A Rare Treat

by Nia Rivera on 05.07.2010

59 Responses

I love the smell of victory in the morning! Nothing makes me feel as accomplished as solving a mystery, even if it is just one of many!

So there are still some unanswered questions, ‘tis true. BlueRoseGrey got us wondering why Heidi’s mom was hysterical when Callie confronted her. Could it be that the Braggs always knew what their daughter had done, like _Sakura_ suggested? Was Chief Bragg actually one of the first responders to the scene of Bea’s original accident as invisible speculated? If SarahB is right and money and power corrupt absolutely as the saying goes, then no one in Orion is more absolutely corrupt than the Braggs. And, like ♥MLE♥ and tiffany923 think, what if the Braggs have something to do with Callie’s mom? (a question that preys on me in the darkest hour of the night, but I try not to dwell on that for Callie’s sake).

Still, we’re loathe to point a finger without real evidence, and it’s impossible to know someone’s true motivations unless you’re a psychic or something.

Thinking about psychics started making my brain tingle in that way that means I’m forgetting something. Why would the idea of a psychic ring a bell? And then, like a lightning bolt, it struck me: Madame Zee!

Remember when Madame Zee told Hal I was supposed to visit the antique bookstore for a “rare treat,” but he forgot to tell me about it? Mind like a steel trap, that one. Remind me again why we have instant communication technology? But instead of digging up a dead horse just so I could beat it, I decided to just go check out the bookstore. Better late than never, right?

So I went. I wandered up and down the aisles, running my fingers along all the book spines, feeling like a particularly ineffectual Thelma in an episode of Scooby Doo. It’s not like I thought I’d press the right book and reveal a secret passageway or anything, but still… I had absolutely no idea what I was looking for or what I was doing there. I thought it would become clear to me, but nothing was happening. Eventually the old lady who runs the bookshop noticed me loitering and came over to ask me if I needed any help.

“Well, not exactly,” I said. I was suddenly really glad I didn’t have a huge backpack with me. Not that used books are hot items on the black market, but I was already feeling really conspicuous. “A…friend told me to come by here, but I’m not exactly why.”

She smiled and nodded and walked behind the counter where she unlocked a glass bookcase. She looked over the books carefully and eventually chose one with a purple slip peeking out of the pages. “You’re not…” She squinted down at the purple paper before looking back up. “… Nia Rivera, are you?”

I couldn’t have been any more surprised if the old lady had busted into an Adam Lambert song. “Um, yes, actually,” I stammered.

She smiled and patted the book. “I thought you were going to stop by for this a while ago. A nice young lady asked me to hold it for you.” She set the book down on the counter.

It was a rare copy of The Wizard of Oz. My heart jumped into my throat. This was actually even weirder than Adam Lambert.

Carefully, I opened the front cover. In a faded, elegant scrawl was the inscription: “For Meg. Have heart, and take courage. Everything you seek has been with you from the beginning.”

Obviously, this is from Amanda. The moment I touched that book I knew there was something I was supposed to do, but I have no idea what.

What is Amanda trying to say? Is the book the message, or the inscription, or both?

59 responses

  1. RRRules

    Huh. It seems like AV is brining this full circle; right back around to the whole WoO thing.
    Quick question, was the “For Meg” thing written in the book, or was it already there? (IE, like an acknowledgements page?
    And who is Meg?
    I think there’s a Meg in Endeavor…She’s a sophomore, but I have AP Literature with her. Maybe she knows something?

    • RRRules

      Oh, and, just a side point, the note with Nia’s name on it is PURPLE. Sounds familiar?

      • PoshKat

        hmmm… Trying to think of a book character called Meg. What about Meg from Little Women?

        • fashionista17

          Oh RRRules! AV must LOVE purple.

          The name Meg sounds so familiar.To answer the question up there, it might be….. Oh! I remember! Wasn’t there a note that they found and put together and it said:

          “Meg knew she had to search. Think about IT.  M”

          And in the corner it says “Wizard of” and a half of an o. Ok! This is awesome! I knew it sounded familiar! So, maybe AV wanted to honor this “Meg” person. Tell me what you guys think.

          • mim199

            hmm emily may have a piont in the meg knew she had to search think about it. Meg oviosly had this happen to her and FOUND amanda. we need to find meg

            • SarahB

              “Everything you seek has been with you from the beginning.”

