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Post by Kylie90210 on Nov 25, 2007 21:50:24 GMT -5
I agree about Mel Tucker, he might be a creepy adult someday. One thing I liked about re reading this mystery was I didn't remember originally Mel was Mr. X so it added an extra scary element to it! Same here! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2007 12:38:51 GMT -5
I just wonder where the heck his parents were when he was out all hours of the night??
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 7, 2007 17:27:14 GMT -5
^ I would assume he sneaked out and they had no idea he was gone. Not sure, though.
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Post by Kylie90210 on Feb 5, 2008 21:46:18 GMT -5
It wasn't really that late was it? I thought it was early evening? Which doesnt make it okay, but yeah.
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Post by Rie on Feb 6, 2008 3:27:11 GMT -5
I just wonder where the heck his parents were when he was out all hours of the night?? I'm kinda wondering about that too.. I agree about Mel Tucker, he might be a creepy adult someday. I agree ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2008 23:55:34 GMT -5
I loved this book!! It remind me of my old babysitting days, in H.S. (minus the letters' of course). Like the others here, the book kinda creeped me out, and I too, a grown woman. I will re-read this book soon! This was def. one of my favorite mysteries.
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Post by greer on Feb 11, 2008 8:41:05 GMT -5
I just wonder where the heck his parents were when he was out all hours of the night?? probably if he had a parent who noticed that sort of stuff he wouldn't be so messed up in the first place. |
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Post by candykane on Feb 11, 2008 11:21:56 GMT -5
Remember how the Pike kids saw one of the letters he left and it had a cutout of any eyeball glued on it? It said that they'd better keep an eye on their hamster, so they freaked out and put Frodo in a shoebox in the closet.
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Post by Penny Lane on Feb 11, 2008 11:23:52 GMT -5
Poor Frodo.
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Post by candykane on Feb 11, 2008 11:26:56 GMT -5
I know! The closet wasn't the first place they stuck him, either. They kept moving the box around - at one point they put it in the OVEN, then decided that wasn't the safest place, so they settled on the closet shelf.
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 11, 2008 17:25:49 GMT -5
^ Ew - baked Hamster (sorry - I couldn't resist ;D) Agree. Poor Frodo. This makes me think of a horse show where we got these ugly little wooden boxes for awards and everyone started calling them Hamster Caskets (that's exactly what they looked like ;D) ;D I always found this scene kind of funny but am obviously glad Frodo didn't get cooked (or hurt by the psycho kid)
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Post by greer on Feb 12, 2008 1:42:41 GMT -5
A wooden box? Haha, what were you supposed to do with that? why didn't they just give you ribbons?
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Post by Rie on Feb 12, 2008 2:07:22 GMT -5
^ Ew - baked Hamster (sorry - I couldn't resist ;D) Agree. Poor Frodo. This makes me think of a horse show where we got these ugly little wooden boxes for awards and everyone started calling them Hamster Caskets (that's exactly what they looked like ;D) ;D I always found this scene kind of funny but am obviously glad Frodo didn't get cooked (or hurt by the psycho kid) I agree ;D |
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Post by aln1982 on Feb 12, 2008 17:39:44 GMT -5
A wooden box? Haha, what were you supposed to do with that? why didn't they just give you ribbons? They did give ribbons for the placings but this was the "trophy" for 1st (it was a big regional show). I was actually thankful that I only got stuck with one. ;D I preferred shows where we got "useful" prizes (or certificates redeemable as gift certificates or money ;D) Mel was seriously disturbed to consider threatening a hamster.... |
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Post by Lila on Feb 16, 2008 3:45:56 GMT -5
yeah i thought the
'don't tell mom and dad' thing was kinda annoying as well.
a friend of mine, he was telling me how Oprah did a special on trying to destroy childrens literature and picked on the BSC.
OK OK she wasn't really 'setting out to destroy' but his point was they were taking a good thing and trying to find a fault with it.
i'd have to agree, though i don't remember this being an issue, simply cuz
1. Oprah doesn't and never will, interest me.
2. at the time i was too young to give a d**n.
i can see how *maybe* a group of kids might immatate the BSC by being self reliant like the girls in the books, but come on,
i think, a kid who reads book after book after book of any sort of literature ON THEIR OWN FREE WILL, might i add, has got to be made of stronger stuff and have a head on their shoulder to be a bit above the influence.
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