Kristy Power! is the fifth book in the Baby-sitters Club: Friends Forever series by Ann M. Martin.
Back Cover Summary[]
Kristy's at the center of a big school controversy involving a cool teacher and some not-so-cool enemies. Kristy needs all the help she can get — even from Cary Retlin, her archrival.
Kristy and Cary have been spending a lot of time together, since they're supposed to write each other's life stories for school. But the more Kristy knows about Cary, the less she understands him...until she sneaks a peak at his journal.
Has Kristy gone too far?
Summary[]
Characters[]
Kristy's Family
- Kristy Thomas
- David Michael Thomas
- Sam Thomas
- Charlie Thomas
- Karen Brewer
- Andrew Brewer
- Emily Michelle Brewer
- Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer
- Watson Brewer
- Nannie
BSC Members
Kids
- Jamie Newton (mentioned)
- Lucy Newton (mentioned)
- Stieg Retlin
Pre-Teens
- Benson Retlin- Cary's 11 year old brother
- Mallory Pike (mentioned)
- Jessi Ramsey (mentioned)
Teenagers
- Alan Gray
- Cary Retlin
- Austin Bentley
- Cokie Mason
- Jeremy Rudolph
- Logan Bruno
- Dave, Jessica - students in Kristy's English class
- Merrie Dow
- Rachel Griffin
- Shannon Kilbourne (mentioned)
- Abby Stevenson (mentioned)
- Dawn Schafer (mentioned)
- Emily Bernstein (mentioned)
Adults
- Ted Morley
- Mrs. Simon
- Mrs. Newton (mentioned)
- Dr. Johanssen (mentioned)
- Bertha Dow
- Mr. Benjamin Taylor
- Mr. Counts - SMS school librarian
- Ms. Dewey - substitute for Ted
- Howard Kingbridge
- Ms. Breer - Head of the SMS English English Department
- Rioko Kishi
- Mrs. McGill (mentioned)
- Richard and Sharon Spier (mentioned)
Locations[]
- Stoneybrook Middle School
- Kishi House
- Brewer/Thomas House
- Retlin House
Pop Culture and Real-Life References[]
- Batman, Superman, Spider-Man (super heros)
- Joker, Lex Luthor (super villians)
- Men in Black
- Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Madam Curie (real people)
- The Catcher in the Rye, A Separate Peace, The Outsiders, the Red Pony, To Kill a Mocking Bird, A Light in the Attic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, In the Night Kitchen, Homecoming (books)
- The Beatles
- Salvador Dali, Magritte (artists)
- American Library Association
- Mallomars
- Scattergories, pictionary, charades (games)
- Prince William
Continuity and Inconsistencies[]
Continuity
- Patrick had remarried Zoey and had invited Kristy and her brothers from Kristy's Big News.
- Rachel and Jeremy moving to Stoneybrook first happened in Stacey vs. Claudia along with Stacey becoming friends with the former.
- Mary Anne and Logan's breakup is mentioned which happened in Mary Anne's Big Breakup.
- On page 18 the events of Cary and Kristy working together teaching gym from Kristy in Charge is brought up.
- Kristy recalls Bertha from Mary Anne and the Library Mystery.
- Kristy recalls the events of Kristy and the Cat Burglar when she suspected Cary of being the burglar.
- Cary mentions that he likes and watches birds in Kristy and the Cat Burglar, in this book we can see Cary filling a bird feeder.
Inconsistencies
- Kristy said Cary Retlin had never been to her house before, but he was there in Kristy and the Cat Burglar.
- Kristy's English class is discussing biographies which has been touched on before leading to the Portrait Collection.
- Kristy says that she's never thrown a party before.
- Kristy acts like she's never heard about censorship before.
Trivia[]
- Kristy is not a fan of English class.
- Kristy thought Jeremy was cute too.
- Kristy threw up on the first day of second grade according to Claudia.
- Cary says that Kristy annoys him.
- All of the books mentioned in this book also have their authors mentioned as well.
- This is the third BSC book about censorship previous books include: Mary Anne and the Library Mystery and Claudia and the First Thanksgiving.
- In her interview with Cary's brothers, Stieg tells Kristy all about the bad stuff Cary did and Ben was straightforward.
- Cary is writing a book.
- It's standard procedure that English teachers at SMS get their reading list approved.
- Cary and Kristy's school schedule crosses paths from time to time.
- Nannie makes great pecan cookies.
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Everything Changes | #1 Kristy's Big News | #2 Stacey vs. Claudia | #3 Mary Anne's Big Breakup | #4 Claudia and the Friendship Feud | #5 Kristy Power! | #6 Stacey and the Boyfriend Trap | #7 Claudia Gets Her Guy | #8 Mary Anne's Revenge | #9 Kristy and the Kidnapper |#10 Stacey's Problem | #11 Welcome Home, Mary Anne | #12 Claudia and the Disaster Date | Graduation Day | ||
Other Series | ||
Baby-Sitters Club | Super Special | Portrait Collection | Mystery | Super Mystery | California Diaries | Baby-Sitters Little Sister | The Kids in Ms. Colman's Class |