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BOB 7th and 8th Grade
Battle of the Books Quiz
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Literature
7th Grade
03/07/2011
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In which book does the character work in the Rainbow Diner?
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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In which book has a character only seen her mother three times?
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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In which book is a character forced to shut down a business because a partner runs off with all the money?
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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In which book does a friend give another friend a T-shirt that say "NEW YORK FOREVER"
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:Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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In which book is the main character swaddled in a blue Aeronautical Squadron Jacket?
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Airman by Eoin Colfer
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In what book is a baby "born in the sky"?
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Airman by Eoin Colfer
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In which book does a boy learn about swordplay, martial arts, and weapons?
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Airman by Eoin Colfer
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In which book does the main character to to KOOK HEAD Ireland to see the famous lighthouse on his fifth birthday?
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Airman by Eoin Colfer
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In which book does a teacher and a pupil build over a hundred models and several life size gliders, all of which had been stamped to pieces and piled onto a bonfire?
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Airman by Eoin Colfer
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In which book did a custodian sit outside a classroom with a baseball bat all night?
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All of the Above by Shelley Pearsal
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In which book does a character draw four people and an autograph on a newspaper?
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All of the Above by Shelley Pearsal
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In which book did kids build a structure almost nine feet tall out of paper and glue?
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All of the Above by Shelley Pearsal
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In which book does a character say in barbecue you always gotta have a secret or two?
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All of the Above by Shelley Pearsal
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In which book does a father close his buisness to celebrate the completion of a math project.
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All of the Above by Shelley Pearsal
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I which book does the main character live in Denver at one time?
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Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
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In which book does a 75 year old grandmother say she can't move with her family to start a new life?
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Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
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In which book does the mother prayer all the time?
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Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
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In which book does a character break the Blue Wall of Silence
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Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
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In which boo is the sixteen year old heroine bought up in a household of men because her mother died the day she was born
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Pirates by Celia Rees
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In which book is a twelve year old boy signed on to the  ship. THe Amelia as a cabin boy?
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Pirates by Celia Rees
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In which book is there a terrible cruelty at the heart of a place considered by some to be paradise
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Pirates by Celia Rees
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In which book is a cane crushed as soon as possible after cutting so that the sugar will not crystallize and where the whole process goes on day and night
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Pirates by Celia Rees
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In which book is the great house of a plantation filled with marble floors and stone cut walls and where it seems as though half of Europe has been ransacked to furnish it?
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Pirates by Celia Rees
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Does a character talk about fast breeding creeps with burnt looking metallic faces and deer horns.
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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Does a character take an ordinary can of Play-Doh down from the playroom shelf
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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Is there a six and half foot tall pray mantis with stringy red dreadlocks.
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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Does the character get chased and caught by a shape shifting protoplasm in London who wanted to make him into a jelly sandwich
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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Does a character have power to create things like people by mental projections
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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does the character stay up late to watch the Blair Witch Project
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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Does a character get down on one knee and ask a Douglas fir "will you marry me?
