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Nice list of errata, @Darren. Regarding the “C. Gavin Gunhold” typo, that’s been a source of great debate over the years—was it purposeful or just a misprint?—but I think Scholastic resolved the argument by changing it to “G. Gavin Gunhold” years later when the story was re-released as The Wizzle War.

You probably have a later copy of The War With Mr. Wizzle because you didn’t mention another well-known error, one that was impossible to overlook: In the first printing, the text for pages 178 to 181 was printed in reverse order, undoubtedly leading to some reader confusion at the time!

As for the wage cut in TCBHAMH, you must be reading the earliest printing of the Scholastic-Apple edition of the book. The $2 / $1 error appears in all versions of the book up until that edition, and got corrected (coincidentally) at the same time as Apple added a barcode on the back cover.

And, of course, just by calling the seventh title The Joke’s On Us, you’re pretty clearly reading a much more recent copy of Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall.

I also enjoy your list of continuity details, which relates to another fan-favorite: “Easter Egg” callbacks in future books. I hope you’ll note the ones you spot as you continue through the long list of books.