              Did Amanda give you anything the day you met, Nia? Or maybe she means from the beginning of the time she went missing… the message on the car, the totems on the lockers, meeting Hal and Callie. That was all stuff that happened at the ‘beginning’ of your adventure. Maybe Amanda is just trying to tell you that everything you’re looking for can be found in your friendship with Hal and Callie. :)

              Heart and courage are two of the themes in the Wizard of Oz. The tinman is searching for a heart, and the lion for courage. The scarecrow wants a brain. At the end of the story they discover that they have these things all along, just like Amanda’s message says; they’re ‘with you from the beginning’. This could be seen like the guides… Nia is the brains, Callie the courage and Hal the heart.

              It all seems to be suggesting to me that Amanda is talking about the three of you and your friendship, and the qualities you have that compliment each other. :)

              • trumpetgirl

                You’re right, Amanda must absoutly love purple.

                I think both the book and the message inside are a clue. First off, why would Amanda choose one of the really old versions of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz? And why one with the cowardly lion on the front? I know he’s a main character, but why him and not dorthey? Also, I noticed that Wonderful has a dash in it (Wonder-ful) just like tommorrow did (to-morrow) in a Valentine. RRRules, you said (and I quote) “As for the to-morrow, trumpet, it’s a way of writing. In the olden days, people wrote with a hyphen there.” So…maybe there’s a connection with that time period? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written in 1900, and a Valentine was written in 1860. Maybe Amanda liked those years..or maybe there’s more.

                As for Meg, yes emilys861, I remember that part of the book and I totally agree. Maybe Meg is the fourth guide, but didn’t want to be. (But personally, I don’t think we’ll find out who the 4th guide is for a while).

                • invisible

                  ok so do any of you remember in invisible i that nea , hal ,and callie had all found a piece of postcard .that postcard was from amanda of course . but it was of the wizard of oz . on the back it said Meg knew she had to search. Think about IT.well remember that nea also had a book called a wrinkle in time and in this story there s a character called meg and meg has to search for her brother and theres somthing about a brain or somthing called IT.   

                  Margaret “Meg” Murry is the outcast of the family and also the oldest child of scientists Alex and Kate Murry. Mathematically brilliant but less than adept at other subjects in school, Meg is “awkward”, unpopular, and defensive around authority figures as well as her peers. Although she has the brains to accomplish difficult tasks, she rarely puts her strengths to use. She loves her family, especially her brother, Charles Wallace, and longs desperately for her missing father. Like many adolescent girls, Meg is unhappy with her physical appearance, particularly her mouse-brown, unruly hair, braces and glasses, and considers herself a “monster” in comparison with her mother. She is about fourteen years old, and is “several grades” below Calvin, who is fourteen years old but in eleventh grade. Introduced on the first page of the book, she is the story’s protagonist.well i think that some how the meg thing in the book that nea got from amanda was meant for nea because meg reminds me of nea who loves her family ,Although she has the brains to accomplish difficult tasks, she rarely puts her strengths to use and unpopular, and defensive around authority figures as well as her peers. it reminds me of nea so i think that the message For Meg. Have heart, and take courage. Everything you seek has been with you from the beginning.” i think that it was amanda who wrote that in their and is a little message to encourage her
                  What do you think

                  • SerenaRules

                    Meg might know where AV is I mean she has been mentioned by amanda. Maybe A little hint hint that we have to look for her. We find meg I have a feeling we find a major clue

                    • fashionista17

                      Maybe you guys should read the book (Wizard of Oz) and find out what else is in there that has clues. Maybe AV has something else hiding in there…... who knows!

                      • fashionista17

                        Oh, and to answer the question up there(once again), i would say both.

                        • fashionista17

                          The writing on the little peice of paper is WAY different than the other writing on the bathroom wall….. Why is that? I’ll do more research on that.

                          • fashionista17

                            One more thing, trumpetgirl, they probably just that there because ther was no more space. Or it could be your theory.

                            • BlueRoseGrey

                              of COURSE the book is a message. Amanda LOVED The Wizard of Oz. As for the inscription, i have an odd hunch that that’s a message. “Inkheart” anyone? The book Inkheart has a girl named Meg. And her mother’s favorite book was the Wizard of Oz. Meg’s mother was captured by Capricorn. Let’s line this up with Amanda’s story. And, well, Callie’s. Okay, so Amanda loved the Wizard of Oz. Thats one. Callie and Meg both had missing mothers—possibly Callie’s was also captured? Capricorn is the name of a constellation. As for the rest of THAT idea… well, i doubt that Amanda or Callie or ANY of us have the ability to read things out of books…. I’m pretty sure the similarities stop there.

