Review: Jessi Ramsey, Pet Sitter (BSC Graphix 18) by Ellen T Crenshaw and Ann M Martin

There are a whole lot of animals at the heart of the latest Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel adaption, a whole house full of them in fact, and Jessi Ramsey junior officer of the BSC has been trusted to care for them for a whole week. While the Mancusi's are away, Jessi will be taking on a sitting job of a different kind, caring for three dogs, five cats, various birds, rabbits, hamsters and even a snake. Meanwhile, the BSC are having some internal problems, mostly due to Kristy being bossier than usual. How can Jessi manage to look after a house full of pets for a week, and help to fix things at the BSC? 

This was a fun and entertaining read. It's been a long time since I read the original--so long that I was a little skeptical of this one going in. The number of pets the Mancusi family had seemed wildly extreme, as was the fact that they would trust an eleven year old kid they had never met before to care for them for an entire week. Then, of course, I had to remind myself that that this is a children's book and the plot is aimed squarely at the target audience. Also, it is worth remembering that Ann M Martin always liked to exaggerate things for dramatic and, sometimes, comic effect. And that a core theme of the books is the kids being responsible with as little adult intervention as possible. With that in mind, I started having a lot of fun reading this adaption. The story is a lot of fun and everything works out in the end. And, of course, I love the artwork and seeing the stories and characters reimagined in graphic novel format.

Recommended. 


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