Partners in Crime?

Are Amanda and Callie’s mom in cahoots with each other? Is there anything besides the potential money connection? You tell us.

45 responses

1. fefe4ever 01.15.2010

   I think Amanda is Callie’s adoptive sister. She ran away when she was little with her most expensive clothing on, and an expensive, not to mention rare, painting. She sold the things and used the money to survive. Meanwhile, the Leary’s had just adopted a child, the same age as her (Callie), and forced themselves to forget about Amanda and go on with life. Amanda eventually became friends with a rich girl and used her money to live at a town next to Orion. She went to school in Orion, but she walked to whichever friends’ house she could go to because she saved more money that way. She finally contacted her mother and asked for money a long time later, but her mother was not reachable, so there was only one place she could go to-THE BANK!!! No, not to steal $$$, but to get into her little kids’ college savings account. The money was about 4000, built on interest, and she took some out to give to Callie.

2. JustaGirl 01.15.2010

   Maybe Ursula and Amanda actually aren’t connected at all? Though it is strange how they both have disappeared under such weird circumstances. If they are connected, I don’t think it has much to do with the money. More to do with why Callie’s mum had to leave town.

3. fefe4ever 01.15.2010

   All we know about that is that Ursula was in danger.

4. JustaGirl 01.15.2010

   Maybe Amanda helped her escape from whatever she was in danger from? And that is how they are connected? But as I said before, they might not even be connected at all. I think Ursula might eventually return near the end of the series.

5. fefe4ever 01.15.2010

   I think the second-to-last book should have things cleared up, and in the last, Amanda goes back to where she belongs, whether it’s her birth parents, her grandparent, whatever.

6. soccachik666 01.15.2010

   i think ursula and amanda are totally “in cahoots with each other.” the other connection between ursula and amanda is that they both disappeared without explaining themselves at all. Maybe thats a coincidence but another thing is they were both talking to Thornhill about something.

7. fefe4ever 01.15.2010

   I forgot about that…what if Amanda is Ursula, but younger, and she drank this wierd potion?!?! <<<I read WAY too much Fantasy…

8. _Amanda_ 01.15.2010

   I think it’s a little outlandish to say that Callie and Ursula could be working together. There is no concrete evidence to support the theory yet, but I don’t think it’s impossible.

9. IGirlSami 01.15.2010

   I think Amanda yes some think connected, I am mean they disappeared around the same time yet Amanda is the only one staying connected!

10. Callisgalpal 01.15.2010

    I think they are in cahoots. They dissapear around the same time, Calli’s mom leaves Calli and Calli’s dad no money, Amanda leaves enough money to pay the rent on Calli’s house, AND Calli’s mom and Amanda both have connections with the Principal of the school.
    Maybe Amanda is really the principal and Ursula’ daughter. That could explain why Ursula asked the principal to watch Calli and why the principal yelled at Amanda all the time, like she was his own DAUGHTER! So they both dissapear because some thing went wrong between them and the principal. IDK. But that was pretty good.

11. Pipper 01.15.2010

    i think so. I pointed that out in one of the stories.. well i said that there has to be a connection with the dissapearences, but there is something i’d like to know, why did Ursula send the Vp a letter??????

12. ♥MLE♥ 01.16.2010

    There has to be. What possible other explaination is there really. Why would Amanda be Callie’s friend if they were so different? Why would Ursela first mysteriously disappear and then Amanda? I am just saying that all these questions can be answered in one simple statement. They are in “cahoots”.

13. fefe4ever 01.16.2010

    I think Pipper is on the right track…

14. ICUPEEKING 01.16.2010

    What if Ursula was in danger from Amanda? If I remember correctly, Ursula left just a few months before Amanda arrived. I really don’t think Amanada would ever be a danger to anyone, but you never know?

15. bookworm 01.16.2010

    I think Amanda and Ursula are so in cahoots .
    I mean they both disappeared around the same time and both sent a message to Thornhill.
    Also, Amanda trusted Callie to clear the truth about Bea in the first book, like she chose Callie out of Nia and Hal to do it, and she trusted Callie like the way you would trust some one very close to you….......................
    Amanda also left Callie the money…..................................
    I rest my case!

16. Squiggles 01.16.2010

    Anything is possible now, nothing could surprise me about this anymore!

