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Post by wenonah4th on Dec 3, 2010 7:34:26 GMT -5
I think Ann liked to create odd quirks for the Pikes. between MArgo's banana and Claire's baseball tantrums...
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Post by oldhickory on Jan 24, 2011 21:46:44 GMT -5
i think kristy looks so pretty and grown up on the cover, but when i looked on the inside, it doesn't say "cover illustration by hodges soileau" or however he spells it. is there anywhere to find who did the cover? i think this is my favorite kristy picture.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 24, 2011 22:40:44 GMT -5
It says Hodges in the updated cover version--where Kristy has a new, less attractive face, but the rest of the scene is still the same. So I'm assuming he also did the original version, and just changed the face with the reissue?
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Post by psychoseal on Feb 7, 2011 13:17:48 GMT -5
On the British versoin Kristy isn't even on the cover. Its just two of the kids, and I have no idea which two as they don't seem t match any descriton of the kids from the book...
What was wrong with Nicky Pike - was he really ill, or did he know the Krushers had no chance so he faked it so he could stay in bed?
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Post by zoar3 on Feb 7, 2011 21:02:34 GMT -5
^I think Nicky had a high fever.
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Post by nat2412 on Feb 7, 2011 21:14:35 GMT -5
I agree about Kristy looking really pretty on this cover. It's how i've always liked to picture her. I also love Jackie,everytime i see the look on his face i can't help but think 'awww'...poor Jackie! :-)
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 7, 2011 21:38:59 GMT -5
Whoa, my bad--in my above post, I was totally talking about Kristy and the Mother's Day Surprise
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Post by zoar3 on Mar 6, 2011 12:32:49 GMT -5
I loved the scene where the Rodowsky boys were getting ready for Bo's birthday party. It would have been sweet to read about it happening along with him going to Shannon's (the puppy) party had she ever aged. Did any of the books ever tell us what type of dog bo is?
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Post by oldhickory on Mar 6, 2011 17:39:26 GMT -5
^ for some reason i think he's a hound dog, but i don't know where i am getting that.
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Post by zoar3 on Mar 6, 2011 20:28:23 GMT -5
^For whatever reason, I always pictured him as a smallish dog as opposed to the likes of Astrid but in general, too.
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Post by wiggir13 on Apr 18, 2011 18:04:57 GMT -5
This book really made me mad that those kids called Matt a dummy. It seems pretty un-Kristy like that she didn't run over to Bart and tell him to take those kids and get the hell out!
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 18, 2011 19:27:54 GMT -5
^You, know, you're right Wiggirl. Kristy, eventually became clear as to what was going on and should have called an immediate time out. If Bart truly was so caught up in being "worried" about the Krushers that his brain failed to register what was going on then, perhaps, he was the not too bright one! He certainly wasn't a good role model manager among the Bashers that day.
OT but about the Bashers, I always wondered why the Krushers never visited the Bashers (possibly at Kelsey Elementary, one of the private schools, or even a neighborhood park. I realize going to SES made it easier on the Ghosties but it was odd that Bart's team always had to make the trek.
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Post by oldhickory on Apr 18, 2011 20:36:34 GMT -5
the bashers were a lot more competitive than the krushers. of course the krushers wanted to win, but they knew the whole point of the team was to have fun. and even if kristy wanted to spy on the bashers (which she totally did!) she wouldn't encourage her kids to do it.
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Post by zoar3 on Apr 19, 2011 12:15:44 GMT -5
^Very true. I actually meant, why weren't any of the actual games held in Basher-land?
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Post by wiggir13 on Apr 19, 2011 12:29:41 GMT -5
Good point zoar! Why didn't they ever go to basher land? It seems like they were always on Krusher territory....maybe that was just Kristy being controlling?
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