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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does a character have incredilbe vivid dreams that are like high definition virtual reality
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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is the school called Glendale High School
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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does a character work at Taco Bell as a lettuce shredder
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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does a phone ring with its tattered cord ripped out of the wall
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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does a side window of a BMW vaporize in a shower of flying glass
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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is breakfast in the afternoon made up of bacon on top of eggs on top of hashbrowns on top of panckakes
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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does a house turn into a cemetery
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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does Emma calm a Rottweiler by scratching it under its sharklike jaw
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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does a student levitate his vice principal and all the lockers
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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is a charcter slimed and hog tied in the stow and go seat of a minivan
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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is there a place called Alpar Nok
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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is there an invention called World Harvesters
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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is there an elephant with beautiful violet eyes named Chordata
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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is there an operation on a boy using gardening tools
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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is a character's greatest fear being thought of as dumb
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The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
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In which book does the main character attend Camillo Junior High School
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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a character made a list of 410 ways to make a teacher hate you
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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a teacher use Polynesian Fruit Blend hair coloring
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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a family attend St Andrew Presbyterian Church
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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live in the Perfect HOuse
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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Watch Walter Cronkites television new broadcast
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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father an architect
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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Wives of Vietnam soldiers nearly choke to death eating when eating cream puffs
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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teachers bring up Shakespeare only to bore students to death
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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"The quality of mercy is not strained"
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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reciting "Toads beetles bats" in from of a dresser mirror
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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Go to St. Adelbert's to light a candle
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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do class pets eat cream puffs meant for the class
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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wear a yellow tights with white feathers attached
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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husband killed in Viet Nam
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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Go HOme Viet Cong scrawled on the Catholic Relief Agency
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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someone says " I don't sign baseballs for kids in yellow tights"
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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voted as the Chamber of Commerce Businessman of 1967
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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a newly plastered ceiling fall on top of a baby grand piano
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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photo cover half of the front page of the Home Town Chronicle newspaper
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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Olympic silver medal shown to a character
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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go to Opening Day at Yankee Stadium
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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are atomic bomb drills practiced
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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buy a new white Ford Mustang with genuine leather interior
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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telegram message inclede"Home in time for strawberries
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Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
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Main character afraid that her old music teacher will see her and she will get in trouble for stealing
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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keep a notebook of new words to learn
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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being smart as having the love of learning
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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given a bankcard and told to not tell her mother
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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was cardboarding discovered
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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everything reachable by six steps in the main chartacters home.
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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pushpins used instead of macaroni in a box
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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character described as an enormous plastic doll in a big flowered party dress
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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cooking specialty toast dinners which are condensed soups over toast
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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mother eats her daughters chocolate the only christmas present she had gotten
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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welcome to the neighborhood with some Welcome Pie cooked in the microwave
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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have to look up the words mortgage and reprobate in the dictionary
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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swing hung from the belly of a railroad over underpass
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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money left by a dying friend for the purchase of a used musical instrument
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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unable to read music but she is able to assimilate it
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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their mother isn't home when their home got caught by fire
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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go to Numbskull Dorry's to celebrate
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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main character have dyslexia
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Waiting for Normal by leslie Connor
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was a character visited by three instructors of survival school
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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was the character told "we want you to do it again"
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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believed his survival depended mostly on luck
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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did the charcter decide to go back because it would help others
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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was the worst part of time was the extreme hunger
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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rufuse to stay if the gear was unloaded
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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the character thinks "I have always been wet"
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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did a character wake up to the smell of burned hair
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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did the character realize that it wasn't like the last time because he wasn't alone?
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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Was the answer Brannock's trading post
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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did a character believe it was important to leave a note
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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where the character believe he was heading towards a waterfall
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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did a journey take 119 miles
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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Did a character receive a sixteen foot Kevlar canoe with paddles named " The Raft"
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The River by Gary Paulsen
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In which book does someone have a barbed wire tattoo around her bicep?
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book does a girl bite a stranger on the forearm
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book are kids grounded indefinitely
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book does a character have to remove two quarters a penny a stick of bubble gum and roll of tape from his pocket
