goofs

[Karen]

A minor quibble but ... when Flavia gets caught at the sanatorium (p 320), she says she's from "the Girl Scouts," and that "Brown Owl" assigned her the visit. That's a double goof. First, in Canada (as in England), it's Girl Guides, not Girl Scouts. And second, the leader of a Guide unit was at that time called Captain -- Brown Owl was the name for Brownie leaders.

[Anita]

I just started the book and I adore Flavia! It is interesting how often simple errors fly by editors. I always wonder if I should email the publisher/author to let them know--not knowing how easy or hard it would be to change the mistake.

[Carole]

Bradley is Canadian so I wonder if his publisher is *Americanizing* them much as JKRowling's American publisher did with Harry Potter?

[Dan]

I took it to be Flavia's spur of the moment ad-lib. She was guessing at the names and hoping it sounded "official" enough.

[Silvio111]

Carole wrote: "Bradley is Canadian so I wonder if his publisher is *Americanizing* them much as JKRowling's American publisher did with Harry Potter?"

Yes, I hate when publishers do that!
I think they forget that what readers absorb as children - even without full comprehension - stands them in good stead in later years by expanding their vocabulary and just giving them a foundation of knowledge of more than just the peanut-butter-and-jelly of American life!

[Gabe]

i hate this book

[Silvio111]

Gabe,

What did you not like about it? And had you read any of the previous books in the series and did you like them any better? Just curious.

[Karen]

Silvio: don't feed the trolls. :/

[Silvio111]

Oops! My bad!

(Is that Grommet I see there in your icon? He's got the right idea. Never says a word!)

[Karen]

But says so much with his eyebrows. :D

[Silvio111]

So true!