it primarily follow jessica ramsey's frustrations and adventures with one sitting charge, danielle roberts, both of these characters meant the world to me. jesse was the only black member of the babysitters club and it felt her family was the only black family in town. like claudia, the only asian member, jesse hit upon things like prejudice and ignorance that were all too, and in my life. meanwhile, danielle was a child with leukemia. while i was fortunate enough not to have endured anything like what danielle went through, i had a sick mother and we were terrified of all attention from doctors, hospitals or otherwise. jesse's and danielle's experiences, apart and then together, i found in a book reflections of my reality and i have gone in this place where no other child struggling with similar issues could find the comfort that i did and that to me is the absolute worst. in the end, of course, my library and was far more lenient than kramer would have suggested. there would be no $100,000 charge for me. she said they would flag the book in the system and give it 6 months to reemerge. i