Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #12)

by Ann M Martin (Author) Chan Chau (Illustrator)

A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by Eisner-nominated artist Chan Chau!

Jessi recently moved to Stoneybrook and is one of the newest members of The Baby-sitters Club. She's getting ready to start regularly sitting for the BSC's newest charge, Matt Braddock. Matt has been Deaf since birth and uses sign language to communicate, so Jessi has to use it, too. It's a secret language!

Soon all the neighborhood kids want to learn how to sign, which keeps the BSC busy. Jessi's the busiest of all -- she's preparing for her dance school's big show, plus working on another secret, just for Matt. Will Jessi be able to keep the secret and pull off her performance?

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Praise for The Baby-sitters Club graphic novels:

Crisp and spot on. — Booklist

Unique and original. — Voice of Youth Advocates

I love the book i fell in love with it because she gets to learn a new lang

the baby sitters club Jessies secret language .

i couldnt really understand it , but i liked it it was cool.

Love it need more

I love how she would never give up to learn ASL it was so sweet that she invited Matt's class to come to the dance.

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This book tells us that it dose not matter if you are diferent you can find firends in the darkest places you are perfect just the way you are!!!!!

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I love how she knows sign language that she knows how to communicate with him.

I think the book was amazing.

I think that because I liked her sigh Language. she made Max feel happy.she was so nice about babysitting.

Ann M Martin
Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor Book), Belle Teal, Here Today, A Dog's Life, On Christmas Eve, and the Main Street and Family Tree series, as well as the much-loved collaborations P.S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More with Paula Danziger. Ann lives in upstate New York.
Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, and is the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels. Facing Feelings: The Art of Raina Telgemeier is a companion catalog for an exhibition held at The Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Raina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit her online at goraina.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338616071
Lexile Measure
450
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Graphix
Publication date
September 06, 2022
Series
The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV008000 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
JUV039150 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Special Needs
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Graphic novels
Babysitters
Cartoons and comics
Clubs
Deaf children
Sign language
Babysitters Club (Imaginary organization)

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