                              • fashionista17

                                Good thinking BlueRoseGrey!

                                • JinxTheRipper

                                  I was going to mention it, Invisible about the postcard and i agree with you Invisible.

                                  BlueRoseGrey, do you think that Megs is Callie then, why is that message is for Nia? Like BlueRoseGrey, the similarties stops there. When it comes to reading, Nia got that talent since she’s the brain.

                                  • fashionista17

                                    JinxTheRipper, just to make it clear, I mentioned the postcard first. If you start from the beggining of the responses, I said it first.

                                    • AllieK

                                      About what trumpetgirl said, maybe it means that Meg is cowardly and needs to reallize shes had courage all along?  With this message and the previous one on the postcard, I think it means that Meg is searching for something but it has been with her all along, maybe heart and courage.  Or her totem could be the lion

                                      • AllieK

                                        Also we should analyze the hanwriting from the note on the postcard and in the book to see if it matches the notes from Amanda or to see what kind of personality the person has.

                                        • invisible

                                          soory emilys861 but you metioned a note not a post card

                                          • fashionista17

                                            Note….. Postcard….. same thing!

                                            • fashionista17

                                              The postcard from the book doesn’t match the handwriting on the little paper that has Nia’s name on it, BUT the handwriting on the postcard and the writing on the bathroom wall look extremely similar…

                                              • _Sakura_

                                                Meg- remember what Amanda wrote on apostcard and ripped-“Meg knew she had to search. Think about IT. M”
                                                Meg from “A Wrinkle in Time”  just like invisible said.

                                                • tiffany923

                                                  I know the Meg that RRRules mentioned… she was in mine and Amanda’s art class before AV went missing. She was very outgoing, and she and Amanda were friends and often partnered up for assignments. After AV disappeared, she became kind of quiet. I’m thinking they were closer than it appeared. I was thinking we could try to contact her, but she’s on vacation right now in Paris (anyone see an Amanda connection?).
                                                  Also, in one of the previous posts there was a wizard of oz postcard. maybe there is a connection. I think Nia should read the book, maybe look for notes in the margin, etc.

                                                  • _Sakura_

                                                    Yeah, they did figure it out. They figured about that Meg and IT was from A Wrinkle in Time.

                                                    • fashionista17

                                                      I agree with you tiffany923.

                                                      • trumpetgirl

                                                        I don’t have my book with my but didn’t Hal, Callie and Nia figure out what the IT part was about? Does anyone remember?

                                                        • fashionista17

                                                          I really don’t remember trumpetgirl.

                                                          • stef_stone

                                                            That is definitely referencing Meg from “A Wrinkle in Time.” At the beginning of the book, Meg is really insecure but ends up having to save her brother from IT. Mrs. Which tells her that she has one thing that IT doesn’t, and that will let her destroy it. While she is battling IT, she realizes that it is her ability to love- which she has had all along. I feel like the quote in the inscription would be something that one of the three Mrs. W’s would say to Meg.

                                                            • _Sakura_

                                                              Yeha they did figure it out. They matched Meg and IT to the book A Wrinkle In Time.

                                                              • stef_stone

                                                                The three W’s were Meg’s guides, just like Hal, Callie, and Nia are “the guides”. Interesting….
                                                                Also, “The Wizard of Oz” and “A Wrinkle in Time” have some very interesting connections. Both are about a girl who is transported to another place and time and has to overcome an obstacle to get back home. Both have guides, like the Mrs. W’s and the lion, tin man, etc. Both books are often challenged because of religious views. They both have to defeat something- IT and the Wicked Witch. Also, at the end of “The Wizard of Oz,” Glinda reveals to Dorothy that she HAD THE POWER TO GO HOME ALL ALONG, which relates a lot of the quote and also happens in “A Wrinkle in Time” with Meg and her ability to love.

                                                                • mimi99

                                                                  ok here are the posibleties on who meg is:

                                                                  -the fourth guide
                                                                  - the charcter meg from inkheart
                                                                  - the carecter meg from a wrinkle in time
                                                                  -someone in envedore who knew amanda well
                                                                  -someone from her old schools

                                                                  • fashionista17

                                                                    So…... that means that the “IT” on the postcard is a character from a story? So AV ( or whoever wrote the postcard) wants them to think about the IT in a story. Very similar to the Wizard of Oz like stef_stone said. AV was talking about a book all along? WOW.

