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BATTLEOF THE

BOOKS

Practice Questions

2017/18

Practice Battle of the Books

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1. In what book does a character explain, “Digging up a field is not the same as riding over snow”?

Stone Fox Gardiner p. 19

2. In what book did a character exclaim, “Well, just the best in the world, that’s all. Just the best shot in the world”?

Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back Silverstein p. 20

3. In which book is someone's ears described as, "pieces of cauliflower stuck on either side of her head"?

Tale of Despereaux, The DiCamillo p. 121

4. In what book does the character "always want his e-mail to be the very first thing they read in the morning before they

went off to the clinic"?

Dragon in the Sock Drawer, The Klimo p. 21

5. In what book does a character say, "I guess this is what you'd call a rookery"?

Mr. Popper’s Penguins Atwater p. 48

6. In what book does a character ask, "How goes the battle"?

Frindle Clements p. 61

7. In what book does a character exclaim,” But nobody's gone in! The gates are locked! It's crazy! Nobody ever comes out,

either!”

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl p. 20

8. In what book does a character go "as still as a stone against his back"?


9. In what book does a character say, "We have other things to do today"?


10. In what book does a character say, "You looked so neat and handsome when you started for your walk"?


11. In what book does a character insist, “Headstands calm our brains and relieve stress”?

Upside-Down Magic Mlynowski, Myracke, Jenkins p. 111

12. In what book does a character plan to “zip through the swamp and leave them scratching their warty heads!”

King of Kazoo, The Feuti p. 73

13. In what book does a character, with clenched fists, push "away his peanut butter and pickle sandwich" and stalk off?

Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, The Fleming p. 68

14. In what book is a character described as having "silent pink feet"?




15. In what book does a character “run out between classes and play with his friend”?


16. In what book does a character ask, "Where do you think you're going with that exhibit?"


17. In what book would you read, "the thing that he had feared and dreaded for so long, finally steps out of the gloom

and comes to greet him"?


18. In what book does a character exclaim "But why didn't you say anything to me? If I had known, we could have come up

with a plan"?


19. In which book do would read, "Start with the curtsy and finish with the thread"?


20. In what book is a character excited because it was “time to show the Cornelius Carriage to my adoring public!”


21. In what book does a character search the garage thinking “Wood! Where was the wood around here?'


22. In what book as a character walked to the bus, “His flip-flops snapped, and the Dipsy Duck swim ring around his waist

squeaked as he led the way"?


23. In what book are characters told “to balance on their right legs and learn forward”?


24. In what book is the way characters move described as “lickety-split, lickety-clipt or clippety clop”?


25. In what book does a character threaten, “If you don't pay, we have our ways”?


26. In what book does a character have “the greenest eyes you've ever seen”?


27. In what book is there a character who says: "Check your spelling. Check that definition. Check those syllable breaks"?




28. In what book did a character imagine "his parents asleep beneath mosquito netting in their hut, surrounded by snakes as

long as cars and bugs as big as chipmunks"?


29. In what book does a character suggest "Maybe we can put him up for adoption. Or take him camping and forget to take him

home"?

Elevator Ghost, The Huser p. 106

30. In what book does a character take "off his ROCK STAR cap and give his ponytail a tug"?


31. In what book does a character find “a half-eaten sour apple stick candy. Father’s favorite flavor!”


32. In which book would you read, "I will take this reminder of your sin from you"?


33. In what book does a character state “I'm just so glad that storm is over. I'm going to enjoy this beautiful day”?

Nuts to You Perkins p. 183

34. In what book does a character "often think about the distant regions in which little creatures really belonged."?


35. In what book does a character confess, “I can't believe we ran that far. It didn't seem like we were racing for that long”?


36. In what book does a character laugh and say, “They have more important things to do than grow potatoes”?


37. In what book does a character think that "maybe the rock would actually weigh him down enough to keep him

from blowing away"?


38. In what book does a character say “What do you think of my volcanic laboratory? Not too shabby, eh?”


39. In what book was a character so fat that he "looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump"?


40. In what book does a character say “she’s not my advisor, she’s my daughter. A good king doesn’t need an advisor”?


41. In what book does the main character think, "This lady plays for keeps"?




42. In what book do you read “it howled and pelted, whirled and whined, it spit and splayed and showered”?


43. In what book does a character ask another, “Do you owe anybody money?”


44. In what book does a character exclaim "In this computer-crazy world, I can't tell you how nice it is to see a couple of kids

who still prefer an old-fashioned book to a newfangled hard drive"?


45. In what book is a surprise package labeled "Unpack at once" and "Keep cool"?


46. In what book do we learn the characters "loved the bright lights of the theatre, the great, laughing audiences, and all

the traveling"?


47. In what book does a character admit that “someone has said this sort of thing before, was it today? Was it yesterday?

I can't be sure”?


48. In what book is it pointed out, “I think if there was some way you could get rid of the germs, you would. I think you really

want to go swimming, but since you can’t, you don’t want anyone else to go either"?


49. In what book did a character bring "crunchy squares with jelly fillings all the colors of the rainbow that gave off little

explosions of chocolate as you ate them"?


50. In what book did a character say, "And may the best word win"?


51. In what book do you read, “They were difficult to see because they were all white. There were five of them. And they were

beautiful”?


52. In what book did a character speak “so softly that no one - not her teachers, her classmates, or even her parents - had ever

really heard her voice"?


53. In what book does a character wonder of another, “Wolf, wolf, wolf. Is that the only word he knows?”




54. In what book does a character ask, “What's the sign for no?”


55. In what book does a character exclaim, “The man's dotty!”


56. In what book does a character pester another, “What's that for? What are you doing now?”


57. In what book does a character treasure his birthday gift “as though it were a bar of solid gold?”


58. In what book, as a character “clutched his hand-crocheted towel like a security blanket, he slid down in his seat and prayed

for an earthquake...an alien invasion...a flat tire"?


59. In what book does a character smile and say, “Oh, phew, I thought that was your about-to-yak face”?


60. In what book does no one dare to “blow bubbles in his milk, or slurp her spaghetti, or stick a straw up his nose"?


61. In what book does a character ask, “You had a bad first day, didn't you?”


62. In what book does a character notice "one of those cars his dad called million-dollar cars because people with a lot of

money usually drove around in them"?


63. In what book does a character call himself “Fixer of the Mountain! Or, maybe… Tamer of the mountain.”


64. In what book did “Everyone [stop] joking and laughing and flicking peas"?


65. In what book do characters ask, “Hey what is going on around here anyway”?


66. In what book does someone yell in frustration, “I’m tired of being laughed at! I’m tired of being teased"?


67. In what book does the sound experiment "Peep" take place?




68. In what book do you read this description, “A woman wearing a narrow skirt and holding a clipboard waited for them

outside the gymnasium”?


69. In what book would you find this quote: "you could hear the never-ending suck-suck-sucking sound of the pipes as they did

the work"?


70. In what book does someone receive "a daily clout to the ear"?


71. In what book do you read it "was scary any night of the year... It was a very old part of town with crooked streets and bad

lighting"?


72. In what book does a character write: " My grades are looking great, because when I came here I already knew how to

put things first"?


73. In what book is someone described as, "not the sharpest knife in the drawer"?


74. In what book does a character question, "Why do we have to go rushing on past all these lovely rooms?"?


75. In what book does a character realize “the underground shed had to be cleaned, the sacks had to be inspected and the

plow had to be sharpened”?


