Jessi's Secret Language by Ann M. Martin
Celebrating Black History Month at the VCU Libraries
Reviewed by Robert Johnson, Education Services Librarian, Tompkins-McCaw Library
Jessi's family is new in town, and is one of the only African American families. When Jessi begins babysitting Matt, part of another family new to town, she discovers she isn't the only person who feels the sting of being "different." Jessi's Secret Language is book #16 in The Baby-Sitters Club series, which spawned a television series and a movie.