                                                                    • stef_stone

                                                                      Maybe we should go back to the bookstore and ask them if they have a copy of “A Wrinkle in Time?” We should also think about what Nia, specifically, has had all along that could help us find Amanda. (Since the inscription was for her).  By the way, was it in Amanda’s handwriting?

                                                                      • fashionista17

                                                                        I agree stef_stone. And that last question, we don’t know we didn’t see it.

                                                                        • stef_stone

                                                                          Since purple is like, Amanda’s color, and the paper with Nia’s name sticking out of the book is purple, I think that it was from Amanda. It looks like the handwriting that we have found on the other things from her.

                                                                          • ♥MLE♥

                                                                            Could Meg be the fourth person we have been looking for? We were all talking about this before about Suzanne ( I hope that is the right girl) BUT maybe Meg has the connection with the Inkheart book that was suggested by BlueRoseGrey. But also there is the idea that Courage and Heart have to do with the totems that Nia, Hal and Callie have… if you think about it the totems they have are to help them be courageous and have a heart.. which is wat is like their animals.. in my opinion. I also want to say.. Thank you NIa for saying that about Adam Lambert.. Hope he doesn’t read this comment, cause he is very weird. To the question… I think that this is both a message and inscription. We just need to know who and why…

                                                                            • stef_stone

                                                                              I think Meg is not a guide, she is just a book character. Meg does seem to be a popular name for female protagonists (Little Women, Inkheart, A Wrinkle in Time, etc…) Bea is probably the 4th guide. Anyways I believe that the inscription is a message for Nia.
                                                                              I just realized that one thing she has had all along (relating to the quote) is her brother, Cisco. He is really popular and could ask around about Amanda or might have some info of his own. Also, this relates to “A Wrinkle in Time,” because Meg, and her brother, Charles Wallace, help each other all the time.

                                                                              • invisible

                                                                                so nea this is for you i think you should check if there was anything alse in the book like alot of us seem to be saying.but i think that this message is very fuzzy , compared to the other messages that amanda gave us.

                                                                                ok so you know the writting that was found on the bathroom wall well it said that you might meet her before the week shall fleet or perhaps to-morrow.did any of you see AV ?
                                                                                oh and the writting on the wall dosent match the one on the piece of purple paper with nias name . does amanda write with both her hands or only one because you handwriting would change if you used your left then your right.

                                                                                • stef_stone

                                                                                  I think the writing on the wall does match, I looked at it again. It is the same kind of “scratchy” handwriting, only the writing on the wall is in all-lowercase and the writing on the purple paper is in uppercase, that is why it looks different.

                                                                                  • fashionista17

                                                                                    I agree with you stef_stone on the handwriting.

                                                                                    • luna*zeus

                                                                                      Obviously step one is to read the book… it would be *so* amanda to make you look through the whole thing… (Or at least, “*so* the amanda” I knew.  But of course, she told everyone different stories, so trying to piece her together would be so impossible it would drive you crazy).

                                                                                      And of course, the whole thing with Meg.  This is the second time Meg has been mentioned at the same time as a Wizard of Oz reference—if I’m remembering right, the postcard was of the yellow-brick-road… I’d look at similarites between “A Wrinkle in Time” and “The Wizard of Oz.”

                                                                                      Both can be classified as science fiction (next step: check out the science fiction section of the library). Beyond that, well, I don’t really know. Maybe you could compare the lives of Frank L. Baum and Madeleine L’Engle?

                                                                                      Also, going on Amanda’s obsession with stars: most constellations tell the stories of Greco-Roman mythology.  Megaera (which I guess could be shortened to Meg) was one of the furies, who punished people who deserved it. But, as far as I know, there’s no constellation or star named Megaera.

                                                                                      Would it be too far of a leap to say that maybe Amanda is alluding towards some sort of revenge that someone deserves?  That seems a little bit creepy and not quite Amanda’s style to me…

                                                                                      -Leda

                                                                                      • stef_stone

                                                                                        Good idea. Someone should look through the “A Wrinkle in Time,” book as well, if they have a copy at the store.

                                                                                        • fashionista17

                                                                                          I agree with you, luna*zeus. Great ideas.