76. In what book does a character ask, "Is he an army captain, a police captain, or a navy captain?"


77. In what book do you read this quote, “Why do they have to be in our school?”


78. In what book did a character claim to have “conducted the Timbuktu Philharmonic Orchestra, worked as a translator for

Bigfoot, became the first man to ski down Mount Everest, collected mummified cats in Egypt, and discovered the lost city

of Atlantis"?


79. In what book deos a character say, "Take that thing out of my shop. This is no zoo."?




80. In what book would you read the following, "they are, really, rather nasty beasts, particularly if one happens to appear…"?


81. In what book does a child get to be seen on "Good Morning America"?


82. In what book is a character promised a marshmallow house and a marshmallow mattress?


83. In what book can you find the following quotation, "And far away in the distance..came a muffled roar of energy as though

some monstrous gigantic machine were spinning its wheels at breakneck speed"?


84. In what book do you read,“There were people on rooftops and people hanging out of windows”?


85. In what book would you find this description: " It was a very beautiful thing..having been made, so it seemed, from a sheet

of pure gold hammered out almost to the thinness of the paper"?


86. In what book did a character insist, “But I love most things and I love the sound of the word marshmallow”?


87. In what book did it look to the characters "like there were tiny figurines and Tinkertoys, fridge magnets, bits of jewelry,

Christmas decorations and spoons with fancy handles" on "every square inch"?


88. In what book would you find this quotation, " Inside the house, little jets of freezing air came rushing in through the sides of

the windows and under the doors, and there was no place to escape them"?


89. In what book does a character notice "The statue was of a famous musician holding his violin, but... the shadow looked like

a zombie with an az sticking out of its head"?


90. In what book does a character say "On the top floor. It's the closest we could get to outer space"?


91. In what book does a character say “One last time. We'll all do it together. And don't get up until I tell you. One. Two.

Three!”


92. In what book does a character say, "You don't need no ventilating holes in that there door."?




93. In what book does a character say, "I mean, it's not like anybody's been hurt..hmm…I mean it's not like vandalism

or stealing or something like that"?


94. In what book do "All the mask-shaped cards invite the guest to tell a ghost story -- if they wanted to"?


95. In what book is a character told, “So I must shoot you now and make you into a nice rug and put you in front of my

fireplace”?


96. In what book does a character state, “That is going to have to be some great game. It's going to have to be about the

best game ever”?


97. In what book does a character explain to another that “the buzzpaths and the spiderwebs they're attached?”


98. In what book is a character described as “skinny, but strong, wore a white apron, and talked with saliva on their lips”?


99. In what book did a character realize, “And I suppose he was just about as happy and rich and famous as anyone could ever

hope to be”?


100. In what book did a character say, “Yow, this is the hottest bathtub I have ever been in”?


101. In what book is a character told, “Eat up-you'll need your energy”?


102. In what book does a character say, "It looks like this will be a pretty lively trip"?


103. In what book does a character say, "If I knew how to stop it, I think I probably would. But I can't"?


104. In what book does a character say “just let me do the talking…. No frog can match wits with the king”?


105. In what book do you find this quote, “So he picked up a bullet in his teeth and he pushed it into the gun with his nose and

he shoved it into the barrel with his tongue”?




106. In what book is this description found, “and the sky was blue and the birds were going kaw kaw and the grass was blowing

in the breeze and it was quiet and wonderful, suddenly … BLOWM”?


107. In what book did a character shoot a hole in the middle of 12,322 cards?


108. In what book does a character "switch off his bedroom light. He could never go to sleep unless it was on"?


109. In what book is a character described as having “thuggish eyebrows”?


110. In what book is love described as, "a powerful, wonderful, ridiculous thing, capable of moving mountains"?


111. In what book is the advice offered, "Prick her with a pin!"


112. In what book does it note that "the air was filled with green-and-gold dust and the powerful smell of hot chili peppers"?


113. In which book would you read, "Begin at the beginning…Make some light"?


114. In which book do you read, "A servant I will be, not a slave"?


115. In what book does a character say, "With your kind indulgence we are going to try out a little novelty number tonight"?


116. In what book does a character state "Oh, my. I love to see boys and dogs clean as a Sunday-go-to-meeting shirt"?


117. In what book was it explained, "they had to live in tree-houses to escape from the whangdoodles and the horn swogglers

and the snozzwangers"?


118. In what book was it stated that a character “felt like a scoop of vanilla ice cream on a hot summer's day - all sweet and

drippy"?




119. In which book would you read, "The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and

wonderful phrase: Once upon a time"?


120. In what book does a character say, "It's nothing really. Some kids have been playing a prank.."?


121. In what book does a character think "She looks like a very deep thinker, doesn't she? Makes you wonder what she'd say if

she could talk"?


122. In what book is a character too busy “thinking kingly thoughts”?


123. In what book do you find a family motto "Homework First"?


124. In what book do you read this description, “Treetops glowed green and gold and persimmon in the late afternoon”?


125. In what book do characters have to evacuate “because there’s no way to stop the volcano….The lava will keep rising until it

erupts.”?


126. In what book does a character notice "Her mouth was the only part of her that wasn't some shade of green"?


127. In what book is the “Moral: Those who pretend to be what they are not, sooner or later find themselves in deep water"?


128. In what book would you read, "stories are light"?


129. In what book is a tiny strip of gum described as “a whole three-course dinner all by itself'?


130. In what book does it read "It was covered with drips of snotty slime he'd made by mixing mint toothpaste with engine oil"?


131. In what book would you read, "Can you imagine your father selling you for a tablecloth, a hen and a handful of cigarettes"?


132. In what book does a character suggest, “Knock him down with pinecones”?




133. In what book are three structures described as, “the huge silvery egg, the tall frozen spiderweb, and the great beak

that sometimes sings but never opens”?


134. In what book is a character afraid of “sledgehammers”?


135. In what book do the characters "investigate every closet in the house, hoping one of them would be the wardrobe leading

to Narnia, a gateway to another world"?


136. In what book does a character say “what an unexpected pleasure it is to have a young magician and inventor here

to witness my achievement”?


137. In what book does a character respond, “As long as we stay in our boxes”?


138. In what book does a character cry out, “The game! Who won the game?”


139. In what book is a character described as "a formidable opponent, and now at least you know what and whom you are up

against"?


140. In what book does a character suggest, “Maybe they will build some kind of nest now. Maybe the destruction is over”?


141. In what book does a parent fret that, "She'll…she'll be sizzled like a sausage"?


142. In what book can a character read minds after “SLURP”, “Pip”, “Bing”, “Zam”?


143. In what book does a character have an eye that was “black, puffy, and swollen shut”?


144. In what book is this description "The ladder to the hayloft was in a far corner of the barn. It was spattered with pigeon poop

and one its rungs was a little loose and creaky"?


145. In what book does a character say, "I guess I'll have to forgive him for biting my ankle."?




146. In what book do you read, “A stack of mats was rolled up in one corner, and a pile of yellow umbrellas leaned against the

wall”?


147. In what book do the characters sit “around until very late drinking buttermilk and telling jokes and smoking big black cigars

and singing songs”?


148. In what book is a character told, “That’s a pretty corny joke … Even for the jungle”?


149. In what book does a character note that "It's possible that she has simply found herself a more effective hiding place"?


