TY - GEN AU - Martin,Ann M. TI - Jessi's secret language T2 - The Baby-sitters Club SN - 0590442341 (pbk.) : U1 - 813 PY - 1988/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Inc. KW - Friendship KW - Fiction KW - Babysitters KW - Ballet dancing KW - Sign language KW - African Americans N1 - "An Apple paperback."; 4; 008.012 N2 - Feeling isolated as the only African American in her sixth grade class, Jessi gains a sense of belonging by participating in the Baby-sitters Club, learning sign language in order to communicate with a deaf child, and dancing in a ballet ER -