Kristy and the Walking Disaster by Ann M. Martin

It was also time for Kristy to have another one of her great ideas, and so she organized Kristy’s Krushers, her very own softball team.īook #20 marked an important change for me. I had so much fun writing about him that I wanted to write a book featuring him. Jackie Rodowsky made his first appearance in book #10, Logan Likes Mary Anne. Although the Bashers won the seven inning game 16-11, Kristy realizes how much her teams loves to play and how much team spirit they have, even if they know they aren't the best players.Īdults Locations Pop Culture and Real-Life References Continuity and Inconsistencies Ann M.

During the game, Jackie Rodowsky knocks over the refreshment table and the Pike triplets show up in their Little League uniforms to cheer on the Krushers. Nicky Pike was asked to pitch during the game but came down with a fever the morning of the game, leaving David Michael and Jake Kuhn to pitch for the Krushers. Bart challenges Kristy to a game, which she accepts. The Basher players keep distracting Bart so they can make fun of and insult many of the Krusher players. During one practice, Bart brings some of his players out to watch the Krushers practice. Bart coaches Bart's Bashers, a team of older kids who don't play Little League. Kristy soon discovers that hers is not the only non-little league team in the area when she meets Bart Taylor, a thirteen year old boy who lives around the corner from her. Watson becomes a valuable source to Kristy in terms of advice and help in coaching her team. The team gets permission to practice twice a week at the Stoneybrook Elementary School playground. Karen insists that the team name is spelled wrong and so irons the spelling of 'Crushers' onto her team shirt. Jackie Rodowsky, a lovable charge with a penchant for disaster (dropping lemonade, knocking over a refreshment table, breaking a window at the elementary school, etc.) comes up with the name of Kristy's Krushers. Upon seeing how much Karen, David Michael, and Andrew (and other BSC charges) really want to play, she decides to form a team. They try very hard but they lack the skills or the age to play Little League ball. Kristy is baby-sitting for her own brothers and sister and find they want to play baseball. It's bad enough that the Bashers truly ARE lean and mean- but what's worse is that Kristy has a crush on the Basher's coach. Now Bart's Bashers have challenged the Krushers to a real live game. Maybe Kristy's Krushers aren't world champions (how could they be, with Jackie Rodowsky, walking disaster, playing for them?), but nobody beats them when it comes to team spirit.

When Kristy sees how much her little brothers and sister want to play on a softball team, she starts a rag-tag team of her own. They're lean, they're mean, they're the pride of Stoneybrook.

Kristy and the Walking Disaster by Ann M. Martin