Shannon Kilbourne has stepped up to fill her place. Dawn and her friends Sunny Winslow, Maggie Blume, and Jill Henderson baby-sit as the members of the We Love Kids Club. After Dawn's move back, she is in Stoneybrook from books #81-#88.
- Maggie never read Charlotte's Web but might have seen the 1973 movie.
- The Barrett/DeWitt's new house is about a half mile away from Stacey's house.
- This is one of the few books where Buddy's real name is used.
- One of Mrs. Barrett's college friends called to say that she couldn't be a bridesmaid.
- Jobs lined up but not seen: Shannon for the Papadakises, Mallory for the Prezziosos,
- The Santa last year at Bellair's had hair past his shoulders and had an earring, and instead of ho ho ho he said Yo What's Up to the kids.
- Becca and Charlotte are friends with James Hobart.
- Jake Kuhn and James Hobart found a birds' nest.
- Suzi Barrett likes the way that Stacey writes and how she puts hearts on her "i".
- Buddy Barrett doesn't believe in Santa.
- Dawn's friends were able to visit her at school.
- Mr. and Mrs. Kishi are paying for Janine's college courses.
- Carol added stuffed grape leaves, unsweeteened yams, roast duck, and carrot cake to the reception menu last minute.
- Mary Anne doesn't like the idea of a beach wedding at first, but Claudia and Dawn do.
- Jeff threw his tie in air (with Jack's full permission) after Jack and Carol had their wedding kiss.
- Natalie and Franklin did not invite other kids to their wedding.
- Claudia was hired to take candid photos of Jack and Carol's wedding.
- Mallory and the caroling group went to the Clements', Goldmans', Braddocks', Kishis'', Prezziosos', Arnolds', and the Schafer/Spiers'.
- Carol's furniture got stolen. She doesn't mind too much as she'd never really cared for the furniture anyway.
- The Barrett/DeWitts have a piano, even though nobody knows how to play. At the end of the book they give it to the Brunos so that Hunter can play it.
- Carol is a good tutor and helped Dawn with her midterms.
- It's hard for Dawn to get used to the fact that Carol actually lives in her house now.
- The epilogue is nothing but letters and notes.