April of 9th repeat
Plot
Kristy and Watson are going to a week long father-daughter baseball camp where baseball legends are leading the camp. One of the guys leading is Bill Baines, who Watson has worshiped since he was a kid. Watson loads up all his Baines memorabilia and they take off. But right before they leave, Kristy finds out she only made the B squad of the SMS softball team - she was feeling cocky and half assed it through the try out, and the coach noticed and assigned her accordingly. She is feeling pretty let down about the whole baseball universe, but she tries to make the best of it because Watson is so excited.
Pretty much right away, Watson meets his idol and he is a complete asshole, so Watson is pretty let down for several days. Kristy starts doing Kristy thing, completely taking over and organizing everyone. Bill Baines continues to be a dick, and finally Kristy freaks out on him, loudly, in front of everyone. Bill realizes how much of an ass he is being, so he completely changes and he and Watson become tight. At the awards ceremony, Kristy wins "Best Coach" because of her natural leadership ability.
Subplot is that of course, the kids of Stoneybrook are obsessed with baseball cards and have started a little trading club. David Michael gets taken advantage of, but then he gets the kid back.
Takeaways
Kristy is 13 years old, but somehow takes over and leads an entire camp, one where there are several adults.
She also admits that Abby is a better athlete than she is.
It was kind of nice seeing Kristy get put in her place by the softball coach - like I'm sure Kristy is a good coach, but maybe she needs to take that old saying "those who can't do, teach" more seriously.
Also, there's this weird thing during this book where Kristy really misses her real dad and wishes he was there with her.
Best Character
I would have to say Watson - he had to have spent so much money on this camp and he was so excited when his idol finally paid attention to him.
Worst Character
Even though he learns his lesson, Bill Baines is still the worst.
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