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  • Mary Anne Saves the Day

  • The Baby-Sitters Club, Book 4
  • By: Ann M. Martin
  • Narrated by: Elle Fanning
  • Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (167 ratings)

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Mary Anne Saves the Day

By: Ann M. Martin
Narrated by: Elle Fanning
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Publisher's summary

Three decades after The Baby-Sitters Club first rocked our world—like scoring your own phone line, in your room!—the beloved franchise is back to binge (and share) like never before!

In the most exciting news since we first learned of Kristy Thomas’s great idea to start the Baby-Sitters Club, the book series is now available only from Audible as an audio experience with special guest narrator Elle Fanning, the multi-talented actress and fan of BSC.

With endearing characters and enduring storylines filled with lessons of self-discovery, the beauty of true friendship, and the power of youth-led entrepreneurship itself, the BSC has never felt more now. So, whether you’re joining the club for the first time, or the first time in quite a while, spend time with stories that transcend the ages. Gather up the kids—not to mention those nieces, nephews, and neighbors alike—for all the twists, turns, hilarity, and burns of tween life in Stoneybrook, Connecticut!

Mary Anne has never been a leader of the BSC. So when a fight breaks out among the club's four members, Mary Anne feels a little lost, unable to depend on Kristy, Stacey, or Claudia anymore. Sitting by herself in the cafeteria is bad enough; when Mary Anne has to baby-sit a sick child without any help from the club, she knows someone has to take action. It's time for Mary Anne to step in and save the day!

The best friends you'll ever have—with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!

©1987 Ann M. Martin (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
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About the Creator

Ann M. Martin is the author of the beloved The Baby-Sitters Club series, one of the most successful series in publishing history with over 176 million copies in print worldwide and was adapted into a TV series, a feature film, and prompted girls around the world to start their own baby-sitters clubs. The New York Times hailed Martin as "a genius in communicating with girls…[she] gets children to read." Time magazine praised the The Baby-Sitters Club series calling it, “must-read literature for preteen girls.” Her other acclaimed novels include the A Corner of the Universe which won a Newbery Honor, A Dog’s Life, Belle Teal, as well as the Main Street and The Doll People series. Martin has also collaborated on other novels including P.S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More, with Paula Danziger. She lives in upstate New York.

About the Performer

In 2013, Elle Fanning was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for her performance in Sally Potter’s film Ginger & Rosa. She played Sleeping Beauty opposite Angelina Jolie in Disney’s Maleficent, which earned over $750M in worldwide box office. She starred in Super 8, directed by J. J. Abrams, and Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola. In 2016, Elle played the lead in Nic Refn’s horror thriller Neon Demon, which premiered in competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. She also starred in Mike Mills’s 20th Century Women and Ben Affleck’s Prohibition-era crime drama, Live by Night. In 2017, she starred opposite Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Colin Farrell in The Beguiled, directed by Sofia Coppola. She starred in I Think We’re Alone Now for director Reed Morano, opposite Peter Dinklage. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. She co-starred with Ben Foster in Galveston, directed by Melanie Laurent and written by Nic Pizzolatto. She starred in the musical Teen Spirit, directed by Max Minghella, which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Elle will reprise her role as Sleeping Beauty in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. She’ll be seen in All the Bright Places, in which she both stars and produces. The film is directed by Brett Haley and based on the novel by Jennifer Niven. She finished shooting Sally Potter’s film Molly (2020) opposite Javier Bardem. She is in production on the Hulu limited series The Great (2020) for showrunner Tony McNamara (The Favourite). Elle stars as Catherine the Great and also executive produces.

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Great

I liked that jenny had to go to the hospital. And I didn’t like the end.

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Why aren’t the Elle Tanning ones numbered?

I listened to these out of order because the ones with Elle Fanning don’t have the numbers. This one comes before the one with Dawn.

Otherwise, these are absolutely great.

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Love ❤️

I loved this book. Infact I love the whole seris, including the new one. It had a geat overall, performance. I would give it more stars if I could.

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Wait.

No really. Hold up.

Did they........ Did they actually write cell phones into this???? I can't..... What?????

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Relive your childhood memories with Ella Fanning.

The babysitter's club is available to listen to here on www.Audible.com Ella Fanning is an excellent narrator.

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Amazing!!!

I loved this book! It’s the perfect book for pre teens and teens. It displays coming of age, and Is something I definitely recommend. It might even give you the idea to start babysitting.

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Inspirational

I really enjoyed this book! I'm 9 years old. A must-read for people who need to change. In this book, Mary Anne has a big fight with her friends, befriends Dawn Schafer, has a baby-sitting problem, is friendless, and makes up. This is very inspirational and inspiring! Mary Anne Saves the Day is book 3 in the series of the Baby-sitters Club. Elle Fanning does a great job with everyone's voices.

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Mary Anne the Butterfly

I love how Mary Anne's father is able to compromise with her. I especially liked how Mary Anne stepped out of her comfort zone to ask for what she wanted and handled problems without the other BSC members.

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Awesome!

This book was awesome I love that it is a enjoyable book for all ages!

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I might just be too old for this BSC story

I am on a quest to revisit my childhood reading favorites. When I was a child, I loved the Babysitters Club books. I devoured them. I read those, along with the Super Specials, Mysteries, Little Sister books, etc. In fact, I still have all of them to this day in paperback. They were such a big part of my love of reading, I could not part with them. So now that they have come out on Audiobook, I had to check them out. As it turns out, I am not too old to enjoy The Baby-sitters Club. It kind of feels like going home again.

Mary Anne Saves the Day is book 4 in the Baby-sitters Club series. In this book, there is drama. Lots and lots of drama. All of the girls of the BSC are fighting. Mary Anne makes a new friend. There is a medical emergency with a child that Mary Anne is babysitting. She handles it very maturely and responsibly, but is it enough to prove to Mary Anne's father that she is growing up and should be allowed additional privileges?

This book has been my least favorite while revisiting my childhood favorite series. I think I am too old for all of the juvenile fighting and behavior portrayed in this book. I had very little patience for it.

This book is a quick listen and is only 3 hours and 6 minutes. The narrator does a good job.

I still love the nostalgia and am ready to listen to book 5!

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