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Post by Kylie90210 on Nov 11, 2008 23:23:15 GMT -5
Please discuss this book here.
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Post by Kylie90210 on Aug 12, 2009 23:24:20 GMT -5
Poor Andrew, he was really obsessing about that penny! And LOL at Mr Wizard being Morbidda Destiny's brother! And of course Karen wins the second grade rep.
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Post by tiff85 on Aug 18, 2009 9:49:50 GMT -5
When I first read this book, I often wondered if Mr. Wizard was Morbidda Destiny's brother.
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Post by Kylie90210 on Sept 1, 2009 18:17:59 GMT -5
^ It says that he is.
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Post by blossom114 on Mar 10, 2010 14:29:18 GMT -5
I'm reading all the LS books in order right now and just finished this one. It threw me for a loop when Karen said that Morbidda Destiny was a GOOD witch.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Apr 23, 2011 15:07:50 GMT -5
I liked the class election sub-plot. Also, why does Mr. Wizard look so young compared to Morbidda? He looks like he is in his early 30s MAX based on the pictures.
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Post by anzuhana on Jan 8, 2013 20:51:30 GMT -5
I liked reading about the magic show since I like magic shows and I like that Karen and Andrew got a magic trick set since when I was approximately their age, I received a book which explained magic tricks and how you could perform various magic tricks. I think that when they would be older, they could enjoy watching Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed, in which the methods behind magic tricks are explained.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 11, 2013 20:04:46 GMT -5
ITA Virgo, Mr. Wizard looks to be mid thirties at most, probably younger. He could be half of his sister's age. How old do all of you think Mrs. Porter is? In the picture of her in this book with the gray big hair (page 39) she looks a little younger than she did (same hair) in Karen's Cartwheel (page 80) when she shows Karen photos of her (Mrs. P) skating and possibly also acting. I did love how Karen helped Andrew get his penny back by consulting Mr. Wizard and good for him for going along with it. I was never that into magic, the only trick I remember having was one of those flat wooden coin boxes that made a quarter "disappear" The coin would slide into the other side. Does Stoneybrook Academy go through 8th grade? In this book the oldest rep seems to be in 6th. I remember reading in Karen's Pen Pal mention of an 8th grader. Until that book, I had always thought (assumed) it was similar to SES K-5th grade. I know Stoneybrook Day School goes from K-12th grade.
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Post by zoar3 on May 13, 2014 11:39:47 GMT -5
I reread this after "Karen's Candy," thinking there might have been an additional Halloween mention (there wasn't). Love how Andrew is more prominent in this story and it was awesome that Watson took Andrew, Karen, and David Michael to Mr. Wizard's show. I wish there had been more scenes of Watson doing something with David Michael. I know he helps DM a lot with computers in "Pen Pal." I'm glad DM (and all the Thomas kids) had Watson and vice versa. In this book there is a 6th grade rep to the Fun Night Committee. There is no mention of any kids older than that. I think (the heat has melted my memory already) in "Karen's Candy," there may have been 6th graders too, not sure. I am almost certain in the KIMCC "Twin Trouble," there were. Maybe Stoneybrook Academy in some most books is K-5th and others as needed includes older kids. Funniest part of this story is when Karen reminds Watson to contact MR. Wizard about returning Andrew's souvenir penny and Karen imitates her idea of what Andrew will sound like as a "very old man," by asking, "where is my penny." The image of that makes me laugh. I'm glad Mr. Wizard did indeed return Andrew's penny and in a clever way thanks to Karen's "payment" idea. Karen really can be a great big sister.
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Post by sparklymouse on Jul 2, 2022 16:29:22 GMT -5
I grabbed this one randomly for a re-read. I was not in the mood for a book full of election stuff, but oh well. Karen’s opponent from Mr. Berger’s class had the nerdiest name. Edwin Farley. I want a class list for Mr. Berger’s because the kids always had out there names. (The only other kid mentioned in this was Liddie Yuan. How many Edwins and Liddies do you know?)
I was impressed with Karen’s speech. She said that she loved being in 2nd grade and was very proud of her school. She had lots of energy which would help her interact with the big kids and make them listen. She had good ideas about having fun and promised to listen to other people’s ideas, too.
The Fun Night had a lot of performers. There were the Double Daredevils, Hilarious Hilary, The Tongue Twister Sisters, The Kindergarten Kids, and the Stoneybrook Rock ‘n’ Roll Band. (I never knew that there was a second line to the woodchuck tongue twister!)
I was rather annoyed by Watson. Andrew seemed totally content with the fact that his penny was gone, but Watson kept pushing that he would get the penny back for him. They tried to get to Mr. Wizard’s dressing room (which was a little creepy), but were told that he wasn’t seeing anyone right then. Instead of saying “Ok, my son was the kid from the penny trick. He’d like it back please.” Watson was all “I will write him a letter and ask for it back!” The guy was literally on the other side of the door. Leave him a message to drop it off at the ticket counter, and you can swing by another day to grab it. At first I thought that Andrew's penny was one of those decorative ones that you get a picture printed onto it. It was just a squished one from the railroad tracks.
I don’t remember when Karen and Morbidda got on good terms, so I was surprised that the girls went to her garage sale. I would have bought the cat cup, lol. I thought it was hilarious that Morbidda was selling her brother’s magic set. You know he gave that to her once and she was all “Oh… neat.”
ETA: One more thing. Mr. Wizard's license plate was 434MAGIC. That's too many characters. What does 434 mean? I am confused.
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Post by livvy on Dec 3, 2022 9:44:15 GMT -5
In the beginning David Michael is referring his puppy as a HE. I thought Shannon was a girl puppy??
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