Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The Baby-sitters Club by Ann M. Martin. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
- The Baby-sitters Club: Kristy’s Great Idea by Ann M. Martin, adapted by Raina Telgemeier
- Smile by Raina Telgemeier
- Drama by Raina Telgemeier
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
- The River by Gary Paulsen
- Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
- Baby-sitters Club fanfiction
- Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
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(But no pressure, we’re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)