150. In what book does a character instruct others “make your muscles like water and you can slip through the cracks”?


151. In what book is there "a tray of Rumpelstiltskin sandwiches and plates of purple squiggy squars and iced granghoula bars"?


152. In what book does a character explain, “Portal chalk can magically create a door where none exists!”


153. In what book do the characters hear that "the rattling had turned into a rumbling. It shook the family photographs on the

wall"?


154. In what book does a character call out to another, “The field is full of mice today!”


155. In what book does a did a character swing their feet as their “bright yellow sneakers swished through the air”?


156. In what book does a character admit “Well….I didn’t build it exactly, but my kingly insight led to its invention”?


157. In what book does a character say, "…it is not good manners to yawn out loud or to put your heads down.."?


158. In what book is a character said to be "always dreaming about far-away countries."?




159. In what book does a character tell another, “It was quite frightening, I know I am easily frightened, but even so. This was

something big, something scary”?


160. In what book does everyone squawk: “Up on the treetops, I see leaves, They are swaying in the breeze, First they are

green, but when it turns cold, They change to red and orange and gold"?


161. In what book does a character think "The shadows looked as if they might be made by trolls or werewolves, or maybe

even dragons"?


162. In what book is the description "A smell issued from it that can only be described as a hundred rotten eggs exploding"?


163. In what book does a character think, "Hurrah for mom, Hurrah for mothers everywhere"?


164. In what book is the question presented, “Under what number would you find a book about customs, etiquette, and

folklore"?


165. In what book is the advice given, “those fake eyelashes are lovely, but they’re bound to fall off if you flutter them so much"?


166. In what book does a character say “Wonders! That’s quite a contraption, yer majesty”?


167. In what book does a character explain, “Sound waves are very important. When you talk or breathe, or when your

heart beats? Sound waves”?


168. In what book did a character state, “No I suppose I should start this story long before that”?

Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back Silverstein ii

169. In what book does a character remember another “getting dressed up as the scarecrow out in the garden”?


170. In what book are characters asked to “read poems and do interpretive dance”?


171. In what book was a character's "face the color of chalk, and her eyes were rimmed with black. Blackish-red lipstick outlined

her mouth"?




172. In what book does it state "In three and a half minutes both boys were back on the sofa, flashing their scrubbed teeth"?


173. In what book does a character say, "Put these on quick! And don't take them off in here whatever you do! This light could

blind you!"


174. In what book is conscientious referred to as “he did all his homework, studied for every test, kept the inside of his desk

tidy, and always returned his library books on time"?


175. In what book is the reply, “in the Indonesian province of Budong-Budong, where I once raised Komodo dragons, it is

considered an honor to be last"?


176. In what book does a character fit this description, “skin was dark, hair was dark, and wore a dark-colored headband”?


177. In what book is a character eyes described this way: "They were dark grey, and if she turned them on full pwer, they could

make you feel like a speck of dust"?


178. In what book does a character say to another, “Lighten up. I am hungry, though. Let's find some breakfast”?


179. In what book does someone say, "I have a feeling you needed a break like this. I'm awfully glad you got it"?


180. In what book does a character say “that’s strange. They haven’t taken down the banner for their Blue Moon Dance yet.

The blue moon was almost a month ago”?


181. In what book does a character explain, “We have a code. I can show you”?


182. In what book did a character plead, “Let’s go up and down again! I want to go up and down again.”?


183. In what book did a barber say, “Today is the day I’m giving free haircuts and I hope you enjoyed yours very much”?


184. In what book does a scroll have plans for “some kind of mechanical man!”




185. In what book is a character described as being "a stout little fellow about two and a half feet high"?


186. In which book would you read, "the beating of the drum let them know that an important decision would have to be

made"?


187. In which book do you read, "...I will have something beautiful. I will have a crown of my own"?


188. In what book does a character say, "I have enjoyed you as a student"?


189. In which book would you read that, "I am here to take from you your spoons, your kettle and your bowls"?


190. In what book does a character exclaim, "They'll be selling him by the pound all over the country tomorrow morning!"?


191. In what book does a character say "It was told to me by an old woman who lived on a little island in the swamp country on

the edge of town"?


192. In what book does a character shout, "Hold that man. I have a warrant for his arrest."?


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1. In what book does a character complain, " I miss having someone to talk to, even if that someone is spoilt and selfish half

the time"?

Eager Fox p. 109

2. In what book is a character given “wrappings from packages of medicine”?

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Coerr p. 40

3. In what book does a character say, "I was able to rent his cabin at a very reasonable rate"?

Island of Dr. Libris, The Grabenstein p. 5

4. In what book does a character declare, “I've never stolen a library book in my life”?

Dying to Meet You [43 Old Cemetary Road] Klise p. 44

5. In what book is a paper chain "a class reward system"?

Because of Mr. Terupt Buyea p. 107

6. In what book are characters given the challenge to create dollar words: "Words that equalled one dollar when you

added up their letter values"?


7. In what book does a character wonder if “she will live on a heavenly mountain”?


8. In what book does a character say, "I … I guess I'm just tired"?


9. In what book does a character state, "He's still breathing but only just, and his heart is fluttering like a bird. It is very weak"?

Magyk [Septimus Heap] Sage p. 362

10. In what book is a 'horsehair sofa' a feature in someone's living room?

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures DiCamillo p. 226

11. In what book is a character described as “wearing the old navy-blue sweater and the brown cloth cap with the peak pulled

down low over his eyes”?

Danny, the Champion of the World Dahl p. 125

12. In what book is a microphone moved around a room allowing "different stories and memories" to be shared. "It was

perfect"?


13. In what book does a character bark, "And one last thing...confidential status withdrawn"?




14. In what book was he “suddenly so choked up with excitement that for a few seconds he couldn’t say any more. He

came and sat on the edge of my bunk and there he stayed, nodding his head very slowly up and down”?


15. In what book does one character say apologetically to the others, "Please excuse me while I escort this extremely

disturbed and neurotic child to the other side of the car."


16. In what book were questions discouraged?

Capture, The Lasky p. 31

17. In what book does a character announce, “Finally, I have discovered what true art is!”


18. In what book can you find the following quote: "They were in the woods. He could tell by the sound of pine resin in

the trees and the sound of pine needles crunching underfoot. Also, there was the pervasive scent of racoon."


19. In what book do you read, “When a commercial came on she flipped to the cable news channel, which showed pictures of

the beach and the water tower and the mayor”?

Zomboy Richard p. 174

20. In what book does it note that “the dizziness went away”?


21. In what book does a character say, "the play is called the Marvelous Marriage, and is written by the great playwright Al

Funcoot. We will give only one performance, on this Friday night"?

Bad Beginning, The Snicket p. 75

22. In what book do you read, "there were fishing rods and reels, shoes and socks, rope and rat traps, bags and bedding,

nets and knitting, clothes and cooking pots, and books, books, and yet more books"?


23. In what book does a character wake up to “new and different sounds”?


24. In what book does it state that "her swollen gums hurt so much that she couldn't chew"?


25. In what book does a character say, "It's not really a house. It's a cottage, like the cheese"?


26. In what book do you read, “The dog lunged at me. I jumped back and dropped my ice cream sandwich”?




27. In what book does a character say, "Would it be so terrible to be my bride, to live in my house for the rest of your

life? You're such a lovely girl, after the marriage I wouldn't dispose of you like your brother and sister”?


