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Chapter 15: The highlight of this chapter for me was the ham sandwich conversation, which is a topic we raised earlier in the book club. 

I enjoy how the author likes to reference well-known scientists in his work. Here we have Fibonacci, but in OPERATION DO-OVER we had Tycho Brache, and who can forget the hit single, Euclid is Putrid, in BEWARE THE FISH. It’s fun that there are little drops of knowledge sprinkled through the books. 

@Raymond: regarding the Judy Blume reference, I can remember at least one other instance where this comes up, in SCHOOLED. Sophie desperately wants to dates some guy and worries that Cap will make her less desirable. She states: “If Josh and I started dating–are you there, God? It’s me, Sophie–there’d be no way to keep that space alien off the radar screen.” (p.57) I believe GRK is on record saying he saw Judy Blume as an influence, so this could be a) an homage b) a cute way for a character to express longing. I wonder whether younger readers get the reference, I have no idea how much Judy Blume is still being read by kids.