Kristy's big brother Charlie is a good guy, helping her with the Krushers' Softball Klinic and driving her to BSC meetings. Kristy and Charlie get along great—until Angelica shows up. Kristy can tell Angelica is Trouble with a capital "T." But Charlie doesn't mind. In fact he's in love with her. Ew.
Charlie wants Kristy to mind her own business. But Kristy knows she has to do something before Angelica ruins the Krusher Klinic...and breaks Charlie's heart.
Summary[]
Subplot[]
Kristy hosts a Krushers Klinic with the help of Charlie.
Kristy mentions how she and Bart broke up which happened in Kristy + Bart = ?
Inconsistencies
Kristy says that Watson isn't into sports on page 52, however, he helps with Krushers stuff such as in Karen's Home Run.
Kristy had called Sarah at one point knowing her number but at the end of chapter 12, Charlie told her to look it up. But Charlie might not have realized that Kristy knew Sarah's number.
This book is set in April and by then colleges are sending out rejection or acceptance letters, however, Charlie is still deciding on where to go when he should have sent out his applications earlier in the year.
On the cover Kristy has her mitt on her right hand when she's a lefty.
Officer Bolten thought it was odd that Angelica was a licensed driver and she wasn’t even seventeen yet. But in Dawn and the Older Boy, Dawn says people can start driving at sixteen in Connecticut
Ann M. Martin's Dear Reader Letter[]
Dear Reader,
Mind Your Own Business, Kristy! takes place during spring vacation. Kristy’s family isn’t going away, so Kristy plans Krusher Klinic for her softball team. When I was growing up, my family often visited our relatives over spring vacation. Sometimes we visited Louisville, Kentucky, to visit my father’s family. And sometimes we went to Florida to visit my mother’s parents. The trips were always lots of fun. My Florida grandparents lived across the street from a big lake. My sister and I could go fishing from their dock. Best of all, we kept our eyes peeled for alligators. They really did live in the lake!
Mom’s parents lived in Winter Park, which is very near Disney World. My sister and I had visited Disneyland when I was thirteen, and we loved it. Unfortunately for me, Disney World wasn’t completed until I was in college. So I didn’t get to visit it until I was an adult, and I was researching Baby-sitters on Board!, the first BSC Super Special. What a fun reason to visit Disney World for the first time.
Trivia[]
Kristy enters a sweepstakes to win concert tickets for her favorite rock group.
Sarah and Charlie broke up prior to this book.
Charlie doesn't like shopping.
Kristy bough Charlie a bottle of cologne for his birthday.
There's a gourmet shop next to Sportsworld.
Charlie plays computer games.
Abby and Jessi volunteered to help with the Klinic.
Mary Anne attempts to play with the Krushers in chapter 10.
Blade's lead singer is Declan Kelly.
Kristy brings Claudia to the Blade Concert.
Charlie, Angelica, Claudia, and Kristy gets in a car accident.
Charlie isn't used to driving Watson's car.
Some of the Krushers aren't seen or mentioned such as the Perkins girls or Bobby Gianelli.
Every Krushers dad showed up for the klinic when Jack Brewster showed up.