Karen's Secret Valentine is the 82nd book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
Back Cover Summary[]
Karen's class is having Secret Valentines. Hiding notes and gifts for a Secret Valentine will be fun. But then Karen picks Pamela as her Valentine. Ugh. Pamela is Karen's best enemy.
Karen decides to be nice to Pamela anyway. But then Pamela gets some mean notes. And Karen did not write them. Suddenly there are a lot of Valentine mix-ups. What is going on with the Secret Valentines?
Summary[]
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 - Lisa Engle, Seth Engle
Kids
- Ms. Colman's Class: Nancy Dawes, Hannie Papadakis, Tammy Barkan, Terri Barkan, Sara Ford, Bobby Gianelli, Jannie Gilbert, Audrey Green, Pamela Harding, Omar Harris, Ian Johnson, Chris Lamar, Leslie Morris, Hank Reubens, Addie Sidney, Natalie Springer, Ricky Torres
- Linny Papadakis
- Melody Korman
- Bill Korman
- Maria Kilbourne
- Timmy Hsu
- Scott Hsu
- Margo Pike (mentioned)
Adults
- Ms. Colman
- Mrs. Papadakis (mentioned)
Places in this book[]
- Stoneybrook Academy
- Big House
Trivia[]
- Ms. Colman's class has plants inside it that the students water in this book, this is also the first mention of a student changing the calendar.
- David Michael Thomas develops a crush on Hannie Papadakis in this book but then likes Margo Pike by the end.
- Ms. Colman has has recess duty in this book.
- Continuity: the bus that runs the from school to the big house still has assigned seating from Karen's School Bus.
- Inconsistencies: Hannie says that boys are "icky" but she's been married to Scott since Karen's Haircut.
- Pop culture and real life references include: Cinderella,
- Secret valentine's include:
- Karen had drawn Pamela
- Nancy had drawn Addie
- Hannie had drawn Sara
- Sara had drawn Natalie
- Bobby had drawn Hank
- Audrey had drawn Ricky
- Omar had drawn Hannie
- Ian had drawn Tammy
- Chris had drawn Ian
- Terri had drawn Omar
- Tammy had drawn Terri
- Leslie had drawn Omar too
- Hank had drawn Jannie
- Addie had drawn Leslie
- Natalie had drawn Chris
- Ricky had drawn Bobby
- Bill Korman plays hockey and is saving for a new helmet.
- This is one of the few books where Maria appears, she also appears in Karen's Two Families and Karen's New Bike.
- Linny takes charge of the ice capades show.
- Karen narrates that she nearly had a heart attack when she learned David Michael liked Hannie.
- Suggestions from Karen's family to name their show include: The cutting edges (Nannie), skating sensations (Watson), and fire on ice (Charlie).
- Karen thinks that she's good at acting evil.
- Jannie had been sending Pamela the mean notes.
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