Karen's Christmas Tree is the 80th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen cannot wait for the holidays. She and her friends want to do something special for a neighbor. They decide to surprise her with a Christmas tree.
Then Karen and her friends have a huge fight. They will not talk to each other. Now what are they going to do about the Christmas tree?
Summary[]
Grandma B gives Nancy two tickets to see a performance of Annie (she can only invite one friend) and Karen tells Nancy that she can’t go because Andrew’s school is putting on a holiday festival (even though Nancy never invited Karen; she invited herself). Nancy invites Hannie, and Karen is mad because she mixed up the date of Andrew’s school festival (so she could’ve gone to the musical). Karen stops talking to Hannie and Nancy, and they both stop talking to Karen.
Characters in this book[]
Karen's Family
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- Little House - Seth Engle, Lisa Engle
Kids
- Ms. Colman's Class: Hannie Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Natalie Springer, Ricky Torres, Addie Sidney, Pamela Harding, Leslie Morris, Terri Barkan, Tammy Barkan, Audrey Green, Sara Ford, Bobby Gianelli, Hank Reubens, Omar Harris, Chris Lamar
- Martin - boy who Karen, Hannie, and Nancy were buying a toy for (mentioned)
- Linny Papadakis (mentioned)
- Kathryn and Willie Barnes
Teenagers
Adults
- Mr. Papadakis (mentioned)
- Mr. and Mrs. Dawes (mentioned)
- Ms. Colman
- Esther Barnard (mentioned)
- Drucker Family
- Mr. Mackey - art teacher
- Mr. Gianelli
- Mrs. Barnes
- Mrs. Barton
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Dawes House
- Drucker House - front yard
- Unicorn Toy Store
- Stoneybrook General Hospital (mentioned)
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- On page 12, Karen recalls when she and Andrew accidentally broke the angel for the tree in Karen's Angel.
- Grandma B is mentioned from Karen's Grandmothers
- On page 25 ,Karen mentions the St. Patrick's Day Parade from Karen's Leprechaun.
- Karen remembers when Bobby and Nancy went to the hospital before on page 32. Bobby went in Karen's Ice Skates and Nancy went in Karen's Doll.
Trivia[]
- Pop culture and real life references: Annie (musical)
- Nancy's dad was home to drive them to the store to pick a star from the wish tree.
- Hannie takes attendance in chapter 9.
- When Karen, Hannie, and Nancy start fighting Karen sits with Natalie at lunch.
- The class reading groups are divided by genre.
- When the girls start fighting, Nancy starts crying and Hannie told off Karen.
- The library had a book sale sometime before Christmas.
- Lisa visits Mrs. Drucker in the hospital.
- Mr. Gianelli, Mrs. Barnes, Kathryn, Willie, and the Barton family all donate money for the tree. Mrs. and Mr. Barton donate lights as well.
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