Karen's Surprise

by Ann M. Martin

Book Overview

Karen is understandably disappointed when the part she is given in the school's Thanksgiving pageant is that of a turkey, so she concocts a plan to win everyone's attention. Baby-Sitters Little Sister #13

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590436481
• ISBN13: 9780590436489
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

karen's is a superstar!

that is the surprise! I was more surprised about her musical talent than anything, considering that she doesn't really have that in the other books in the series. A songwriter, singer, dancer and actress all in one! Karen could have been a triple threat! It was brilliant how she wrote the song and suggested that the class sings it instead of just walking onstage! It was even more surprising when she stole the show at the end by adding her own verse that no one knew about, right along with dance steps appropriate for the turkey role she was playing. I also liked reading about her thanksgiving dinners even though it was a disaster in the end.

mouth watering book

this book is all about thanksgiving, emphasizing on the food the most. Like what they were all having for dinner, and karen being part of the thanksgiving play being the turkey and her classmates being other food. She even writes a song for them to sing onstage which worked really well. The surprise of the book is basically karen writing a part all for herself as the turkey and not telling anyone about it.

such a great book

karen's class put on a play about thanksgiving feature native americans, singing food and a surprise song and dance number from karen, who shows musical talent in this book with singing, dancing and songwriting(just for this book!). Then she has yummy thanksgiving food with her families

awesome

thanksgiving is coming up and karen's class is putting on a play about thanksgiving in which there will be a family and a bunch of classmates dressed like native americans and like food. Karen feels funny about wearing a turkey costume so she writes a poem that was turned into a song by the music teacher at school and they all sang that for the play. Karen also surprises everyone by singing and dancing her own solo at the end of the play but everyone loved it. I find it funny though how few books before in karen's grandmothers she was not into music and dancing at all and now all of a sudden she is into it, oh well it's still a great book. Also, there are two thanksgiving dinners for karen at the big house and the little house on the same day and karen ends up with a stomachache from eating too much but I love the way all the delicious food is described such as pecan pie, turkey, olives, butternut squash, apple pie, ice cream rice with vegetables and so on. Out of all the thanksgiving books written about karen, this one was the best one possibly cause it was the first one and had no other little sister thanksgiving book to live up to. Same with Karen's Wish, that was the best Christmas book about karen, and I guess you can almost consider it a sequel to this book since it came out right after this one.

one of the best Little Sister books

I'm not 8, but I was when I became a fan of Baby Sitter's Little Sister, and eventually the Baby Sitter's Club. This was one of my first karen books and I've been hooked since. I think Karen's Surprise is one of the best baby sitters club books and extremely underrated. It was well written and if you want to know what the surprise was, read it to find out!! After all, it's Karen's Surprise!