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Re: Marzipan?
There is also someone named Honey Love in the book, and Duchess, so the author may have just made the names up on her own.____________________________________________________________"'Chevrolet,' answered Ramona. 'I named her after my aunt's car.'
The class began to laugh, especially the boys. Ramona felt confused, standing there in front of twenty-eight boys and girls who were all laughing at her."
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I'm sure like most authors she "made up" the names for her characters. But unlike Marzipan, there are examples of real people named Honey, Love, and Duchess. :)
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