Karen's Magic Garden is the 76th book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen's family is having a reunion in Maine. Karen meets her cousin Diana for the first time. Diana is a lot of fun. Together the cousins explore the old house. They even find a hidden garden.
Karen and Diana fix up the garden. Soon it looks beautiful. Special things happen when they are there. Could the garden be magical, too?
Summary[]
Characters in this book[]
Karen's Family
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- Little House - Seth Engle, Lisa Engle
Kids
- Sarah - cousin, 10 years old
- Jennifer - cousin, 5 years old
- Two babies - cousins
- Nicky - cousin
- Benjamin - cousin
- Clare - cousin
- Laura - cousin
- Diana - Karen's first cousin
- Kelsey
- Ricky Torres (mentioned)
Preteens
- Jessi Ramsey (mentioned)
- Theresa and Edward - cousins (12, twins)
- Jonathan - cousin, 12 years old
- Henry Jr. - cousin, 11 years olds
Adults
- Grandma Packett
- Grandpa Packett
- Carol and John Packett (Karen's great aunt and uncle)
- Ellen and Mark (Ellen is Lisa's sister)
- Janet (Karen's aunt)
- Henry (Karen's uncle)
- Mark (Karen's uncle)
- Michael (Lisa's first cousin)
- Denise (Lisa's first cousin)
- Mimi (Lisa's first cousin)
- Alison (Lisa's first cousin)
- Richard (Lisa's first cousin)
- Philip (Lisa's first cousin)
Places in this book[]
- Little House
- Unnamed fast food restaurant
- Lobster Cove, ME
- Lighthouse - rest stop
- Friendship House - restaurant
Trivia[]
- Annemarie Eugenia Dillon is an ancestor to the family, but it's not mentioned which side she is on. She wrote in her diaries the summer of 1892. Her cousin Polly (short for Pauline) met her that summer for the first time. Later diaries were found from 1902.
- Annemarie married her fiance Toby when she was nineteen years old.
- Polly's father had remarried and moved to Europe by 1902.
- Annemarie was blonde and Polly had dark brown hair.
- Diana and her family are from Pennsylvania.
- Karen likes to smooth her mashed potatoes before eating it.
- This is the first Packett family reunion.
- Jessi took on pet sitting the Engle's pets while they were gone.
- Pop culture/real life references include: Que Sera, Sera (song), The Secret Garden (book)
- The farthest back the Packett family can go back is the late 19th century.
- Continuity: Karen mentions a time she did not keep a secret from Karen's Secret, Karen having a pretend husband from Karen's in Love
- Lisa used to have picnics on the beach when she lived in Maine.
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