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Any fans of “Baby-sitters Club?”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s pretty much the coolest thing that can happen to an 11-year-old.
Emily Hinely of Newnan entered a contest pegged to a new book series, “Main Street Kids” by Ann M. Martin, author of “The Baby-sitters Club” books. Her entry, a photo collage, won.
“I like mysteries, I like books that have girls and boys that are around my age group. I like scary books, but they can’t be too scary because they’ll freak me out,” Emily says, hardly taking a breath. “I’ve read all the Harry Potter books, seen all the movies and all that. ‘The Baby-sitters Club,’ I loved all of them. I don’t really have a favorite. They’re all books that I can relate too.”
Her prize $500 gift card, well, “that’s sort of all gone now,” says Emily, a fifth grade student at Arnco-Sargent Elementary. She bought a trampoline, an American Girl doll — Molly, if you’re curious — Legos for her little brother and doo-dads from Claire’s Accessories. Books, too.
But there’s another part to the prize: Martin, the author, in the flesh.
Martin’s hectic writing schedule keeps her from book tours, but she’ll be in Newnan today to meet Emily, and also greet fans and sign books. Martin will be at Scott’s Bookstore, 28 S. Court Square, Newnan, from 3-5 p.m. signing her books.
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By malika
May 5, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this
i used to sit up ALL NIGHT reading the babysitters club books. i can’t wait to have a daughter so that i can pass down my collection of the books to her.