Mary Anne Misses Logan is the 46th book in The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin.
Back Cover Summary[]
It was good for Mary Anne and Logan to break up for a while. Mary Anne has some time to herself, and she's been having lots of fun with her friends. But now Mary Anne can't help it. She misses Logan.
When she and Logan are both assigned to study their favorite author, Mary Anne thinks this is the perfect, most romantic way for them to get back together again. Until Cokie Mason, Mary Anne's mortal enemy, decides to steal Logan from her.
Mary Anne vs. Cokie. Who will Logan choose?
Summary[]
Mary Anne and Logan get back together. Mary Anne, Logan, Pete Black, and Cokie Mason work together on an English assignment about author Megan Rinehart. On Author Day, when they all give speeches about Rinehart, all of them do well except Cokie. It becomes obvious that she copied her speech from a book jacket.
Subplot[]
The Korman kids are afraid of their new house since they moved in. When they start having plumbing problems, the kids are convinced the "toilet monster" exists.
Characters[]
Mary Anne's Family
BSC Members
Kids
Teenagers
- Logan Bruno
- Miranda Shillaber
- Cokie Mason
- Pete Black
- Grace Blume (mentioned)
Adults
- Mr. and Mrs. Korman
- Megan Rinehart
Locations[]
- Spier/Schafer House
- Stoneybrook Middle School
- Mason House
- Korman House
- Stoneybrook Day School (mentioned)
- Black House
Pop Culture and Real-Life References[]
- Authors: Paula Danziger, Madeleine L'Engle, Paul Zindel, Lois Lowry, Robert Cormier, Judy Blume, Stephen King, Judy Blume, Louisa May Alcott
- Parcheesi
- Minnie Mouse
- Ferrari (car brand)
- The Wizard of Oz
- Books: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, James and the Giant Peach, Babar, Are you there god? It’s Me, Margaret
- Casper the Friendly Ghost
- Top Hat
- Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- The Kormans moved into the Delaney's old house, which first happens in Karen's Good-bye. Mary Anne remembers how they were from Kristy and the Snobs.
- Mary Anne and Logan haven't been speaking since Mary Anne vs. Logan.
- Jessi loving to tell jokes which she mentioned in Jessi's Secret Language.
- Mary Anne remembers winning the lottery from California Girls! on page 38.
Inconsistencies
- Mallory's hair is described as red in this book.
- Mrs. Korman the family could get a cat, which they later do in Karen's Kittens. Skylar's fear of cats is never brought up in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series.
- Kristy is said to bring lunch and make fun of others' hot lunch, although she usually buys and make fun of her own hot lunch.
Ann M. Martin's Dear Reader Letter[]
Dear Reader,
In Mary Anne Misses Logan, Mary Anne and Logan have been apart for some time. And while Mary Anne does miss Logan, she’s had plenty of time for herself and her friends. That was the good thing about breaking up with Logan. When I was Mary Anne’s age, my friendships were very important to me—and they’re still very important to me.
Here are some of the things my friends and I liked to do together: roller-skate, ice-skate, have sleepovers, go to the movies, put on plays, and, of course, baby-sit. Now, as an adult, my friends and I still enjoy some of these things, especially going to the movies. As a matter of fact, I still have the same best friend, Beth. We don’t see each other as often as we used to because we don’t live in the same town anymore. And instead of baby-sitting, we spend time with Beth’s daughters. Mary Anne learned something important while she was apart from Logan: Everyone needs time for their best friends.
Trivia[]
- The artwork for this book's cover originally debuted in the 1991 BSC calendar, before this book was published, which is why it isn't particularly relevant to the book's plot.
- Pete Black snapped Miranda Shillaber's bra, so she doesn't like him.
- SMS plays against the Brick Township.
- Mr. Kingbridge is the assistant principal of SMS.
- Pete likes being on stage.
- Mary Anne thinks Skylar Korman will be left handed.
- This is one of the few books where chapter 4 breaks down the history of the BSC.
- Sonya Hardy is someone that Mary Anne doesn't like.
- Kristy still doesn't wear a bra.
- Paula Danziger is mentioned; she would later co write P.S. Longer Letter Later (1998) and Snail Mail No More (2000) with Ann M. Martin.
- Mary Anne and Logan would never got to school sporting events together.
- Kristy has a cousin that is afraid to go to sleep, it's likely one of her young cousins on her mother's side.
- The Spier/Schafer family doesn't have a video camera.
- Logan does say that Cokie is fun.
- Mary Anne and Logan got back together in the last chapter. They won't break up again until the events of Mary Anne's Big Breakup.