CLAUDIA AND MEAN JANINE A GRAPHIC NOVEL BY
R A I N A T E L G E M E I E RWITH COLOR BY BRADEN LAMB
A N N M. M A R T I N
THE
BABY-SITTERSCLUB
THE
BABY-SITTERSCLUB
An lmp r i n t o f
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It was a dark andstormy night . . .
claudia!!
. . . both inside and out.you have to
start payingattention!!
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CHAPTER 1
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fine . . . whatwere we talking
about?
times tables.what's this one?
13? no, claudia,6 plus 7 is 13. thisis multiplication.what's 6 times 7?
. . . 23?
no! It's 42. If you don't have
these memorized by now, It's
unlikely you will pass yourmath class.
multiplication factors heavily
into the everyday lives ofmost people in our society.
in fact . . .
I'm claudia kishi.
and this is my older sister,Janine. Janine the genius.
she's super-smart, and I'msuper . . . um . . . well . . .
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claudia!!
I like to draw. and paint.
and make stuff!
I make jewelry andcustomize my clothes.
Janine would never dreamof doing those things.
scientistsbelieve thatperhaps . . .
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mom and dad insist that I tutor you,but you spend all of your time
daydreaming!
that's because youkeep rambling on
about boringstuff!
math isn't boring! It's afundamental brick inthe foundation of --
ooh!
Janine . . . rememberwhen we were little andwould crawl under mom
and dad's bed duringthunderstorms?
yes . . . I dorecall wewere oftenfrightened.
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very interesting,psychologically.
the fear process --
I was justtalking aboutthunder and
lightning.
can't you speaknormally for once?!
I am!
well, I don't understanda word you're saying.
nevermind.
I was simply tryingto uphold my end of a
meaningful conversationwith my sibling.
youwere tryingto what?!
talkto you!
well,why didn'tyou justsay so?!
I did!!!
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hello, myclaudia.
hi, mimi.
mimi is ourgrandmother.
what is thematter?
oh . . .It's justJanine.
she was trying to help me with mytimes tables, but she was really
just making me feel stupid.
mimi is endlessly patient.she always listens to me.
and she has a nice wayof explaining things.
I'm sure shewas not trying tomake you feel bad,
my claudia.
you and Janine simplysee the world indifferent ways.
yeah . . .
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she wants to help. It is truethat math is important.
but it's soboring!
may I help you? you mustpractice, practice, practice
if you want to learn.
I guessso.
I don't know what Iwould do without mimi.
I don't know what anybodyin my family would do. did you
study for yourmath exam,
claudia?
thank you,mother.
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are you sureyou studied
enough?
of course I studied.I can't promise toace my exam, but
I studied.
look, just because miss perfectover there studies 24 hours a day,
that doesn't mean I'm goingto do the same.
I've got my paintings,and I've got the
baby-sitters club,and --
well, if youdon't pass yourmath class, you
might need togive thosethings up.
what?! no! mom, I needmy art . . . and the
club needs me.
rioko, I am sureclaudia will try
her hardest.
It is the last weekof school. there is
plenty of pressure onboth of the girls
to do well.
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that’s true. claudia, all weask is that you show
you're making aneffort.
I have faith in you,my claudia. have a great
day at school.
thanks,mimi.
there's really no such thing as a“great day at school,” unfortunately.
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