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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in which book is a mother's philosophy what goes around comes around
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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in which book was a character born in a Chevrolet Caprice on US Highway One
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book did a character get fired for stealing the boss's girlfriend
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book is a character's mother a legal secretary
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book does a character have a buzz cut that shows the shiny lumps and crinkles of his scalp making his head look like an extra large walnut
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book are people surprised to find out that a characters father doesnt drink
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book does a character break six knuckles
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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Does a big guy have his nickname because you can't believe a word he says
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book is a character interviewed by a newspaper reporter
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Flush by Carl Hiaasen
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In which book are shorthand notes taken from a laundry hamper
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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has someone invented a disposable paper diaper
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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is a characters hair style considered a crutch
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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does a beautiful girl develope a rash for her engagement ring
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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is an old newspaper photo discovered which places a Greek man at a society ball dancing with a girl who later comitted suicide
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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are there 16 possible heirs who vie to inherit a paper mill
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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is the story set on the shore of a Wisconson Lake
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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does an invention made of paper ease the pain of an angray woman
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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does one character play four different roles
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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does an important person admit to never having paid for a fine education
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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does a character answer to the initioals SW BN SM and JE
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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do the career choices of the participants include: Olympic hero, college professor, neurologist, lawyer and jornalist
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Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
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...was having crutches thought to be cool?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...was one of the characters referred to as "Robot Boy"?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...was the basement the main character's room?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is there a countdown for the Fourth of July and getting M80s?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...could a boy crawl better than he could walk?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...was a little red wagon used to stand on to reach up into a tree?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...was the story of King Arthur talked about?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...were knights sent out to slay dragons, monsters, and evil knights?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a knight referred to as another version of a robot?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...do friends attend the same daycare?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...are two boys teased and called "Mutt and Jeff" and "Frankenstein and Igor"?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...does a boy wear fancy cool cowboy boots with metal toes?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...are stones used to throw at two boys stuck in the mud of the pond?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a boy's father referred to as "Old Killer Kane"?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...does a boy keep a dictionary in his knapsack?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...are words underlined in a dictionary?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is an Official Cub Scout compass used?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is it stated "Saliva is like blood without the red"?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...was a bionic transplant being planned?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...was it said "Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain."?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...was a treasure hunt underground;specifically in the sewer?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...did two characters dress in black and color their faces with soot?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a purse retrieved with a kite string?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is chop suey served for lunch?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is the murderer of a boy's mother his father?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a shoe size of "Thirteen triple E" needed?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...does a boy have a way of saying things with his feet and fists?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...does a boy boot anyone who dared to touch him?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...are grandparents said to have pointed little heads?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a father referred to as "Him"?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a plastic mechanical bird rescued from a tree?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...was it said "Books are like truth serum-if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real."?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...does a boy lie on the floor under his bed and pretend he's somewhere else, floating?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...does the main character lie on his bed and cry like a baby even though he is happy?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is an escape into a gunky pond a success?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a wakeup call "Get outta bed, you lazy beast! There are fair maidens to rescue!"?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a very intelligent boy called a midgit?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a boy growing on the outside but not on the outside?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is a pyramid a gift with a special book inside?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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...is one of the bullies nicknamed Blade?
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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
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Does a character think " if you are going to cut the mustard in food service you'd better know how to handle turmoil.
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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In which book is a sandwich named after a character
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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In which book does one friend give another a prism as a going away gift
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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the town sheriff say that a place is over the safety limit for the number of persons that can be in the establishment
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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does a customer ask if the whipped potatoes are whipped each day by hand or if the leftovers are used for a few days in a row
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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does one character comment on how great another character is with a yo-yo
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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does a character say she knew someone died because she felt in my heart a brush of angels wings and sensed those angels coming up the welcome stairways
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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does a character plant trees to mak memories and people in his life
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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does a character recieve a daylily and is told to put it in a sunny place and watch the power of the light
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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does a character take a small tree branch from one tree and graft it to another to show how he and another character are going to grow together
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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does a character put on a clown nose and feels its power
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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does a couple find a mouse in their salad
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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does a girl bring a boy a catus istead of a flower because it is more manly
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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have a date eating two porkchop sandwiches
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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In which book does a pastor try and change someones mind by saying that the lord always gives a second chance.
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Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
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.. are characters students at Gordon High School?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... is a character the editor in chief of the Gordon Grapevine?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... does a character's wife teach music and choir?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... does a class watch a film about Nazi atrocities?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... are most of the students stunned by after watching a film during class?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...... can you find the words STRENGTH THROUGH DISCIPLINE written on the board
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...did a character say "Is this history or did I come to Phys. Ed class by mistake?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... are rules given when answering a question?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... does a character say..."I feel myself getting caught up init too. It's contagious."?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a parent accuse a teacher of manipulating students?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...are membership cards given out?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... are characters asked to monitor those who dod not obey the group's rules?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a character say "the thing that bugs me the most about school sometimes is all those little cliques."
