MARY PAIN MELEK ZERTAL he notices how his body’s

he notices how his body’s soft curves contrast with the thin frames and toned muscles of the other boys

including the beloved Frederick and Swimmy

he’s real

now reissued in a deluxe hardcover featuring an exclusive interivew with Ito and a NEW cover illustration by the author that GLOWS IN THE DARK

and Stacey are best friends and founding members of The Baby-sitters Club

MARY PAIN MELEK ZERTAL he notices how his body’sMary Pain might just be the patron saint of second chances. Unemployed and all out of options, she buys a one way bus ticket to the dead end town she grew up in. Time stands still thereall the same people still telling the same old gossip shes been running from for ages. Back in her childhood home, she needs to find a way to save the house from foreclosure, care for her ailing grandfather, and make peace with her mothers ghost, whose telephone calls