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  • Jessi's Secret Language

  • The Baby-Sitters Club, Book 16
  • By: Ann M. Martin
  • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
  • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (51 ratings)

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Jessi's Secret Language

By: Ann M. Martin
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
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Publisher's summary

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters.

Jessi knows a secret language! She learned it from Matt Braddock, the BSC's newest charge. Matt's been deaf since birth, and he uses sign language to speak. Since Jessi is Matt's baby-sitter, she's been using sign language, too.

Soon all the kids in Stoneybrook want to learn to sign...which keeps the baby-sitters busy. Jessi's the busiest of all: she working on another secret just for Matt. Will she be able to keep the secret and pull off her special event?

©1988 Ann M. Martin (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

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ASL introduced to the BSC!

This is a great book and it teaches you a bit of ASL along the way! Do recommend, and Katy Beth’s sisters story really pulls at the heart strings!🫶🏼

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I love this introduction to Jessi.


5 out of 5 Ballet Shoes 🩰 🩰

I can’t remember if this made me cry as a child but I sure got all choked up as an adult.

This was a great introduction to Jessi. It does a great job of showing her kind heart, her passion for dancing and her feelings about adjusting to a new town and fitting in with new friends (and some who are judgmental at first.)

I also liked the focus on Matt’s sister, Halie, and her struggle with being the sister of a boy who is deaf. The eagerness to protect him but also feeling resentment.

I got all choked up at the end at Jessi’s ballet 🩰 recital. I was reminded a bit of Mr. Holland’s Opus.

Bahni Turpin did a great narration. She had Jessi sound like a preteen and then the voices for the adults were distinctly different.

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relive your childhood memories.

Jessi secret language is American sign language. Please get this book. The narrators are amazing to listen to . Also learn sign language.

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I thought it was cute and a great story! I recommend getting it for sure🤗

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An awesome idea

This was a nice addition to the series, being disabled myself, though why they never had a visually impaired client, no idea. Not a ballet fan, but, great idea for it to be translated into sign language.

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Good an wholesome story

Love the book an how wholesome the story is, I did find the voice of little tacky, but overall, a 5 at of 5 😊

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