The Good, the Bad and the Bossy (Best Babysitters Ever). Caroline Cala
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First published in USA 2019 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
First published in Great Britain 2019 by Egmont UK Limited,
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Text copyright © 2019 Alloy Entertainment, LLC
Cover illustration © 2019 Sarah Hoyle
First e-book edition 2019
ISBN 978 1 4052 8815 6
Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1821 9
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Contents
Sometimes, if she tried really hard, Malia Twiggs could remember a time when she thought boogers were gross. It’s not that she currently liked boogers – she hadn’t got an entirely new personality or anything – but in the months since starting her own babysitting club, she had definitely learned to make peace with them. It was amazing, really, the limitless boundaries of personal growth.
“Don’t worry about a thing!” Malia yelled, waving across the yard to her best friends and fellow babysitters, Bree Robinson and Dot Marino. “I’ve got this situation under control.”
The situation at hand was a crying Jonah Gregory, their four-year-old babysitting charge who had just tripped while chasing a butterfly. The damage seemed to be two skinned knees and