Ms. Minty

Visual Description: Charlene has very light blue and wears a sweater and a pretty short skirt. Her haircut is similar to Charlotte's but a little different. She has two ribbons in her hair. Despite being most likely elderly, she doesn't have any wrinkles and appears to have aged quite well.

Personality Description: Charlene is a relentlessly optimistic, conventionally sexually attractive, unintelligent and important woman. She’s blissfully oblivious to malice, even mistaking the town’s most notorious troublemaker for a "sweet girl." Her energy is infectious, matching Charlotte’s wide-eyed enthusiasm but with grandmotherly warmth. She runs a bizarrely eclectic store (candy and auto parts) with equal passion, believing lemon drops and brake cables are equally essential. She’s convinced Charlotte’s parents are astronauts, either out of delusion or kindness, and adores cookbooks for their "pretty pictures"—though her baking is more sugar than substance. Her personality is essentially that of an older Charlotte. She is outgoing and ignorant of all that might be bad or harmful. She can make almost anything out of lemon drops and brake cables. She has a gigantic bookcase full of cookbooks in her kitchen and says that she loves cookbooks because they have "so many pretty pictures and nice recipes". Charlene is convinced that Charlotte's parents are "astronauts on a space station". This is however unclear. This could have been something Charlene said to Charlotte to not make her sad. Like Charlotte, Charlene doesn't really see anything evil in the world. In fact, she thinks an evil girl is a "sweet girl". Charlene uses a lot of sugar when she bakes. She is seen to like clams, beef jerky and grape punch. Charlene is Charlotte's extremely cheery grandmother. She and Charlotte had just moved from Vermont. Charlene first appeared when she dropped Charlotte off at school for the first time. Charlene runs a store called Grandma Charlene's Candy and Auto Parts, where she sells everything from lemon drops to brake cables. A commercial for the store airs on television. Grandma Charlene's Candy and Auto Parts is a store owned by Grandma Charlene in Clamburg. It is located with three other stores. As the name implies, the store sells candy and auto parts, like sugar hams, peppermints, window tints, and overhead cameras, according to the commercial. She is also a member of the book club and a friend of Ms. Minty's.