                                                                                          • Rosepixie

                                                                                            The copy in the image is a first edition - so it’s not just an “old” edition, it’s one of the most valuable children’s books out there.  They’re worth thousands and thousands of dollars (last I read about sold for upwards of $20,000, I believe).

                                                                                            The edition might matter.  After the first edition, they stripped out a lot of the graphic design and illustration because it was very expensive.  You can find reproductions today pretty inexpensively from Books of Wonder to see what I’m talking about.

                                                                                            Baum and Denslow (the author and illustrator) made a really big deal at the time about the design of the book - it had to be just so.  The words actually are printed over the color images on many pages.  While there are full color images occasionally throughout the book, the entire book (nearly every page) is filled with single color images that wrap around and under the text or that the text wraps around or over. 

                                                                                            The book is divided into sections by color - each area Dorothy and her companions visit has it’s own color and while the story is there, the pictures are in that color.  So while she’s in Munchkinland the color is blue and while she’s in the Emerald City the color is green and so on.  Color is vital to Oz.  Everything in each section is described as being that color - the Munchkins all dress in blue and their houses are blue.  Purple is, interestingly, the one color representative of an area of Oz that they didn’t use in that book because that region of the country (Gillikin - the North) wasn’t explored in the series until the next book.

                                                                                            Amanda does a lot with art and color, so it might be important to look at the way the first edition was actually laid out - the illustrations themselves and the colors and everything.  That might be part of the message.  Oz has colors for everything and everyone and everything can be identified by their color (we know the Scarecrow came from Munchkinland even after he leaves it because he’s dressed in blue).  So perhaps the colors will yield a clue, or multiple clues, to places or areas or people or something.  Blue is east, red is south, yellow is west, purple is north but not in the first book, and green is in the middle.  Maps of Oz can easily be found online for reference and are always color-coded as well.

                                                                                            Sorry, this clue really got me thinking and I wanted to share!

                                                                                            • trumpetgirl

                                                                                              Wow….that’s alot of good information! By the way, the Meg and Wizard of Oz connection was also mentioned in the story- Amanda’s yellow brick road- about her wallpaper. I looked at the pic of the phone wallpaper in the hopes that the lion would not be there (there would be our connection) but it was. :(

                                                                                              And about the Meg-star connection, there is a star called MEGREZ. And guess what delta it’s located in…URSA MAJOR! It’s the point that links the bears tail to its hind part, or the handle to the ladle thingy. It’s also the faintest star in the delta.

                                                                                              And I just realized something. If you look at the Ursa Major constellation on top of a real bear, it has a SUPER long tail. Since when do bears have super long tails?
                                                                                              (That was kind of a random thought that I just felt like putting on here). But I just read that people said it must be 3 cubs following the parent bear or something like that.

                                                                                              • stef_stone

                                                                                                Good info, trumpetgirl and Rosepixie! More research is always better….
                                                                                                Also, about the Ursa Major consellation. That thing about the three cubs might not be that random. It seems like Amanda is the bear and the 3 guides (Hal, Callie and Nia) are following, kind of like the mother bear and her cubs. Coincidence? Maybe….

                                                                                                • AllieK

                                                                                                  About what Rosepixie said, it was mentioned when they found A Valentine by Nia that Amanda loved first edition books.  So that prolly is important.  Lots of other good info you found too. ^_^

                                                                                                  • trumpetgirl

                                                                                                    stef_stone, I totally forgot about the 3 guide thing! And AllieK, I think I remember that, it sure seems like Amanda to like the first edition books because 1) they’re old(ish) and 2) they’re special, there’s not as many copies as the “new and improved” versions.

                                                                                                    • fashionista17

                                                                                                      I actually agree with all of you!

                                                                                                      • stef_stone

                                                                                                        Cool! Anyways… does anyone else have any ideas of something Nia has had all along besides Cisco that could help us find Amanda? Maybe relating to Wizard of Oz or A Wrinkle in Time (I suggested Cisco because of Meg and her brother Charles Wallace that always help each other).

