User:FlaviusFerry/Mother's Helper

Mother's Helper is the third novel written by A. Bates, published by Scholastic Corporation under their Point imprint in 1991.

Plot
Becky has a great summer job babysitting—on a sunny island where she can work on her tan in her off time. At first it’s all great. There’s only one child and he’s easy to care for. There’s a cute guy who lives down the road, so maybe Becky can forget her two-timing ex-boyfriend and concentrate on new possibilities.

But Becky’s employer doesn’t exactly give her any time off. And behind a locked door, a phone rings endlessly, driving Becky crazy. That’s just the beginning. It isn’t long before Becky begins to wonder if maybe her dream job wasn’t a bad mistake. But she’s on an island and she’s afraid of the water. She has no boat. Escape doesn’t seem to be an option.

Becky has very little information but she knows this much—someone is telling the truth and someone is lying. She has to figure out who the liar is if she intends to keep the baby, and herself, alive to see the end of the summer.

Editions

 * ISBN 0-590-44582-0 (paperback, 1989)
 * ISBN 9780590550598 Hippo Books (paperback, 1992)
 * ISBN 9782762568660 Les poupées mutilées, Ed. de l'Héritage (French edition, paperback, 1992).
 * Scholastic Inc. (paperback, 2000)
 * ISBN 978-1-939483-11-9 (eBook, 2012)