Ann Martin - Kristy's Big Day

I showed them what Claudia and I were working on. "Up at the top," I explained, "are Karen and Andrew. Then those lines show that they're Watson's children. In the middle, Mom and Watson are joined by a heart. And the lines under Mom's name show that my brothers and I are her children. And that's the new family."

"That's really something," said Mary Anne.

"Yeah," agreed Dawn. "I think it will mean a lot to your mom."

"I wonder if I can get it framed before the honeymoon is over," I said.

"I bet my mother and I could go with you to the frame store this week, if you wanted help," said Stacey.

"Really?Thanks!"

The members of the Baby-sitters Club looked

atmy new family tree.Mom and Watson, Karen and Andrew, Charlie and Sam and David Michael and me.Two families coming together to make a new family. That's what the wedding had been all about.

About the Author

ANN M. MARTIN did a lot of baby-sitting when she was growing up inPrinceton,New Jersey . Now herfavorite baby-sitting charge is her cat, Mouse, who lives with her in herManhattan apartment.

Ann Martin's Apple Paperbacks are Bummer Summer, Inside Out, Stage Fright, Me and Katie (the Pest), and all the other books in the Babysitters Club series.

She is a former editor of books for children, and was graduated fromSmithCollege . She likes ice cream, the beach, and I Love Lucy; and she hates to cook.