Kristy and the Copycat
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Dear Reader,
Kristy and the Copycat is partly a story about Kristy and her little stepsister, Karen. When Karen begins to copy Kristy, Kristy feels a great responsibility for her younger sister and realizes that being emulated by another person can be difficult. I get lots of letters from BSC fans and, like Kristy, sometimes feel awed by the attention. It’s nice to be looked up to, but with that comes responsibility. In their letters, kids ask for advice and come to me with problems. I would like to be able to help each one of them, but I don’t have all the answers (although I wish I did). Some of the letters can be very flattering, though. I love to hear from kids who say they want to grow up to be a writer, just like me. Responsibility can be difficult, but it’s nice to inspire people!
Happy reading,
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The author gratefully acknowledges
Nola Thacker
for her help in
preparing this manuscript.
About the Author
ANN MATTHEWS MARTIN was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane.
There are currently over 176 million copies of The Baby-sitters Club in print. (If you stacked all of these books up, the pile would be 21,245 miles high.) In addition to The Baby-sitters Club, Ann is the author of two other series, Main Street and Family Tree. Her novels include Belle Teal, A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor book), Here Today, A Dog’s Life, On Christmas Eve, Everything for a Dog, Ten Rules for Living with My Sister, and Ten Good and Bad Things About My Life (So Far). She is also the coauthor, with Laura Godwin, of the Doll People series.
Ann lives in upstate New York with her dog and her cats.
Copyright © 1994 by Ann M. Martin.
Cover art by Hodges Soileau
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First edition, April 1994
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