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Battle of the Books 2010-11
Seer of Shadows, by Avi
49
Literature
3rd Grade
02/27/2011
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In the book by this title the setting is New York City, 1872.
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Seer of Shadows (p.1)
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In this book there is a sign in the front court identifying the Society Photographer.
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Seer of Shadows (p.1)
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In the book by this title a character's father was a watch repairer and mother a seamstress.
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Seer of Shadows (p.4-5)
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His father enjoyed philosophical arguments such as "What is truth?" Name the book.
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Seer of Shadows (p.5)
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In the book by this title the main character was named for the founder of "The New York Tribune".
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Seer of Shadows (p.4)
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In this book a main character works as an apprentice.
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Seer of Shadows (p.6)
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A character lives in a house in Greenwich Village. Name the book.
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Seer of Shadows (p.8)
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In this book parents claim their adopted daughter died of scarlet fever.
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Seer of Shadows (p.15)
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Characters in this title are named Horace, Pegg, Mr. Middleditch, Von Machts, Eleanora
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Seer of Shadows
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In the book by this author, the style of the day was a narrow hourglass over-jacket, long skirt, patent leather shoes and kid gloves.
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Avi (p.11)
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In the book by this author a character carries a reticule of black beads.
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Avi (p.11,17)
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In the book by this author a character wears her long black hair shaped into a chignon.
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Avi (p.12)
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In the book by this author a black arm band indicated someone in mourning.
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Avi (p.12)
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This author writes of soft light coming from two gaslight fixtures on the wall.
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Avi (p.13)
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In the book by this title most of the action takes place at a Fifth Avenue address in New York City.
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Seer of Shadows (p.20)
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This author writes that "to be fashionable, you must live on Fifth Avenue, be seen in Central Park, and be buried in Green Wood Cemetery."
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Avi (p.23)
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A character slicked down his hair with brilliantine and waxed his mustache. Name the book.
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Seer of Shadows (p.13)
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In this book a character is asked if he believes in ghosts.
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Seer of Shadows (p. 16)
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In the book by this title souls are referred to as the "ectoplasm of the departed".
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Seer of Shadows (p.17)
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In the book by this author a servant girl reveals a truth.
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Avi (p.21)
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Business lesson number one was, "There's no room for sentiment".
Name the book.
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Seer of Shadows (p.22)
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In the book by this author a textbook called "The Silver Sunbeam" is introduced.
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Avi (p.7)
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Which author writes of a businessman who mocks and profits by another's grief?
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Avi (p.97)
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In this book business lesson two was "In your customers' folly, there is profit."
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Seer of Shadows (p.26)
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In the book by this title business lesson three is, "Be inventive".
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Seer of Shadows (p.27)
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In the book by this author the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera was about the diameter of a large apple.
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Avi (p.30)
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In this book a character's position was not for him to question his orders, but to carry them out.
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Seer of Shadows (p.33)
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This author writes of a character at age 14 being old enough to stand on his own.
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Avi (p.34)
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The author of this story hints at racial tension post civil-war. Name the author.
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Avi (p.47)
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In the book by this title a house and workshop catch on fire.
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Seer of Shadows
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The showman in this book was compared to P.T. Barnum.
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Seer of Shadows (p. 86)
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In the book by this author a husband was a fish merchant.
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Avi (p.33)
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After preparing the plates the door to the room was locked. Name the book.
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Seer of Shadows (p.42-43)
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In the book by this author a character's father was one of those radical Republicans that thinks blacks should be educated and even vote.
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Avi (p.47)
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This author describes a room's feel as 'bloated wealth'.
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Avi (p.52)
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In the book by this author a shadowy image begins to reveal itself.
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Avi (p. 69)
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A woman in this book admitted to neglecting her daughter and asked her for forgiveness. Name the book.
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Seer of Shadows (p.191)
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In the book by this author a secret meeting was held at nine o'clock.
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Avi (p. 98-99)
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In this book a character turns down an oyster dinner at O'Tooly's.
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Seer of Shadows (p.97-98)
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In the book by this author a character blows out a candle and says, "The darkness fits the story."
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Avi (p.107)
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In this book characters danced, pretending to be elves, one wearing a black dress and one a white one.
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Seer of Shadows (p.108)
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In the book by this title supper was bread, cheese and tepid milk.
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Seer of Shadows (p.122)
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In the book by this title a character visits a dealer named John Stock & Company located near the Bowery.
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Seer of Shadows (p.133)
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In the book by this author firemen arrived with horse teams pulling pumpers.
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Avi (p.147)
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This author writes of entering a house through a coal chute.
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Avi (p.185)
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A woman wants a photo of herself to fix to her daughter's tomb. Name the book.
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Seer of Shadows (p.18)
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In this book a boy rides a ferry across the East River to Brooklyn to go to a cemetary.
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Seer of Shadows (p.117)
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A ghost kows where a boy lives and left a candlestick for him as a warning! Name the author.
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Avi (p.164-165)
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