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Shawn Ruth asked this question about Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2):

Did it not bug anyone else that there were several British things scattered throughout the whole book that didn't get changed in the US version?? The characters' names are all so VERY British. The courtroom sketch had the lawyers and judge in wigs like they do in England. British road names (Highmoor), etc. If the publishers are going to change the setting for a US teen audience, then they need to be more thorough.

Leah i noticed this too. in the first book pip was trying to get into Columbia, a really good US school, but in this book, it says she is going to/trying t…morei noticed this too. in the first book pip was trying to get into Columbia, a really good US school, but in this book, it says she is going to/trying to get into Cambridge (i think) also it switched from mom to mum, and i think their town changed. they lived in Fairview in the first book, but in this one, it says Little Kilton, maybe im just dumb and read it wrong, but it did annoy me(less)

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Nikoleta Alexiadou If it was set in Little Kilton then you read the British version :)
Jul 17, 2023 04:50AM · flag

sim There’s 2 versions of the book. You read the US version for the first book and and the original UK version for the second book
Dec 26, 2023 07:15AM · flag

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