Mary Anne to the Rescue is the 109th book in The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin.
Back Cover Summary[]
Life's been rough lately for Mary Anne. The members of the Baby-sitters Club are taking an intensive first aid class — and Mary Anne is scared to death. She's not sure she'll ever be prepared for a big emergency.
Mary Anne is even less prepared for Logan's shocking news: his parents want to send him away to boarding school. Effective immediately. It looks as though Mary Anne and Logan will be separated. Unless they can do something about it...before Logan is gone forever.
Main Plot[]
Subplot[]
Characters[]
Mary Anne's Family
BSC Members
- Kristy Thomas
- Stacey McGill
- Claudia Kishi
- Mallory Pike
- Jessi Ramsey
- Abby Stevenson
- Logan Bruno
- Dawn Schafer
Kids
- James, Mathew Hobart, and Johnny Hobart
- Jackie Rodowsky
- Jake Kuhn
- Buddy Barrett
- Lindsey DeWitt
- Squirt Ramsey (mentioned)
- Andrea Prezzioso (mentioned)
- Jamie and Lucy Newton
- Adam, Jordan, Byron, Vanessa, Nicky, Margo and Claire Pike
- Bill, Melody and Skylar Korman
- Scott and Timmy Hsu
- Linny and Hannie Papadakis
- Kerry and Hunter Bruno
Teenagers
- Alan Gray
- Pete Black
- Irv Hirsch
- Terry Dutton
- Carlos Nuñez
- Jason - boy in the emergency room that injured himself with fireworks.
Adults
- Lyman Bruno
- Louise Bruno
- Shelley Golden - teacher at the community center
- Dr. Johanssen
- Mr. Fee - Logan's boss (mentioned)
- Mrs. Newton
- Mr. Newton
- Dee Pike
- Mr. Sinclair - Korman's neighbor
Locations[]
- Stoneybrook Community Center
- Carle Playground
- Stoneybrook General Hospital
- Bellair's
- Old Fairgrounds
- Renwick's
- Kishi House
- Schafer/Spier House
- Korman House
Pop Culture and Real-Life References[]
- Yoo-Hoo
- Mountain Dew
- Jane Eyre
- A Little Princess
- New Balances
- Chutes and Ladders
- Barbie
- The Wicked Witch of the West
- Wuthering Heights
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- On page 102 Dawn brings up when Mary Anne rushed Jenny Prezzioso to the hospital in Mary Anne Saves the Day.
Inconsistencies
- Uncle Ed's is a gourmet restaurant in this book but in Stacey and the Bad Girls, it's a fast food place.
- Claudia mentions that the BSC has already gone through a first aid course in Claudia and the Bad Joke. An infant course was the highlight of Kristy and the Baby Parade.
- Skylar Korman is said to be a boy on page 115.
- On page 4 Mary Anne mentions that she was never allowed to get her ears pierced, however, she's never wanted them pierced to begin with.
- In Poor Mallory!, it's mentioned the Delaney's had very specific rules that only kids who know how to swim can use the pool when the parents aren't home. Timmy was one of the kids that knew how to swim.
Ann M. Martin's Dear Reader Letter[]
Dear Reader,
In Mary Anne to the Rescue, Mary Anne must deal with an unexpected emergency — with an accident. And that’s just the thing about accidents, they’re unexpected. You never know when one is going to happen, or what is going to happen. When I was a baby-sitter, I dealt with typical emergencies — bee stings, skinned knees, and so forth. Fortunately, I never had to deal with big emergencies, like Mary Anne’s. Still, you never know what to expect. There was a time a sitting charge got his hand stuck up the vacuum cleaner. Another charge got his foot caught in the spokes of a moving bike. It was gross, but I had to deal with it. So it’s good to be prepared for anything.
Lots of organizations offer first-aid courses and safe sitting courses. You might also want to take a baby and child care class. The important thing (and something that Mary Anne found out) is that the more prepared you are, the more confident you’ll be when you’re sitting. And a confident baby-sitter is a good baby-sitter.
Trivia[]
- This book mentions a lot of common safety standards; however, many tips are now out of date such as mouth to mouth resuscitation is no longer required in many circumstances.
- Logan's dad was never athletic growing up until he went away for school.
- Dawn and Jeff's plane arrives one hour late.
- Despite Dawn being in the book she is not pictured on the cover.
- Sharon saves a man that was choking.
- Sharon once said her niece had a febrile seizure however she's an only child. The only explanation is that she's describing one of Jack's brothers or sisters kids.
- Janice Ramsey took the first aid course at the community center when they signed up for a membership in Jessi's Gold Medal.
- Stoneybrook hosts an annual fire fighters fair.
- Logan is starting short stop on the summer league baseball team.
- Abby teaches road safety in one chapter.
- There's a Stoneybrook Emergency Service Council.
- Sharon plays tennis.
- Maggie Blume knows a Tibetan Buddhist.
- This book mentions large crowds, with random characters named.
- Dawn does not know how to meditate.
- Claudia has been going to the Firefighters Fair since she was a kid.