A review by lesliethewanderlust
The Summer Before by Ann M. Martin

4.0

The Baby-Sitters Club books are the first books I ever became addicted to. It‘s the books that got me to fall in love with reading and the books that kept me up all night reading. Even though I'm way older, I will always claim them as one of my favorite series of books. I own quite a bunch of these books, and have a goal to one day collect them all. Reading The Summer Before, years after being out of elementary school and since then moving on to different types of books was nostalgic.
Kristy deals with her father and his absence. Mary Anne deals with growing up with her over protective father. Claudia deals with the fact she’s feeling more mature then her friends. She has new interests (boys) and experiences her first heartbreak. Stacey is dealing with then end of life in New York ,and the beginning of life in Connecticut. With a new disease and also the loss of old friends.
It was amazing getting back into the BSB world, a great read for any BSB fans.