                                                                                                        • fashionista17

                                                                                                          I’m not sure…

                                                                                                          • stef_stone

                                                                                                            Clarification-
                                                                                                            The inscription reads -
                                                                                                            “For Meg. Have heart, and take courage. Everything you seek has been with you from the beginning.”
                                                                                                            In A Wrinkle in Time, what Meg wants is self-confidence/realization. At the end, she realizes that she has had this all along. Here is a quote from an online summary I found of the book:

                                                                                                            “Meg’s reversion to toddlerhood here is in part caused by the influence the Black Thing continues to have over her mind and soul, but it’s not entirely out of keeping with how she’s behaved so far in the novel. While we Meg to be the protagonist, sometimes she feels like the antagonist in her own story, never the one to take center stage. But something shifts in a moment, and she’s ready to take on the spotlight:

                                                                                                            “It has to be me. It can’t be anyone else. I don’t understand Charles, but he understands me. I’m the one who’s closest to him. Father’s been away for so long, since Charles Wallace was a baby. They don’t know each other. And Calvin’s only known Charles for such a little time. If it had been longer then he would have been the one, but – oh, I see, I see, I understand, it has to be me. There isn’t anyone else.” (12.34)

                                                                                                            This realization is a key turning point in Meg’s development as a character: she realizes that if she wants Charles Wallace to be saved, she’s going to have to let go of other people’s hands and do it herself. And once she sets her mind to it, she succeeds, suggesting that she had the potential to stand on her own two feet all along…all she needed was to believe in herself. “

                                                                                                            How does this relate to Nia? She doesn’t really need any more self confidence… any ideas?

                                                                                                            • RRRules

                                                                                                              I tried finding name roots and meanings and stuff for Megrez. I couldn’t find it. The closest things I found were Makarios and Macarius. These are Latin and Greek forms of Macario. Here’s what I dound, even though it’s probably pointless.

                                                                                                              Spanish form of the Latin name Macarius, derived from the Greek name Μακαριος (Makarios), which was in turn derived from Greek μακαρ (makar) meaning “blessed, happy”. This was the name of several early saints.

                                                                                                              As I said, probably pointless and too much of a stretch.
                                                                                                              Maybe AV wrote stuff in the margins, or underlined key phrases and things. Try reading the copy we got.

                                                                                                              • _Sakura_

                                                                                                                Sorry that I haven’t been on for so long, but now that I’m here I agree with all of you on your ideas. With what you guys matched up, it does seem like Amanda has a star or astronomical connection, as this isn’t the first time she mentioned stars.


                                                                                                                I also like the connection you guys made with Megrez :)

                                                                                                                • fashionista17

                                                                                                                  RRRules…. You might on to something… we just have to figure it out.

                                                                                                                  • B0rnAquarius

                                                                                                                    When Thornhill was questioning Callie, Hal, and Nia about he images on their lockers, Callie gasped when she saw that a bear was on her locker. Thornhill noticed it and asked if she knew anything about it. Callie said that her mom studied stars and she was named after a star in that constellation. Anyone with access to a computer could have fogured that out. What if Meg was Callie??

                                                                                                                    • ColorVienna

                                                                                                                      Meg from the Wrinkle in Time Series lost a loved one (her father) to a sinister force, (IT) as prementioned. She goes on a very long over extensive adventure to find him. Like in the Wizard of Oz the trip they go through to find the Emerald City… I’m sure you guys see the pattern People Searching for things that matter to them over a very long period…

                                                                                                                      • ColorVienna

                                                                                                                        Meg from the Wrinkle in Time Series lost a loved one (her father) to a sinister force, (IT) as prementioned. She goes on a very long over extensive adventure to find him. Like in the Wizard of Oz the trip they go through to find the Emerald City… I’m sure you guys see the pattern People Searching for things that matter to them over a very long period…

                                                                                                                        • ColorVienna

                                                                                                                          Meg from the Wrinkle in Time Series lost a loved one (her father) to a sinister force, (IT) as prementioned. She goes on a very long over extensive adventure to find him. Like in the Wizard of Oz the trip they go through to find the Emerald City… I’m sure you guys see the pattern People Searching for things that matter to them over a very long period…

                                                                                                                          • ColorVienna

                                                                                                                            Meg from the Wrinkle in Time Series lost a loved one (her father) to a sinister force, (IT) as prementioned. She goes on a very long over extensive adventure to find him. Like in the Wizard of Oz the trip they go through to find the Emerald City… I’m sure you guys see the pattern People Searching for things that matter to them over a very long period…

                                                                                                                            • purplegirl15

                                                                                                                              I just noticed, though I bet this isn’t signifigant, that when you, Hal, and Callie went to find the Valentine poem, you got the book that was from 1939.  Now you have The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  The movie “The Wizard of Oz” came out in 1939.

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