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Battle of Books
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6th Grade
03/09/2011
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In which book is a character named after a supermarket
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
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In what book is the main character named after the country where her father serve as a missionary?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamilo
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In what book is the church a former Pick-It-Quick store?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
p. 32
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In what book does a dog interrupt a church service by chasing and catching a mouse?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamilo p 36
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In what book does a librarian mistake a dog for a bear?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 41
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In what book does a character try to buy something on an installment plan?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
p53
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In what book is a parrot named after the owner of a store?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
p 55
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In what book does a character say,"You are better at making friends than anyone I have ever known"?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 57
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In what book is a character named after a grocery store ?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillop65
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In what book does a character pt in her false teeth to eat a peanut butter sandwich?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillop65
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In what book does the main character plant a wait and see tree?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillop69
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In what book does a character play the guitar for an audience of animals?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillop80
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In what book does a librarian suffer small fits while telling a story?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillop99
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In what book does the main character read Gone with the Wind to a friend because she has lost her eyesight?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillop101
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In what book does the main character hear about a young boy who learned during the Civil War that war is hell?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillop105
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In what book does a man decide after losing everything in the Civil War that he would build a candy factory to put something sweet in the world?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p105
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In what book does candy have a secret ingredient-sorrow?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p114
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In what book is there a tree in the back of a huge yard with whiskey, beer and wine bottles hanging from every branch?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p94
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In what book does the main character leanr the meaning of "melancholy"?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 126
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In what book does a character say that a piece of candy tastes good, but also tastes a little bit like being in jail?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 129
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In what book is a character sent to jail for hitting a policeman?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 131
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In what book did a character's five year old brother drown?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 134
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In what book doe characters plan a menu of peanut butter and egg salad sandwhiches?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 136
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In what book does a character list ten things she knows about a dog?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 162
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In what book does a character convince two boys she's not a scary witch full of spells and potions?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p171
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In what book is a character referred to as Less Fortunate?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 16
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In what book does the main character compare her father to a turtle hiding in its shell?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p16
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in what book does a character know only ten things about her mother?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 30
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In what book does a character receive a library as a birthday gift?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 46
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In what book is War and Peace used as a weapon?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p48
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In what book does a character's getting a job depend on a parrot's reaction to a pet?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 56
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In what book does a character claim to see things with her heart because her eyes aren't too good?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 65
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In what book is a pathological fear explained as a fear that goes way beyond normal fears, one that you can't be reasoned out of or talked out of?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 75
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in what book does a character say , " You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now."
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p96
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In what books does that main character discover that in life the wsweet and sad are all mixed up together and it is hard to separate them?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p126
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In what book does a character say that sometimes it seemed .like everybody in the world was lonely?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 126
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In what book does a charactr bring a jar of pickles to a party?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 149
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in what book does a party begin with a prayer of thanks?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 153
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In what book does a character say, "tThere ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go. You can only love what you got while you got it"
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 159
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In what book does a girl claim that witches are just myths?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 172
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In what book does a little girl talk to her missing mother under a tree?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 178
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In what book does a character apologize for calling two boys names?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p179
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In what book is the story a hymm of praise to dogs, friendship and the South?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p
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In what book does a character relocate from the the North to South Florida?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 14
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In what book is a character called by her middle name after her grandmother?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 14
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In what book does a character hope a stray dog will be treated as an exception?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p 15
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In what book does a character live in the Friendly Comers Trailer Park ?
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo p15
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... do characters conspire to make a dream come true?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 119
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... is an eggbeater used to mix up dreams?
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he BFG by Roald Dahl p 127
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...Is there a character who travels with a large suitcase and a very long thin trumpet?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl
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... is a girl taken away from her home in a blanket?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 36
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... does a girl fear she will become someone's breakfast?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 17
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... does a girl imagine different ways she might be eaten?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 23
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.... does a charater have many shelvs full of rows of glass jars.
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 17
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... does a character eat snozzcumber?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 48
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... is a 24 ft character considered a runt?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 36
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... are humans referred to as "beans"?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 24
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... are dreams blown through windows?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 41
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... can a character hear "all the secret whisperings of the world"?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 43
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... does a character claim he sleeps once only in a blue baboon?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 88
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... does a character have a nightmare about a terribly spike sticking beanstalk?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 94
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... did a character have a bok tht looks the size of a postage stamp in his hand?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 112
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... does a character live in an enormous cavern whose walls are lined with many shelves?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 24
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... is a character afraid he will be put in a zoo if he is seen?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 116
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is it argued that an eight year old child is really only four because she has only been awake for four of her eight years?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 87
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... does a character travel in someone's ear?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 131
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... dos a character have ears that swivel in different directions ?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 131
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... is a girl shouted at by a pal;ace maid?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 143
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.. does the sight of an unusual cloaked figure caue a gardner to faint?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 159
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... are presents sent to the main character from rulers of many countries?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 204
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... is it claimed in the last chapter that one of the characters is the author of the book?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 208
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... are the villains carried away from their land by helicopter?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 187
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... does a moonbeam keep a girl from sleeping?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 9
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does someone wake up to find a small child sitting behindthe curtains on her windowsill?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 147
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.. does a newspaper story confirm a dream?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 150
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.. is an evil character caought while saying his prayers?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 193
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... did a character learn to write by reading Nicholas Nickleby?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 113
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... is a character dressed in a thin nightgown throughmost of the story?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 144
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does a a character jump clear over Hyde Parke Corner?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 139
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... does a maid drop a tray of china breakfast dishes ?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 149
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... is there a butler whose talents include ingenuity adapatability versatility dexterity cunning sophistication sagacity and discretion?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 162
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... are grandfather clocks used as table legs?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 163
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is the sword that cut oof the head of King Charles the First used as a knife?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 165
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is a sapphire brooch used as a weapon?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 192
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does a girl watch something peering into the upstairs windows of houses?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 12
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... does a character hear flowers scream if he picks them?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 45
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... does the main character have thick lensed glasses with steel rims which she can hardly see without?
