She should be an interesting and complex character, but she is hardly distinguishable from the other three babysitters. Claudia is an underachiever, but gifted in art she has a brilliant sister she doesn't like and she is Japanese. Martin sometimes writes as her audience would (Claudia ``goes'' rather than ``says,'' for instance). It is one of the latter who turns out to be Claudia's ``Phantom caller,'' brave enough to dial, but too shy to ask her to the dance. The girls, responsible babysitters, are at the same time gossipy girls who are variously at odds with members of their families, their schoolwork, and above all, boys. Gr 3-5 The four 12-year-old girls who comprise ``The Baby-sitters Club'' are worried about a robber whose pattern involves first calling the possible victim and then remaining silent.
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