Her younger sister Rose is sassy and outspoken, while she herself is more obedient and mature. Abby lives in the seaside town of Lewisport, Me. In the first book, “Better to Wish,” she introduces Abby Nichols, 8 years old when we meet her in 1930. “Family Tree,” Martin’s new planned series about young girls, has an intriguing conceit: through linked coming-of-age stories, she will bring to life four generations of women from one American family. In truth, I was an unlikely hybrid of shy, sunburn-prone Mary Anne and bossy idea man Kristy, but that realization came later. I hid candy in my room, even though my parents didn’t really care if I ate it. I once tried the glitter thing: bad idea. I saw myself as a combination of stylish Claudia, who hid candy from her strict parents laid-back, California-cool Dawn and Stacey, who had diabetes, glitter in her hair and New York City roots. Years before we debated whether we were Carries or Mirandas, my friends and I spent a good amount of time deciding which of the members of the B.S.C. Martin’s blockbuster middle-grade series. For some girls who grew up in suburbia in the ’80s and early ’90s, the defining cultural touchstone of the time might be New Kids on the Block or “Saved by the Bell.” For me, it’s “The Baby-Sitters Club,” Ann M.
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