    If I know Amanda, and a little bit Ursula I can imagine them getting along really well, and having the same ideas. They are both intelligent, imaginative and kind. Also they both respond well in a crisis.

    Maybe one of them has something that will help the other one, and they both left to try and find each other. Ursula could have left to find Amanda, but then Amanda arrived searching for her. Then Amanda left again searching for Ursula. It could be information or an object.

17. alicewriter13 01.16.2010

    I definately agree that they are “in cahoots” with each other.  I was thinking that they could have had to leave town for the same reason, considering the abrupt disappearance, Amanda is just trying to leave clues because she knows Callie is very confuzed about all this.  I’m now starting to think the money Amanda got, whether it be for the mortgage or not, may be involved directly with the disappearance.

18. fefe4ever 01.16.2010

    If they are “in cahoots”, then how do they know each other? Why are they helping each other? Where did they meet?

19. themidnighter 01.17.2010

    I don’t think that Callie’s mom and Amanda are in “cahoots”. There might be a connection but they’re definitely not in a secret partnership or something. For the meantime,I’ll just brainstorm on the possible connections between them…

20. fefe4ever 01.17.2010

    We definately don’t have enuf info to say for sure.

21. stella94 01.17.2010

    Amanda used to talk about the stars a lot. She said that even though they were all different, and in all possible areas of the sky, they were connected somehow. Sometimes, after meeting someone new, or seeing someone she used to know, she’d say, “And there goes another star. Connected to everyone, but nowhere to go.” I asked her once if she was a star, and she shook her head.

    But now that I think about it, she called herself a planet once. “Connected to the same system, but always moving. Always circulating, wandering around. Always changing the arrangement of the rest.”

    Sounds like something she would do, finding Callie’s mom and smuggling the money into her friend’s house. It mixed up Callie’s life, made her different. That’s what Amanda did best.

22. SarahB 01.17.2010

    Well, if you’re looking for another connection… Ursula left Thornhill a note. Callie found it in his office. And Amanda left Thornhill a note. Callie saw that one in the car. So they both seem to be connected through Thornhill somehow… and now he’s conveniently disappeared too, huh? I’m thinking not a co-incidence.

    I totally agree with you guys that we don’t seem to have found the missing link that ties them together yet. It’s kind of like there’s something we’re all missing still… But despite that, I can’t help feeling that there is this connection between them. Two people disappearing… then another… they must be linked somehow, right?

23. Strawbezz 01.18.2010

    Here’s my theory:
    Because Amanda sent Thornhil the letter “Please help us ” I can assume that the other person in trouble is Ursula. When, or if, Thornhill read the plead for help, he must’ve known that it was from Amanda and Ursula. And now Thornhill is hurt because he tried helping them, or found out something he shouldn’t have.
    However, I’m still iffy about their relationship to each other. Like the others have said, there still seems to be a msising link that points to how the two are exactly related.

24. Pipper 01.18.2010

    I so agree with you strawbezz, the please help Us is a big clue and him getting hurt

25. fefe4ever 01.18.2010

    Where do you think they are now? If they are connected, which is really likely, then they should all be close to each other right?

26. couldyouguess 01.18.2010

    One thing I have to ask.. who was the other person on the camera decorating Thornhill’s car? Amanda must be in cahoots with that person.. could that somehow maybe, just maybe, be Ursula? Are Amanda and Ursula hiding out together somewhere trying to lead Callie to the truth about something?

27. IGirlSami 01.19.2010

    yeah, i was thinking about it and i was wondering who that person was, obivously its someone close to Amanda and that could be anyone!

28. xxsarahlovexx 01.20.2010

    WOW i wasnt thinking either of that! i dont think so but maybe

29. Skinnyhippo 01.20.2010

    i think that Amanda has something to do with Callie’s mom’s dissapearance. it just seams weird that Callie’s mom and Amanda both dissapeared out of no where and both gave letters to the vp. i also wonder about the connection with the 2nd person drawing on Thorhill’s car and Callie’s mom. I also have theory that the money was for the house so that they would stay there so Callie’s mom would be able to find them again. it would be hard to find Callie if she had moved.

30. fefe4ever 01.21.2010

    I think that nobody really noticed the dude next to Amanda until now…Hey anyone notice that the little heart spins when you click it? Sorry, off topic.

