num_pages: 139
description: When Jessi's dance teacher asks for volunteers to help out in ballet class for children, Jessi gladly signs up. She loves kids, and volunteering will also give Jesse a chance to get to know some of the girls in her own class better. Jessi discovers that one of the girls in her dance class is anorexic, and she and her friends soon learn about the seriousness of the illness.
language: English
title: Jessi and the Awful Secret
titlecomplete: Jessi and the Awful Secret (The Baby-Sitters Club, #61)
genres: Kids, Chick Lit, Childrens, Mental Health, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 1173
series: The Baby-Sitters Club
publisher: Apple