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does an experiment become a" fad"?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. is an anonymous letter sent to the school newspaper?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...is the fate of a town going to rest on the shoulderws of a summer camp of children aged 12 and under?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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.. are students handing out pamphlets and handing out posters on the day of a pep rally
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does the main character have posters of Tony Gwynn and Sammy Sosa pinned above his computer screen?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... does a student ask to be a teacher's bodyguard?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... does a character decide not to atttend a rally?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a boy carry blank notebooks with him and often jot down interesting thoughts?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... do students in order to sit in a section of the football stands have to salute
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... is a character seen as a threat to a movement and must be stopped?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a boy usually visit an elderly neighbor on Sunday mornings and read the score from the newspaper?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... does a character find the word "ene,y" painted on her locker?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does the Historical Soceity try to talk someone out of selling his land?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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.. does a character's boyfriend ask her to stop writing articles in the school newspaper?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... do two students tell a teacher that his experiment has gone too far?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a man say he is too old to need 6 million dollars?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... does a character believe he can teach students a lesson they will never forget?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...is Lucky Strike Park doomed to be under 15 feet of lake water in the near future?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... do students believe they are going to be part of a national movement?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...is there a town which has shrunk from a population of 5,000 down to only 599?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... is an auditorium locked and has guards for a meeting?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... do characters expect to see their national leader on TV?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a boy wake up on the first day of camp and feel as if he is going to a funeral?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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.. does a character realize that he had underestimated how serious his experiment had become?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. does a character want to be sure that students learn to question thoroughly?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. are characters told that they accepted the group's will over their own?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a team's most valuable player fail to show up for the World Series game?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... is the story based on a true incident in 1969?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. does a character chew on Bic Pens?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. does a character make faces outside a French class in order to cheer up a friend?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a horseman suddenly appear and ride up to home plate?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... does a character have difficulty threading a film projector?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... does a character have a brother in the Baltimore Orioles Farm System?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does someone hear about a town's problems and declare they are on a mission fron God?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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.. does a character read Spider Man comic book during lunch
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does someone say his horse is so goofy he tried to change the TV channel with the remote control?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...do children use rakes,shovels,and wheelbarrows to remove rocks and level out gopher holes?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...do children use rakes,shovels,and wheelbarrows to remove rocks and level out gopher holes?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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.. does a character describe becoming so absorbed in things that he forgets that the rest of the world exists?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a boy use something he made for himself out of maple wood?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... does a character ask, "what are you doing, cramming for a degree in dictatorship?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...do kids in a summer camp get a lecture on physics which has a practical meaning for them?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... does a character say, "One of my students aked me a question today that I couldn't answer."
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... do characters practice their posture?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...does a man live on 2 planks in an oak tree and speak into a broken cell phone?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... are characters told to act together like a well oild machine?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... are characters told, never be afraid to act upon what they believe in?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. does a character say, "for th first time, i feel like i am part of something?"
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. does a character's mother tell a friend about her son's dramatic personality change?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... are two charactrs told that they have discoveredd for themselves what other characters have not learned yer?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. does a teacher ask two characters not to tell anyone that they had spoken?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. are characters told, that if we can change things here we can change things everywhere?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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... do characters believe that a teacher had lied to them?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. do characters believe that a teacher had lied to them?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. does a character feel like an outcast because he refuses to be exactly like his friends?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. is a character asked," Did anyone ever tell you that you look great in suits?"
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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.. are characters told that everyone is responsible for his or her own actions?