31. teenage.poet 01.22.2010

    Tell you the truth guys, I think all of this makes sense… But I must disagree on one point, There is pretty much no way that Callie and Amanda can be half sisters, and have Ursula as their mum. For one, Amanda and callie are in the same year at school, meaning they are most likely born within a year of each other. Ursula couldn’t have had two babies in one year… I know, I know, it is possible for someone to have two babies in one year, but I mean, Callie’s dad would DEFINITELY have noticed if his wife was pregnant. And even if he wasn’t with her at the time, its not like straight after Ursula had Amanda she met Callie’s dad and he got her pregnant straight away. But otherwise, this story would have been perfectly plausable. Im not disagreeing, but this is a fact you will have to take into consideration. Of course, there are still other ways that this could happen, and there are more answers that need to be solved…

32. ilovebooks 01.22.2010

    i think that maby her mom and amanda are conteced and maby they both are there to help callie and that she has a depper perpso in life or they both are ther to make nia hal and callie all have brtter lives and help popele like bea.

33. Zoey 01.22.2010

    I was thinking that maybe Thornhill was Amandas father but how are Amanda and Ursula connected? It is possible. Maybe Ursula and Amanda are related…
    Could it be that Ursula painted the car too and wants to tell Callie something? Maybe secrets she could never tell…....

34. fefe4ever 01.22.2010

    What about Callie’s dad hating Mr. Thornhill?

35. Zoey 01.22.2010

    Hmmmmmmm…....................
            Maybe Thornhill had a secret relationship w/ Ursula?

36. SarahB 01.23.2010

    Ew, no. Ursula was much in love with Callie’s Dad.

    Maybe her dad hates Thornhill because he thinks that he knows something about why Ursula left or wher she is, and he won’t tell him?

37. SarahB 01.23.2010

    Random thought: could the lizard totem on the car refer to Ursula, or Thornhill?

38. SocialNeutral 01.24.2010

    I think that Amanda and Callies mum are working together. Amanda could have been in contact with Ursula, and when she found out about the problems that Callie and her dad were having keeping the house, she asked Ursula to send her the money, so she could give it to Callie. If Ursula was in deep trouble, she wouldn’t have wanted to send it directly to Callie, because that would be dangerous. So she sent it to Amanda to give to Callie. And now, Amanda needs to dissapear too, maybe for the same reason as Ursula.

    Thoughts?

39. RRRules 01.27.2010

    If I may quote Nia River’s original post:
    “we rather doubt that [Amanda is a millionaire], too. She just does not really have that sort of entitled attitude.”
    We, there’s a lot about Amanda we think we know or don’t know. For example, each of the three thought Amanda lived in a certain place. We think Amanda likes poetry, or vintage wear. We don’t know anything about Amanda-no solid information; not even her real name!
    There IS a chance that she is a millionaire.

40. Mrstery 02.16.2010

    >>Dolphinia Great idea but that’s what it is, an idea. It’s not really logical. I think that Amanda probably gave the money to Callie for safe keeping. Remember she was already gone.Maybe the money was acquired through a less than honest method. Maybe there’s no connection. Maybe there is.

41. trumpetgirl 02.19.2010

    I think they are in “cahoots”, but how do they even know each other? How did they meet? And maybe the money from Amanda is really from Callie’s _mom_, who gave _Amanda_ the money to give to Callie. But if that is true, where did _Callie’s mom_ get the money? *sigh… So many questions, so little time…

42. jrmacedonio 02.27.2010

    Amanda is in deed part of the same “group” Callie’s mom is in. the dissapearance 2 weeks before and then Amanda comming 2 weeks after is to weird. But, what we can’t figure out is if the “group” is good or bad. maybe Callie’s mom sent Amanda to teach Callie something or to get her to have another group of friends outside of I Girls because maybe she doesn’t like the whole idea of I Girls. who knows but Amanda is Definately in contact with Mrs. Leary.

43. RRRules 03.08.2010

    jrmacedonio-I don’t think they’re bad. I mean, _Callie’s mom?_ She brought her up.

44. mccann 03.14.2010

    i think amanda and callis mom is together for sure but not sure y but i think theres a connection some were and the clues r to her mom not ment to be for amanda i think thats y they cant find amanda is there looking for the wrong person there supposed to be after her mom and amanda already kne calli when she moved wht do u think??

45. ummichan40 03.27.2010

    The probably are cuz of the evidence that was given in the first book but still…im kinda skeptical…