28. In what book does a character enhance her sense of self-worth by thinking the following, "She knew how to administer

CPR. She knew how to outwit an arch-nemesis. She was acquainted with the profound importance of seal blubber. She was

the sidekick to a superhero."


29. In what book does a character state, “Oh let's just say I have friends there who owed me favors”?


30. In what book does a character wait and realize "For some reason it was taking the new teacher a long time to arrive. He

would have to return another day"?

Eager Fox p. 213

31. In what book does a character express concern about another character, that "she wanders off and sometimes I think she's

laughing at me. I've caught her watching in a sly way, as if she's scheming..."?

Eager Fox p. 147

32. In what book are words something that can be learned and “…gobbled like they were…cherry cake”?

Out of My Mind Sharon p. 47

33. In what book do we learn that the small intestine of an average adult is approx. 20-23 ft. long if stretched out?


34. In what book does a character complain about the “loudest, stinkiest farts in creation”?


35. In what book does a character reply to "You're up early" with "Wanted to get a jump on the day"?


36. In what book does a character complain, "I don't know why they can't at least let you have today off. It's work, work, work

with you"?


37. In what book does a character suggest, “If you'll cook tonight, I'll make dinner tomorrow night”?


38. In what book do we read this quote: “Earthquake report: t.v. weather guy feels some strange activity coming from a

local school. Could it be a heartbeat pounding too hard”?




39. In what book is a rooster described as having a “funny little paper hat over it’s head, like an ice-cream cone upside down”?


40. In what book does a character explain that "a stubborn mule does not move in the direction its owner wants it to. In that

way, it is like you children, who insist on mucking up my plans"?


41. In what book are the bottoms of a character's sneakers "...completely covered in Elmer's glue"?


42. In what book does a character state, "I shall have to take a retinogram. If you would lean forward..."?

Eager Fox p. 32

43. In what book is a character “chosen from the bamboo class to be on the relay team”?


44. In what book are characters asked to "do some calculating to get a reasonable approximation of the number of blades of

grass in a soccer field"?


45. In what book do you read, “If a sneeze is a firecracker, these were atom bombs”?


46. In what book does a character instruct, "Everyone stop paddling. Keep still and quiet, very quiet"?


47. In what book does a character say, "We rob from the rich and pour it on the floor"?


48. In what book does a character complain, “The substitute teacher didn't put my sentence on the board. She liked Susan's

better”?


49. In what book does a character state, “You need something, or someone, to help cure your writer's block”?


50. In what book is the description “perfectly moon-blinked” found?


51. In what book does a character warn another, "Listen to me. You are not a donut waiting to be dunked. You are a superhero.

Do not let yourself be tricked or fooled. Remember the shovel."




52. In what book is a teacher compared to "the old professor in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Did he know

everything"?


53. In what book can you find the following quote, "He felt nothing but happiness. Why had he always been so terrified of

humans? He couldn't imagine. Actually, he could imagine."?


54. In what book does “a crystal chandelier come crashing down from the ceiling”?


55. In what book do you read the following quotation: “One birthday she gave me a human skeleton, three feet of grinning

skull and jangly bones, the whole thing made out of hard white candy”?


56. In what book does a character see hospitals as places "full of bad memories and bad luck"?


57. In what book does a character state, "Why should we replace you, you're one of the family"?

Eager Fox p. 16

58. In what book does a character say, “Anyone with a library card can borrow books for free. There's no reason to steal

them”?


59. In what book does a character's expression look "as if someone had offered him a fortune and wanted him to eat a

rattlesnake instead"?

Eager Fox p. 57

60. In what book dos a character say, "He who lives and runs away may live to fight another day"?


61. In what book do you read, “They must not have seen him because they ran into him without stopping. For a few seconds

I lost sight of him under their arms and legs and jerseys and helmets”?


62. In what book is the following quote found describing a house? "The front door needed to be repainted, and carved in the

middle of it was an image of an eye. The entire building sagged to the side, like a crooked tooth"?


63. In what book did the characters pass “the Fickle Fountain, an elaborately carved monument that occasionally spat out

water in which young children played”?




64. In what book does one character think to herself, "Seemingly, there was no end to the things that could go wrong

with human beings."


65. In what book does a character assume more bad news is coming, but "didn't want a sugar coated report...(but rather)

wanted the facts"?


66. In what book do you read, “Honestly, he looked like he had been licking out an oil barrel”?


67. In what book does a character explain "It was on the news and they said it was a technical fault. I'll let you know if I hear

anything else"?

Eager Fox p. 188

68. In what book is there a “small array of polished battle claws hanging from one wall”?


69. In what book does a character chuckle, “I needed a laugh this morning. Thank you!”


70. In what book did a character say, "Listen to this, `Puttanesca.' It's an Italian sauce for pasta. All we need to do is saute

olives, capers, anchovies, garlic, chopped parsley, and tomatoes together in a pot, and prepare spaghetti to go with it"?


71. In what book is a character described as: “a great athlete but crazy angry. He got kicked out of one high school for biting his

opponent's nose during a wrestling match”?


72. In what book is a character described as being "small and busy with wispy ginger hair that was forever escaping from

a grubby cook's hat with clothes generally covered in sprinkles of flour"?


73. In what book does a character say, "We're going to sink your dinky little boat"?


74. In what book are we told there is “no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle”?


75. In what book does a character declare, “It's music to my ears, boys. Music to my ears”?




76. In what book does a character complain, “Whatever I said sounded lame. I wished I had a script. Life would be easier with a

script, don't you think?”


77. In what book are there “windless canyons and ravines”?


78. In what book is a character described as “a horrid man…[with] fiery carrot-colored hair and a little clipped carrotty

moustache and a fiery temper. Carrotty-colored hairs also sprouted out of his nostrils and his earholes”?


79. In what book is there an “enormous facial disk”?


80. In what book doesn't a character "say what he thought. He simply asked lots of questions until you saw the

answer yourself"?

Eager Fox p. 21

81. In what book does it state that a character “is always in such a hurry to be first”?


82. In what book have two girls “been friends since kindergarten”?


83. In what book does a character question, “You want to go on a date with me?”


84. In what book does a character say: "I thought you were interested in mechanical engineering, animals of North America,

and teeth. Are you sure you want to read those enormous law books?”


85. In what book does a character demand, "Okay, let's type. You are going to type what I say."


86. In what book are characters asked to experience and think about a book instead of doing "some sort of stupid book

report"?


87. In what book does a character say, "Promise me you'll wear your life jacket"?


88. In what book is this quote: "I never had a teacher stick up for me before. I'd get picked on and made fun of, and my

teachers never did anything. Maybe because I never did anything either"?




89. In what book does a character say, "You could wind up in big, big trouble. We're talking lightning bolts, buddy!"?


90. In what book does a character ask, “Is your story a comedy or a tragedy?”


91. In what book is branching a part of the growing process?


92. In what book is a light noticed to grow “bigger and bigger and suddenly the whole road...was lit up as clear as daylight, and

SWISH! The thing went past me like a bullet”?


93. In what book was it explained, “I sneaked in here and had a look under the sheets in the bottom of the carriage. And there

they were”?


94. In what book was a home described as an “old gypsy wagon with big wheels and fine patterns painted all over it in yellow

and red and blue”?


95. In what book does a character say, "They made up stories and games. They took nothing and turned it into something"?


96. In what book does a character state, "Not entirely professional, but completely understandable, my dear. In my younger

days I would have been tempted myself. "?


