Books where they only sat for one client?

[sparklymouse]

Which books do they only sit for one family? I never liked these books as much. Not enough variety in them. I can think of a couple off the top of my head, but I think there's quite a few.

Mary Anne Misses Logan, the Kormans and the toilet monster
Abby in Wonderland, the Pikes Sea City in Stoneybrook adventure
Stacey McGill, Matchmaker, the Brookes while Mr. Brooke wrote a book and suffocated Maureen McGill
Kristy in Charge, the Pikes with Vanessa the poetry Nazi

[anzuhana]

Right now, the only book that comes to mind is Keep Out, Claudia, where Claudia and several other BSC members babysit for the Lowells (sp?).

[oldhickory]

ITA with hating these books. it's so predictable and lazy, when a single sitter sees the same family over and over. usually the reasons why are boring too -- just joined some committee that meets for a whole month, but nobody ever goes to the events that they have been planning.

oh, but i can't think of any of these off the top of my head. it seems like as the series went on there were a LOT of these books.

[anzuhana]

I think the Cheplin's were only mentioned in Stacey McGill, Super Sitter.

[zoar3]

I tend to hate thse books also. The other thing I never cared for, unlike the earlier books, is when only one or even two of the Sitters have a job in a book. I think that was pure lazines just like Oldhickory stated about only one family being portrayed. If that one family's story or situation had maybe not been a one shot deal or yeah a little more interesting, that would have been different. Like all the titles above, the "problem" was magically solved and never re-visited. I'll have to think on other books later.

[booboobrewer]

Super Sitter had the Mary Anne/Logan/Kristy (Crusty) stuff with the charges in addition to the Cheplins.

Jamie was the only kid sat for in Kristy for President.

[sparklymouse]

I guess you can count Jessi's Big Break. They sat for Becca once by herself and twice with her over at the Pikes, just so she and Mallory could pine for Jessi together.

Oldhickory, I think you're right. This was a trend that started more in the later books. The reason so many clients disappeared was because the babysitting disappeared.

[zoar3]

Mary Anne and the Silent Witness, features the one and only? appearance of and baby-sitting jobs with the Martinez kids. I think at least Stacey and possibly also Mal sit for them, besides Mary Anne, of course.

OT, I think there are quite a few books where another family plus a token sitting job with the Pikes are it.

[lilafowler]

Off the top of my head, I can think of at least four chapters with jobs sitting for the Arnolds (should really be more embarrassed about that than I am) in Mallory and the Trouble with Twins, so it's probably unlikely that another client is sat for in the book, but I could be wrong.

I also remember Dawn's Big Date having a lot of Norman Hill (I'm sorry, I had to) and his sister.

I don't like the single client books, either! Not because I need variety but because they so often come with contrived problems that the BSC solves after seeing them, like, three times.

[booboobrewer]

The Arnold twins plot in Mary Anne and the Great Romance comes to mind, but I just checked and the Braddocks and Karen are in there too. I didn't pay attention to those chapters as a kid, haha. I just wanted to hear about Marilyn and Carolyn's new rooms

[sparklymouse]

Abby's Un-Valentine, the Thomas/Brewer kids with Andrew suddenly madly in love with Scout right as she was scheduled to leave

[candykane]

Weren't the Prezziosos the only family they sat for in Mary Anne vs. Logan?

[booboobrewer]

^I think so

[sparklymouse]

Kristy at Bat, the Thomas/Brewer kids again but mostly just David Michael. They did interact with a few random kids at the playground, including unknown and therefore unimportant "Barry".