Trivia / Berrybrook Middle School

• Write Who You Know: Chmakova states that Peppi was mostly based on herself, particularly her drawing habits.
  • Like Jensen, she always had a fascination with going into space and exploring other worlds.
  • Mr. Ramirez and Ms. Tobins are (very loosely) based on teachers she used to have.
  • Jensen's irrational fear of sunspots comes from a time in her youth where there was a large maintenance well near the edge of town, and the rushing water in it made her terrified of it one day flooding the place (which also happened to be located near a dam).