97. In what book does a character repeatedly state, "This malfeasance must be stopped!"


98. In what book do we learn of something called “inclusion classes” at school?


99. In what book does the name Rose really fit a character who is “pretty and delicate and nice to be around. If she had thorns

no one noticed”?


100. In what book does a character ask, "You're not going near that fire until you tell me what happened. Are they dispatched?"?


101. In what book do “most of the really exciting things... in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn’t be exciting if they didn’t”?




102. In what book does a character say, “I'll hang them from the ceiling for you.”?


103. In what book are a character’s toys “greasy cogs and springs and pistons that lay around all over the place”?


104. In what book does it state that "soon the two were talking like old friends"?


105. In what book was there resentment in a family right from the start?


106. In what book is a character surrounded by delicate and different words, “each one melting untouched” in his/her hands?


107. In what book do you read, “The dog strained against his leash. Could he get free? The knot did not look very tight”?


108. In what book does it state, "They didn't understand it but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't

understand it doesn't mean it isn't so"?


109. In what book do you read, “I had a sudden picture of the two of them in the forest somewhere, being attacked by a cougar.

I knew who I would put my money on”?


110. In what book is a house “scrubbed and swept... until it shone”?


111. In what book was it “impossible to be with him for long without being astounded and surprised by one thing or another. He

was like a conjuror bringing things out of a hat”?


112. In what book were there “little glints and glimmers from the brilliant moon [that] outside shone through the leaves and

gave the place a cold eerie look”?


113. In what book does a character admit, “I have disconnected all my phones”?


114. In what book does a character observe, "It would be just like her to go back to alarm clocks, or to volunteer to wake him

herself"?

Eager Fox p. 8



115. In what book does a character say, “I wish I had enough coordination to have ‘attitude’”?


116. In what book does a character snap, "Take your rabble out of here and don't come back, stay where you belong"?


117. In what book do you read, “One of his fingernails was covered in black gunk”?


118. In what book does a character say, "And none shall defeat my son as he remains in my loving embrace"?


119. In what book does a character announce, "Act Three of The Marvelous Marriage by .Al Funcoot is about to begin”?


120. In what book was it noticed that “My small high voice echoed around the forest and faded away. I listened for an answer,

but none came”?


121. In what book does a character complain, “The sound of your fingers banging on the keys makes my head throb”?


122. In what book is this description: "...the untouched field...was perfect too...There was a mountain of snow right in the middle

that we climbed up"?


123. In what book does a character say, "Yes … and then, if you don't mind, I should love to look at any of your books

concerning mechanical engineering. Inventing things is a great interest of mine”?


124. In what book does a character describe another character that they "don't get bored and they never complain about

doing the same old things over and over again"?

Eager Fox p. 141

125. In what book does a character explain to another, “I'm sorry you're unhappy about your housemates, but I did try to warn

you”?


126. In what book do you read, “He glared at us the whole time we were talking about votes. He'd glared at us through

the Twister game too. When he wasn't glaring he was looking at his watch”?


127. In what book do you read, “I might have been a potted plant for all of the attention she gave me”?




128. In what book does a character introduce herself by saying, “…I’m gonna be your deals and wheels every day”?


129. In what book does a character say, "I'm casting a slumber spell"?


130. In what book does a character say, "He allows you to live while he works out his plans. But ask yourself this, you little

bookworm: What reason will he have to keep you alive after he has your money? What do you thinly will happen to you

then?”


131. In what book do you read how a character's "sharp eyes were sensitive to the slightest flurry and he ran from tree to tree,

peering up into the branches to see what had caused the disturbance"?

Eager Fox p. 200

132. In what book is this room described? "There were eyes painted on the ceiling, and scratched into the grimy wooden

floors. There were eyes scrawled along the windowsills, and one big eye painted on the knob of the door that led to the

stairs. It was a terrible place"?


133. In what book does a character shout, "Papers! Where are your papers?"


134. In what book does one character say to another in an admiring way, "I was moved by your poetry."


135. In what book was there a “terrible shriek and the night splattered with blood”?


136. In what book does a character gain a deeper understanding of others by spending time with them, saying, "(He) was kind of

cool to hang out with. He gave me low fives--not high fives. I liked going to see him"?


137. In what book is a character excited at the idea of being given a problem to solve that "is definitely not a worksheet problem,

like all the others I've ever been given"?


138. In what book is this description: “I couldn’t stop kicking. My arms acted like wind-up toys gone bananas. I screamed with

joy”?


139. In what book is a character told, “you’ve got the fastest, strongest brain,” even if he/she couldn’t run or move very fast?




140. In what book does a character say, "I will baste thy hide right merrily"?


141. In what book does a character explain, "Do you know, he brought me up a cup of coffee this morning and before I knew it

we were chatting about my work. I ended up recommending a book on architecture"?

Eager Fox p. 82

142. In what book is a character blamed for "asking us to act like adults when we're just kids"?


143. In what book does a character figure “out that tonight is the third night of full shine”?


144. In what book does a character state, "You really should have a go. I want you all to be able to do this"?


145. In what book is it “a most marvelous thing to be able to go out and help yourself to your own apples whenever you feel

like it”?


146. In what book are there orphans?


147. In what book does one character say to another, "She spends far too much time reading comics. I've tried to break her of

the habit, but I am very busy with my novel wiritng, and she is alone a lot. I'm worried that it has made her strange."


148. In what book is a character told she will feel better, "maybe when the sun comes out"?


149. In what book do the 3 words “I love you” represent 3 of the most important words a character has not been able to say?


150. In what book was a blind animal used as a nest-maid?


151. In what book did a character admit, "They held a competition to choose the architects last summer. We were asked not to

tell anyone, but since we've won we can hardly keep it a secret anymore"?

Eager Fox p. 8

152. In what book does a character recall sadly, "Unfortunately each time it learnt something new, it forgot its previous

knowledge"?

Eager Fox p. 59



153. In what book is a character accused of being a "natural-born cynic?"


154. In what book does a character say, "I figured you weren't here to cure warts with spunkwater. Did you boys bring shovels?"


155. In what book was it noticed that “You look jumpy as a jackrabbit...Is it the dentist?”


156. In what book does a character struggle with a net as "Someone had fastened it at the end and though it hung loosely

about him it was impossible to crawl out. He had the strength to rip apart many things but not this taut metal"?

Eager Fox p. 232

157. In what book will you find the following quotation: “Win a championship, pee your pants onstage, fall off the roof in front of

everyone, and people will talk about it for years”?


158. In what book does a character say, "Oh, Mother! I can hardly wait to go to the carnival"?


159. In what book does a character say, "It is what we heroes do"?


160. In what book does one character say to another, "We have a problem. Your daughter has become emotionally attached to a

diseased squirrel."


161. In what book does everyone fall "silent at the thought of myriad household objects spinning noiselessly in the void"?

Eager Fox p. 195

162. In what book does it say, “A spider was a good luck sign.”?


163. In what book is there this puzzle: "I am an odd number. Take away one and I become even. What number am I?"


164. In what book is it observed that “People with horses have a front porch or a terrace instead, with big chairs to lounge in”?


165. In what book does a character pray to God many times, expressing things like, "Please be with me. I'm going to need your

help"?