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The Wave by Todd Strasser
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...Is there an old prophecy made by a prospector which predicts death,doom and a double cross?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a man announce fake news reports in all rhyme?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...do children sleep in sleeping bags under the stars?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a collapse in the number 9 mine kill all the miners as well as the person who predicted the accident?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...do two boys sneak out in the middle of the night on the secret mission?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...can characters "read" the ground without seeing the trail?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...do two boys ignore signs which say "No trespassing!"?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does someone pull down a 6 foot opening in a wall?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a boy want to run when he sees a man with a shotgun but doesn't want to leave his friend behind?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a man answer a question by swinging a chicken until its neckbone snaps?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a boy invent his own video game to improve his visual tracking and response time?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...is the main character surprised to learn that a man who lives alone and has nothing to do with other people knows the main character's parents?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...are children told to run down the side of a mountain as quickly as they can and without stopping?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...is a young woman saved by a stranger after she's fallen off a horse and hit her head?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...is the word "murve" used to describe a murder curve?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...Are AJTC children told they need to form new pathways in their brains and the best way is through repetition?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...is a global positioning unit used to make the Hitism game better?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...are strings of Christmas lights used in a focus drill?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does the wind play an important role in the outcome of a competition?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...do a boy and girl hold hands for the first time while collecting eggs from the chickens?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...do words written in a notebook turn out to be a last will and testament?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a man comment that he has suddenly become the most popular and least popular man in town at the same time?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a boy prefer writing about "What if rather that" than "what is"?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a boy call his notebook a "Dreamsketcher"?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a father tell his son to pay attention and not start daydreaming?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...is there a girl whose whistle is as loud as a hawk's screech?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a son remember his father's advice "When you have a tough decision to make, listen to your gut feeling."?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...are old beer cans and rusty iron rods used to create a grappling hook?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a nervous boy feel as if a cluster of snakes are rattling at full fury in his stomach,legs,and arms?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does someone say he is so sore his hair aches?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a local radio show call a town's problem "Doc's shock"?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does a piece of red velcro help a help a computer program create a 3-D matrix?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...is a handwritten letter considered a legal document even though there are no witnesses?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does someone's family have a business with the slogan "Have fun,will travel."?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does someone receive over 400 emails of support from strangers all over the world?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does the owner of a market say, "you can not fandango without your mango!"?
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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...does someone say "This is more than a metaphor, it could be a metafive!"
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
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... is a character left in a large room filled with children that has chipped and peeling blue walls?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... is a character told that he is number 27
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... are the residents of a children's home referred to as lifers or part timers?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a character have a brother he doesn't meet until he is 9 and 1/2 years old?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... is there a place called the Home of the Angels?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... is a character slapped for crying,"I want my mother"?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... is a boy neamed rooster because of his hair
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a character borrowe the name of an archangel?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. is a character put in a closwet for spilling cocoa
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a character talk to his stuffed animal?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. is the number one rule, "Don't ever think you're going home."?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a teacher force a student to stand at the backboard until he solves a math problem?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a charaacter's older brother quit school to get a job so their family can have a bigger apartment?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a character connfront a teacher for ridiculing his little brother?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does a character find a kitten and name him Midnight?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does a boy get up at 4am to go fishing before the start of school?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a character, after fishhing, trade his striper for a sand shark?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does a character say, "you get to like someone and Puff they're gone"
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a character sneak into the Bronx Zoo after they're closed?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does a character discover that the father he thought dead was really alive?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does a character's mother fall fromm the rood?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... are stuffed animals kept in a locked cabinet?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does a character say, "It's what you feel inside about someone that makes you brothers, not just the same name."?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does a character tell a friend that the only present he ever got was the angel that his friend gave to him
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does a character learn that his bus driver grew up in thei orphangages in Pennsylvania?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. is a character taunted, after saying his name, with "look , he's not a boy he's a girl."?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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does a character say, "did you ever notice how all tough kids are called Butch"?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. is a boy so hungry that he eats potatoe peels and old bread put out in bags behind the bakery?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. are pictures of Phil Rizzxuto and Yogi Berra part of a character's baseball collection
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does a nurse give a character castor oil instead of aspirin for a headache?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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...does a character become a policeman in the 1960's?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a mother get sick b/c she givews all her food to her children?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does an old man tell a character, "... all my life i've been bitter and mean and angry. never went out of my way to be kind to anyone ...That's why I'm sitting here by myself."
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... do characters watch CaptainVideo and The Lone Ranger on television?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. dioes a man say to a character, "Anyone who feels hurt or sad is supposed to cry."?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a character say, "I got lent out"?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a characte say, "There's a lot of good liking people even if they go away."
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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... does a character's brother tell him, "Education is the most important thing you can have."?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. does the author tell readers in the Epilogue what happened to hi and his family?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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.. are clickers used?
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They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
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