To ask what happened to Ramona and Beezus, Elizabeth Allen, Jill from the gymkhana et al?

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Been really wondering how these and various other characters fared in later life,having reread various box sets to soothe my nerves over the lockdown...

Henry is the boy that Beezus was friends with.

And Ramona married Howie Kemp

Oh, no! Howie was far too unimaginative for Ramona. Plus the families were already intermarried via Aunt Bea and Uncle Hobart.

Beezus married the older one whose name I can't remember

Henry Huggins! I read the Henry books before the Ramona books - I think they were published first and Ramona was originally a spin-off but grew to be more popular.

Great thread! Loving all the Ramona theories. It's a life goal of mine to stand with one foot in Oregon and one foot in Washington.

Now, for anyone who might be wondering what the Babysitters Club are up to now:

www.bustle.com/articles/176916-the-baby-sitters-club-just-turned-30-but-where-are-the-girls-now

I loved all these books! Especially Judy Blume- I always wonder about Summer Sisters. I loved that. What would have happened to Caitlin and Vix. Did they reunite? Did Caitlin come back or did they find her body? What happened to their kids etc

April, May and June Cholly-Sawcutt grew up to be the Pullein-Thompson sisters and write books about ponies. Obviously.

Nooo! Weren't the Cholly-Sawcutt girls terrible at riding, despite Jill's efforts?

Jinny probably has an Etsy shop.

And what about Anastasia Krupnik? I think she definitely became a professor in something.

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And what about Anastasia Krupnik? I think she definitely became a professor in something.

Oh yes, a professor in literature like her father. And an artist on the side like her mother. She has a big enough chest now that she can wear a T shirt with her name on it.

Steven is a hobo living in a back alley and flashing his bum for pennies, at least I fucking hope so

Yes! So do I! Great theory 😆

Am so pleased I found this thread! I didn't realise there were Jill sequels! Are they any good?

Love the Sweet Valley updates!!
I'm afraid I always thought Ramona might steal Beezus' boyfriend with her attention seeking behaviour. Anyway, I hope Ramona's kids hate her Crockpot recipes & sneakily turn it off, I remember being SO impressed when Ramona did that!

Jinny and Shanti! Loved that and it got pretty deep.

Remember Ramona and the dawnzer lee light? That only made sense ot me years later when I knew the words to the US national anthem.

Jesus, Beezus!

Ha! This reminds me that DSis and I, whilst loving the Jill books, also used to make up random book titles involving her. So for example "Jill and her Pony go
Hang-gliding in Tibet", "Jill and her Pony win Eurovision".

DSis was a great artist and used to do accompanying cover illustrations.

Steven is a hobo living in a back alley and flashing his bum for pennies

@GeordieGreigsButtButtZoom this made me roar! 🤣

I loved the Ramona books. I bought them all again as an adult!

Hang on. Ramona was published in the 50's?!! I thought it was set in the 80's!

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Ramona Quimby! I always think about her whenever I crack an egg (which I did today). There's a bit in one of the books where she cracks an egg on her head thinking it's hard boiled (and it isn't).

Yes me too!

Loved Jill. I still long to hear more about Drina the ballerina...

The first Ramona novel was published in the 50s, Toddler but Beverley Cleary went on writing them for another 30 years at least!

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Jinny and Shanti! Loved that and it got pretty deep.

Remember Ramona and the dawnzer lee light? That only made sense ot me years later when I knew the words to the US national anthem.

Jesus, Beezus!

Ha, yes, me neither. When Beezus twigs what Ramona's talking about, she says 'The Star Spangled Banner' which wasn't a name I'd heard. If she'd said 'the national anthem' the penny might have dropped sooner, but the joke was lost on me for many years.

There is a SVH sequel in which Liz and Jess are estranged because Jess ran off with Todd and married him, but it was so shit I forgot all the details immediately. I think that Liz spent years trying but failing to get a book published and now runs very overpriced seminars teaching writers how to do kindle self-publishing. Jess married a super-rich software developer but then dumped him for a handsome but feckless musician, who lives off her money. Liz is madly jealous of Jess’s money but claims to only care about Jess’s wellbeing in advising her to get rid of the cocklodging muso. Ned had a heart attack face-down in a rent boy aged 57, and Alice is a drunk who keeps falling down her split-level house and calling Liz for help - no point calling Jess.

@BrownFootStool I thought of the dawnzer lee light when I heard Lady Gaga sing the national anthem at Biden's inauguration!

ha what, I thought they were 80s too...mainly because I read them then, I guess...

Ramona first appeared in 1950 (in the first Henry Huggins book) and last book published was 1999. 49 years !!

haha I'd forgotten about 'Susan hair'.
What about skiddy eyed owls?!

Ramona fans - her creator Beverly Cleary is still going. She will be 105 in April.