166. In what book does a character say, "Or course, goosey. You can't have a proper picnic without pie"?


167. In what book does a character suggest to another “a tres charming apartment in Paris, or a rustic farmhouse in Tuscany”?


168. In what book is a character found discovered “covered in cheese dust”?


169. In what book does a character pronounce, "The best hot chocolate ever"?


170. In what book does a character state, "Well, if you wore some sensible boots, instead of prancing around in little purple

snakey things, your feet would be fine!"?


171. In what book does a character "for one day in the year...become a big cheese in a little work and even the Duke of so-and-

so slaps him on the back and tries to remember his first name when he says good-bye”?


172. In what book is this reaction: “What your body looks like has nothing to do with how well your brain works. You ought

to know that by looking in the mirror”?


173. In what book does a character state, "Well, I'm going back to bed, I need more than two hours sleep, even if you don't"?


174. In what book is a school described as “very ordinary—filled with kids just like the schools on t.v. shows”?


175. In what book were characters given “number designation”?


176. In what book did a character ask, “So what's your story kid?”


177. In what book can you find the following quote; "Every superhero has an arch-nemesis."


178. In what book is there an “inventorium”?




179. In what book does it state, "There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are

many, many types of people; and everybody wants to read something different. For instance people who hate stories in

which terrible things happen to small children should put this book down immediately"?

Bad Beginning, The Snicket n/a

180. In what book is a character simply aghast when he heard parents talking about egg snatching?


181. In what book does a character state, "I may be a terrible man, but I have been able to concoct a foolproof way to getting

your fortune, which is more than you've been able to do"?


182. In what book do you read, “His face was as white as milk, except for his dark eyes and thick glasses”?


183. In what book does a character state, “I had five jars of paprika yesterday. Today they're all gone”?


184. In what book is this description: "...the only thing I could hear was the incessant beeping of those scary machines. This was

way worse than the first day of school...having something in my hands helped me with my nerves"?


185. In what book is a character obsessed with a piece of literature entitled, "Terrible Things Can Happen to You!"


186. In what book does a character complain that Humpty Dumpty had more balance control than him/her?


187. In what book does a character say, "It's time to rest"?


188. In what book does a character enjoy the “nose-tickling” burp that comes after drinking pop?


189. In what book does a character state, "You are under arrest. You are not required to say anything at all"?


190. In what book does a character explain, "I think he thinks you might make a noise, and give us away. Sound travels along way

over the marsh"?


191. In what book have the characters gone "to their room and crowded together on the one bed, reading intently and happily?"




192. In what book did a character mysteriously gather strength and lift into flight?




1. In what book do you read: “Soil and rock and river and turf blew up in a furious roar, then fell back to the cratered earth like

a harsh black rain”?

Pax Pennypacker p. 157

2. In what book does a character "pout for hours... and only relent after a bribe of an apple, two Oreo cookies, and a box of

raisins"?

Hurt Go Happy Rorby p. 57

3. In what book does a character say- "knowing a (gunpowder) recipe isn’t illegal…making it is."

Blackthorn Key, The Sands p. 8

4. In what book does a character say, “That old dude in green was trying to kill me!”

Magnificent 12: The Call, The Grant p. 78

5. In what book do you read, “There were no animals, no green pastures, and no crops, at least none that grew big enough for

anyone to see with the naked eye”?

Fuzzy Mud Sachar p. 7

6. In what book does a character say “Ask the knave why he is fleeing, and why we should flee”?


7. In what book do you read, "They mostly sat out every activity and checked their reflections in the lake and did their hair and

gossiped "?

Lightning Thief, The Riordan p. 117

8. In what book does a character find "a trowel and a big basket in the storeroom, and from the pantry... a stack of wax

paper sandwich bags to keep the dye mushrooms, which could make you sick, separate from the mushrooms they would

eat"?


9. In what book does a character say: “Move your big toe. Now all of them. And the foot, side to side”?


10. In what book do you read, “...his hands were red with blood up to the elbows. That sort of fashion choice tends to

discourage people from bothering you”?

Magnificent 12: The Call, The Grant p. 24-25

11. In what book does this quotation come from - "All you have to do, dear sister, is look quietly and steadily into the eyes of

our good friend here, and he will take you in as he has taken me."

Wrinkle in Time (GN), A Larson p. 246

12. In what book does a character say- "Servants need firm correction. My husband purchased a bamboo whip from the Orient

for just this purpose."




13. In what book does a character say: “Beam work, sack dragging, cinder blocks. All that core work you taught me”?


14. In what book could a character, “Conjure up a sound map”?

Silverwing Oppel p. 137

15. In what book does a character say, "what you learn from me is vitally important. I expect you to treat is as such. I will accept

only the best from you"?


16. In what book does a character "get a sandwich and take it to eat at her favourite spot behind the library where trees

grew densely on a steep hillside"?


17. In what book does a character say, "It was a shameful thing to do, and I've always felt terribly guilty about it."?

Handful of Time, A Pearson p. 197

18. In what book does a character say proudly, "When I have my own shop, I'm putting everything in code."


19. In what book does a character direct another, “There's a rock just a little ways down, in front of you. Careful”?


20. In what book does a character say, "I'm not sure I'd ever felt as happy or sad as I did at that moment. I'd finally found

a family, people who cared about me and thought I'd done something right"?


21. In what book did a character demand, “We’re here for justice, I ask you again, and it will be the last time. Give us the boy”?


22. In what book is there “a mountain pass covered in snow and looking for all the world like the ears of a giant white wolf”?


23. In what book did a character exclaim, “It’s the gargoyles, that’s what they is, them gargoyles on the cathedral come to life …

I know it”?


24. In what book does a character ask the question, "Tell me, what do you suppose you'd do if three of us suddenly arrived

on your home planet?"


25. In what book is a character told, "I'll be back as soon as I can. Don't let 'em operate on my brother"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 143



26. In what book does a character say, “I use it all the time. It absolutely works miracles”?


27. In what book does a character state "she was sent to a facility in Norman, Oklahoma. It's a kind of clearing house"?


28. In what book does a character say, "Yesterday you looked like a muskrat dragged out of the river"?

If I Just Had Two Wings Schwartz p. 135

29. In what book does a character exclaim- "All right fine…left…we should put the bird in charge."


30. In what book did a character learn, “You must never look at the sun. It was as simple as that”?


31. In what book does a character feel "a tug in the pit of my stomach. I heard the plumbing rumble, the pipes shudder. . .

Water shot out of the toilet"?


32. In what book do you read: Finally he pulled his foot free and unlaced his boot, wincing at each motion?


33. In what book do you read, "When I finally came around for good, there was nothing weird about my surroundings,

except that they were nicer than I was used to"?


34. In what book does it state, "No light. No sound. No feeling. Where is my body?"


35. In what book do you read, “Like most twelve year-olds he had a job, two wives and a cow”?


36. In what book would you read, "Guess I fell asleep. Did something happen"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 43

37. In what book does a character say, “Maybe as many as eleven weeks to conceive of a number so impossibly large that

it would be the greatest number ever conceived by human minds!”


38. In what book does a character say, "You can't make me. I want to come, too. If you don't let me, I'll tell"?


39. In what book does a character say, "They may run with you or stay behind to help others?"




40. In what book did a character look at his partner and think, “there was still plenty of meat on him. Saliva gushed into his

mouth”?


41. In what book does a character say: “I don't know what to do with it. Maybe put it on the scarecrow?”


42. In what book did a character remind someone, “Without me you’d still be back in that prison, eating those watery little

mice”?


