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CLAUDIA AND MEAN JANINE A GRAPHIC NOVEL BY

R A I N A T E L G E M E I E RWITH COLOR BY BRADEN LAMB

A N N M. M A R T I N

THE

BABY-SITTERSCLUB

THE

BABY-SITTERSCLUB

An lmp r i n t o f

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Printed in Singapore 46First color edition printing, February 2016

Lettering by John GreenEdited by David Levithan, Sheila Keenan, and Cassandra Pelham

Book design by Phil FalcoCreative Director: David Saylor


It was a dark andstormy night . . .

claudia!!

. . . both inside and out.you have to

start payingattention!!

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CHAPTER 1

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fine . . . whatwere we talking

about?

times tables.what's this one?

13? no, claudia,6 plus 7 is 13. thisis multiplication.what's 6 times 7?

. . . 23?

no! It's 42. If you don't have

these memorized by now, It's

unlikely you will pass yourmath class.

multiplication factors heavily

into the everyday lives ofmost people in our society.

in fact . . .

I'm claudia kishi.

and this is my older sister,Janine. Janine the genius.

she's super-smart, and I'msuper . . . um . . . well . . .

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claudia!!

I like to draw. and paint.

and make stuff!

I make jewelry andcustomize my clothes.

Janine would never dreamof doing those things.

scientistsbelieve thatperhaps . . .

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mom and dad insist that I tutor you,but you spend all of your time

daydreaming!

that's because youkeep rambling on

about boringstuff!

math isn't boring! It's afundamental brick inthe foundation of --

ooh!

Janine . . . rememberwhen we were little andwould crawl under mom

and dad's bed duringthunderstorms?

yes . . . I dorecall wewere oftenfrightened.

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very interesting,psychologically.

the fear process --

I was justtalking aboutthunder and

lightning.

can't you speaknormally for once?!

I am!

well, I don't understanda word you're saying.

nevermind.

I was simply tryingto uphold my end of a

meaningful conversationwith my sibling.

youwere tryingto what?!

talkto you!

well,why didn'tyou justsay so?!

I did!!!

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hello, myclaudia.

hi, mimi.

mimi is ourgrandmother.

what is thematter?

oh . . .It's justJanine.

she was trying to help me with mytimes tables, but she was really

just making me feel stupid.

mimi is endlessly patient.she always listens to me.

and she has a nice wayof explaining things.

I'm sure shewas not trying tomake you feel bad,

my claudia.

you and Janine simplysee the world indifferent ways.

yeah . . .

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she wants to help. It is truethat math is important.

but it's soboring!

may I help you? you mustpractice, practice, practice

if you want to learn.

I guessso.

I don't know what Iwould do without mimi.

I don't know what anybodyin my family would do. did you

study for yourmath exam,

claudia?

thank you,mother.

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are you sureyou studied

enough?

of course I studied.I can't promise toace my exam, but

I studied.

look, just because miss perfectover there studies 24 hours a day,

that doesn't mean I'm goingto do the same.

I've got my paintings,and I've got the

baby-sitters club,and --

well, if youdon't pass yourmath class, you

might need togive thosethings up.

what?! no! mom, I needmy art . . . and the

club needs me.

rioko, I am sureclaudia will try

her hardest.

It is the last weekof school. there is

plenty of pressure onboth of the girls

to do well.

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that’s true. claudia, all weask is that you show

you're making aneffort.

I have faith in you,my claudia. have a great

day at school.

thanks,mimi.

there's really no such thing as a“great day at school,” unfortunately.

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yak, yak,yak . . . drone,

drone, drone . . .

boring, boring,

boring . . .

free,

free,

free!!

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