43. In what book do you read, "Some people thing down is easy, but for many it is even harder"?

Between Heaven And Earth Walters p. 138

44. In what book does a character say: “Stop. They're preparing for battle there. Don't be crazy”?


45. In what book does the character "have to drive the twisty road to Willits where the bus stopped twice each weekend"?


46. In what book does a character accuse another, “You calling me a liar?”


47. In what book does a character state- "We can't risk keeping him alive."


48. In what book do you read: “I'm coming,” he said out loud as he rolled the garbage bags back into his pack. “Hold on.”


49. In what book does a character notice it "was heavy when she pulled it out and her first thought was that it had somehow

filled with rainwater, but when she picked it up by a corner, a package fell out"?


50. In what book does a character say, "Some of us are sneaking out and going to the beach--want to come?"


51. In what book does a character describe another, "He was loyal. Always. Like every true Englishman."


52. In what book does a character snap at another, “I'm taking a short cut”?


53. In what book does a character say: “We're driving to the library on a tractor?”




54. In what book do you read: ...he walked along the road's edge, sure that when another patrol went by, he'd have

enough warning to take cover?


55. In what book do you read: ...his armpits were so chafed that they were bleeding?


56. In what book does a character ask- "Have the Puritans once again seized Parliament and overthrown our returned king?"


57. In what book do you read, "It means ripe melon"?


58. In what book does a charcter say, "There's a fat reward out for me"?


59. In what book does a character state that, "We do not know what things look like, as you say. We know what things are like."


60. In what book does someone state, "This is a historic moment for your town - our town, I should say - and we're happy you

could take a short break from your classes and celebrate with us"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 261

61. In what book do you read,"You will always be with me"?


62. In what book does a character have to explain “a dozen poisonous vipers to his parents”?


63. In what book does a character say to another, “You shouldn't have. It's way to expensive”?


64. In what book does a character say: “Fine. Can I do the obstacle course now? It's not raining as hard”?


65. In what book do you read, "For the rest of the year, the entire campus seemed to be playing some kind of trick on me"?


66. In what book does a character exclaim- "You are a catapult."


67. In what book is there a character "outside peeing on the roses" to "keep the deer from eating the garden"?




68. In what book is a child given a corn husk doll?


69. In what book would you read, "Disney World is an armpit"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 17

70. In what book does a character notice "her left thumb was damp and wrinkled. It had been so long since she'd awakened to

find her thumb wet that she'd lulled herself into thinking she'd finally outgrown sucking it"?


71. In what book does a character say, "Nice or not, I don't agree with this modern notion of mothers working"?


72. In what book does a character exclaim, “Some kind of animal practically ran over my foot!”


73. In what book does a character say- "The man who discovers the Fire could change the world. And if the wrong people get a

hold of it…An army that walks with the Archangel will be invincible."


74. In what book did a character say, “I don’t know what part the Humans will play in it, but I believe they’ve come to help us in

some way”?


75. In what book does a character say, “Maybe it’s just me, but I start getting kind of nervous when people violate the laws of

physics, talking out of toilets and all”?


76. In what book was the most mysterious thing about a character, “the small metal band around her left forearm”?


77. In what book do you read, "But the strangest though occurred to me only last: I was breathing. I was underwater, and I

was breathing normally"?


78. In what book did this happen, “The lightning bolt shot past him, so close he could feel its tremendous heat”?


79. In what book does a character say-"I think I know what this is. It isn't just a painting…I think it's a door."


80. In what book did, “A dart whistled through the air, grazing his tail and slammed into a branch. A second dart plunged into

his chest”?




81. In what book is this quotation, “Will the sun hurt us … or will it blind us?”


82. In what book do you read, "Climbing a mountain is hardly a walk in the park"?


83. In what book does a boy's note say, "I promise not to hit you ever again as long as you don't bother me on the school bus.

I think that's a fair arrangement"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 32

84. In what book did a character state, “They banished us just because we didn’t take sides in a war”?


85. In what book is there a tradition "that everyone who played an instrument brought it for the after dinner sing-along"?


86. In what book does a character "construct a wire basket to surround the bush to keep the deer from eating the flowers"?


87. In what book do you read, "it is not legal to climb without them and a guide"?


88. In what bookdoes a character say, "Sit down for a spell and rest. I'll keep an eye out"?


89. In what book does a character state that, "Just because we don't understand something, it doesn't mean that an

explanation doesn't exist."


90. In what book does a character feel a strong connection to the boy upon realizing that his fight wasn't "just about the owls, it

was about everything - all the birds and animals, all the wild places that were in danger of being wiped out"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 205

91. In what book does a character stare out across a meadow and see "groves of trees, a winding stream, acres of

strawberries spread out under the sky"?


92. In what book does a character exclaim, “Good thing I didn't ask for a piano!”


93. In what book does a character say "singing is a joyful thing. More than anything, I want you to hear music again, but learn to

sing with your hands"?




94. In what book could a character not “see it with his eyes but he could see it with his ears”?


95. In what book does a character ask, "Can't we do anything, sir? Can't we look for help? Do we have to just go on waiting?"


96. In what book does a character "wrapped in a towel, pull her stool out and climb up onto the edge of the

bathroom counter… and squeeze out a big glob of Crest"?


97. In what book does a woman say, "The first station is five hours upstream"?


98. In what book does a character say- "The boy might have seen something, heard something, read something. Find him and

question him. Then get rid of him…"


99. In what book does it state, "His breath smelled like stale cigarettes. Smoking and beating up smaller kids were his two main

hobbies"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 3

100. In what book is this description, “stalactites, they’re not icicles, they’re made of minerals dropping from the ceiling”?


101. In what book did a character remember, “The image of the rising sun, that dazzling silver of light, still burned in the back of

his eyelids”?


102. In what book does a character say that "I've never even seen your house, and I have the funniest feeling that for the

first time in my life I'm going home."


103. In what book does a character explain, “The jam is homemade, from real strawberries”?


104. In what book do you read, “He’d been in trouble before, plenty of times. But this was the first time he’d been summoned

before the elders”?


105. In what book do you see "a huge storm brewing with clouds blacker than I'd ever seen over the city"?




106. In what book does a character stop "once to look back at the geese and wonder how they'd found one another, and

how they knew this was where they should be"?


107. In what book does a character state- "That's because you think of space in only three dimensions. We travel in the 5th

dimension."


108. In what book does a character say: “I remember that I'd made some marionettes for my little nieces when I was a

teenager”?


109. In what book does a character think, "I must be asleep..I must be dreaming"?


110. In what book is the quote, "the south field of cotton came in too early"?


111. In what book does a character call out, "Why are you still so white, when the others are as brown as berries?"


112. In what book does a character say-"He wrote this for me when he knew he was going to die."


113. In what book does a character see "a warehouse …filled with more statues--people in all different poses, wearing all

different outfits and with different expressions on their faces"?


114. In what book does a character say, "You're twelve years old and here you are gallivanting off at night and behaving like a

hoodlum"?


115. In what book is the simile, "like a ray of Alabama sunshine"?


116. In what book would you read, "And turn your pockets inside out so they can see that you carry nothing more"?


117. In what book did a property owner receive this bad news: "A young man was arrested for attempted burglary on our

property - but then on the very next evening, another person or persons unknown removed the seats from the

bulldozers and backhoes and whatevers"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 212



118. In what book does a character say, “You have to understand. I never wanted to hurt anyone”?


119. In what book does a character say, "I have to believe that . . . Every searcher does. It's the only thing that keeps us

from despair when we look at what humans have done to the world"?


120. In what book does a character say, "His dogs eat better than us"?


121. In what book do you read, "This cane was such a part of him"?


122. In what book does a character say, "I once had four sisters. Did I ever tell you that?"


123. In what book do you read, "There are only six of us"?


124. In what book does this quotation come from - "These people know all about tessering, but they can't do it onto a dark

planet."


125. In what book does a character say, "You're glad your dad is alive. You feel good that he's claimed you, and part of you wants

to make him proud"?


126. In what book does a character have “a serious case of mediumness”?


127. In what book does this quotation come from - "How did all this happen? Isn't it wonderful? I feel as though I were just being

born."


128. In what book do you read, "We just have ot remember to go polepole"?


129. In what book does it state "the sleeping platform was new and a tire hung from a single long rope"?


130. In what book is "the train sitting in the station with only one door open"?




131. In what book does a character say, "You need to spend more time helping your mother"?


132. In what book does a character say: “You've experienced 'two but not two'”?


133. In what book does a character say, "That girl's a troublemaker. Stay away from her"?


134. In what book was there talk of “The great battle of the Birds and the Beasts”?


135. In what book does a character think a “fork had the added advantage of being so weird no burglar would know quite how

to react”?


136. In what book do you read, "It occurred to me that he'd always acted nervous and fidgety when we left. . . as if he expected

something bad to happen"?


137. In what book did someone think, "He had no intention of spending the rest of the year cowering in the rest room

or sneaking through the halls just to avoid some dumb bully"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 65

138. In what book does someone realize, "If I arrest the boy, I will have to arrest everybody else on the property, too"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 267

139. In what book does a character say, "You're not here to work. You run along and have fun with the others."?


140. In what book does it state that, "When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning or rain-"


141. In what book does a character ask, "But how could we have gotten here? Even traveling at the speed of light it would take

us years and years."


142. In what book does a character say, "I'm sorry we were so mean to you when you came"?


143. In what book would you read, "A sum of money - a rather substantial sum _ has been put aside to fund an undertaking"?




144. In what book does a character assure another by saying “ you still look like you”?


145. In what book does it state, "Now he understood what was going to happen to the little owls if he did his job properly, and it

weighted him with an aching and unshakeable sorrow"?

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146. In what book do you read, “Imagine a gorilla losing its mind inside a cage, beating on the bars until its paws are bloody,

trying to bite through the metal until its teeth crack”?


147. In what book does a character think, "What was she doing huddled inside a cold dim cabin?"


148. In what book does a character say, "Have we really come to a safe place, sir?"


149. In what book does a character say, "If it's not the station, we'll move on fast"?


150. In what book does a character give this advice, "Now, try to control how much you eat this summer. Look at people when

they talk to you and don't mumble"?


151. In what book does a character say, “My throat is hoarse from screaming in terror. I don’t think heroes have that problem”?


152. In what book does a character say- "They are trying to overthrow the king."


153. In what book does a character say- "Politics bore me."


154. In what book do you read, "I tried to keep a low profile because my name and picture were splattered over the front pages

of several East Coast newspapers"?


155. In what book do you read: He lifted a hand and shot two fingers up in a peace sign?


156. In what book do you read, "There were people sitting on couches, people standing up, people staring out the windows or

waiting for the elevator. Nobody moved, or talked, or did much of anything"?




157. In what book does a character ask, "Most of the time he works alone but some of the time he was at the Institute for Higher

Learning in Princeton. Correct?"


158. In what book is the quote, "She just lifted up her feet and flew high above the white fields"?


159. In what book does a character ask- "Do you have any idea how many books this old man had?"


160. In what book did a character ask, “Why were you out so late? Didn’t you hear the dawn chorus?”


161. In what book does it state, "No wait. If we give them proof, then they've got to shut down the project"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 243

162. In what book does a character say, "And no allowance for two weeks. And for the rest of today, you're not allowed to

leave our property"?


163. In what book does a character state to another, “I saw a rocky ledge up the hill. You wait here. I'm going to climb up to it”?


164. In what book does a character think to himself, "No wonder this place has a reputation for being haunted."


165. In what book does a character ask, "That dark thing we saw - is that what my father is fighting?"


166. In what book does a character say, “I just like figuring things out. I like science”?


167. In what book do you read, "This is not about you, and ther will be no further discussion"?


168. In what book do you read: The mouse's life now merged with his own. His muscles brimmed with energy?


169. In what book does a character say, "Every afternoon we'll pretend to go out together. Then we'll separate."?


170. In what book is the following description found, “Mosquitoes didn’t really taste like much - gauzy, a little prickly at times”?




171. In what book does it say, "No shoes, no backpack, no books - strange indeed on a school day"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 2

172. In what book does a character say, "You're a girl too old to be acting like a hoyden"?


173. In what book do you read, "You must remember that with each step you are closer to the top, but that each step is

harder than the one before"?


174. In what book does a character say- "Keep it secret. Nemini dixeris means 'tell no one."


175. In what book are these words spoken: "But it looks like you got here just in time, She'll get rest and healing herbs now"?


176. In what book had a boy previously attended a military school in an attempt to "normalize" the boy?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 116

177. In what book do you read, “Some dark, inexplicable bit of twisted DNA had decided to reverse the usual location of eyes

and mouth”?


178. In what book does a character say, "No one else in the family upsets her as much as you do--it's got to stop, do you hear?"


179. In what book does a "woman take a phone from her briefcase and hold it for the man to see as she punched in 911"?


180. In what book does a character say, “...you sweat-oozing, cheese-scented wad of pulp mounted on toothpicks”?


181. In what book do you read, “A red light, bloodred, bubbled up like ooze, like thickened mare’s blood, from the direction that

would one day be called south”?


182. In what book do the words "You are found" mean safety?


183. In what book do you read, "I stumbled over myself trying to get to the trapdoor, but it slammed shut"?


184. In what book do you read, "It had been easy to forget that I wasn't the only one on an adventure"?




185. In what book did a boy earn his nickname by being able to catch "a bright blunt-headed fish that sparkled like liquid

chrome"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 178

186. In what book do you read, “Hard enough to squeeze the air from his lungs. Hard enough to sting. It felt like a really bad

session of dodgeball”?


187. In what book does a character say, "Clever, aren't you? Focusing your eyes would of course, help- but there are other

ways."


188. In what book is someone told, "if the chief says you were taking flu medicine, you were definitely taking flu medicine"?

Hoot Hiaasen p. 62

189. In what book do you read, "Those boys who stole your things did not do it out of greed, but out of need"?


190. In what book does a character say: “That's as true a thing as I've ever known. Now get on that bus”?


191. In what book do you read, “The sun, shining through the treetops, caused a crisscross of shadows and light over

the creature, making it difficult to tell exactly what it was”?


192. In what book does a character say, “You’re under my wing, man”?


193. In what book do you read, "You may summit, but you cannot defeat a mountain"?


194. In what book does a character state, “We'll see how it looks in the morning”?


195. In what book do you read, "It seemed to insinuate itself between the layers of clothing"?


196. In what book does a character explain, “The more you scratch, the worse it will get”?


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