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The BFG by Roald Dahl p 10
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... is the story introduced by a letter to a woman's lawyer>
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 3
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.. is a character's favorite saying "Baloney" ?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 24
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... does an adventure begin by getting off a school bus ?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 26
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... on any ordinary Wednesday do over 26,000 people visit this popular cultural center?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 31
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... does the main character dread that brief moment when her pajamas where shed and her underwear was not yet on?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 43
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... do the characters learn that Egypt's dry climate helped to preserve mummies?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 54
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... is a marble statue purchased at an auction for $225.00
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p p58-59
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... do the characters a quire a talent for being near but never part of a group?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p p66
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.. do the characters go to the library to do reearch on Michelangelo?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p69
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.. do the characters go to the library to do reearch on Michelangelo?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p69
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.. do the characters go to the library to do reearch on Michelangelo?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p69
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... is the statement made "The only two ways to get to know someone are to live with him or play cards with them?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 75
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... do the characters take baths in a public fountain?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 81
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.. do the characters find a source of income in a fountain?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 92
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... is the symbol of three rings with "M11 in one of the rings a clue to a mystery?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 92
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... do the characters take a train ride to seek out a person who can help them solve a mystery?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 122
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... is an angel the key to running away and also to going home again?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 95
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... do the characters write a letter to share an important clue?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 97
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... is there a room with rows and rows of filing cabinets that line the walls?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 126
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... are the characters surprised to learn that their disappearance had been written up in the newspapers?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 128
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... does the character take a bath in a beautiful, black marble bathtub?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 134
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... are the charaters given one hour to solve their mystery?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 142
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.. is the solution to a mystery found in Bologna, Italy
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 145
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... does a character win a valuable drawing in a poker game?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 148
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... do the characters arrive home in a chauffer driven Rolls-Royce?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 156
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... do the characters decid to secretly adopt an older person as their grandmother ?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 160
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... are a violin and a trumpet case filled with gray washed underwear and a transisitor radio left unclaimed at a Lost and Found?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 162
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... does the main character find a free ride from a litter of lipstick kisses?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 10
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... does one of the the main characters
set out on an adventure because he is "chosen"
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 92
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... does the main character say that, " wearing shoes all th etime is one of the tyrannies you'll escape by coming with me."?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 15
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... is one of the main characters a gambler?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 16
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... is "inconspicuous" defined as un-noticeable"?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 30
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... do characters call each other " fussbudget" and "cheapskate" ?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 38
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... does the term "manning their stations" play an important part of the characters plan?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 45
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... does the main character want to embalm her brother in a vat of mummy fluid?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 55
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... does a character say "noone I know looks like an angel ." ?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 63
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... does a character send another character a message to "stay puit" usig "mental telepathy"?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 79
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.. does the main character state "A scientist doesn't make up his mind until he's examined all the evidence"?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 85
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... does a character say , "I guess homesickness is like sucking your thumb. It's what happens when you are not very sure of your self.
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 86
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.. does a character feel important because he has a key to his own mailbox?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 104
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... is there a house filled with Oriental rugs, antique furniture and heavy chandeliers?
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 126
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... does a character reply to a lady asked by her if she frightened him, " No, maam. I'm quite used to frightening things."
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E.
Frankenweiler by EL Konisburg p 129
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... in what book does a character promise not to tell a story util ten years after it happened?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what book does a character promise not to tell a story until ten years after it happpened.
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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...do a character's parents work at the brickworks
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what book do three characters go off to seek adventure, like people do in Fairy TALES, AND WON'T LET ANYONE STOP THEM
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Kensuke's Kingdom By Michael Morpugo
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In what book does a character write down daiy happenings in a log?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what book does a character sing while clutching a soccer ball in order to hear his own voice and feel less alone.
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Kensuke's Kingdom By Michael Morpugo
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In what book does a character look around thinking how beautiful his surroundings are and feels elated when he should feel downhearted
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what bookm does a character think that nothing ever tastee as wonderful as water left in a little bowl?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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in what book doesa letter change an eleven-year old's life forever?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what book does a character act on a long time dream only after losing his job?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what book is the family dog the family'smgreatest comfort?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what book do characters stay nin Africa a few weeks seeing elephants and lions?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what book does a dog not care about where she is or how she got there bt just keeps bringing sticks to her owner to play and throw with
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what book does a character figure that if monkeys have food and water there must be some for him too?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... does a character use twigs and leaves and a piece of glass angled to the sun to start a fire?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what book does a character love to eat red bananas?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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...does a character beleive that even though another character is keeping him alive he is also keeping him prisoner?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michaelo Morpugo
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In what book does a character become temporarily paralyzed from the sting of a jellyfish>
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... In what book does a character learn to survive by watching orangatauns?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... is a character torn betw. wanting to stay where he is and going home?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... does a character wear a blue cap?
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kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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...does a character find relif from moscito bites only by dunking himself in the sea?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by michael Morpugo
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... does a character paint pictures on sea shells?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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in what book does a character teach another character to paint?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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...does a message in a Coke bottle alter a friendship?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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.. does a character's father call him "monkey face"?
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Kensuke's kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... does a character play on a soccer team called the Mudlarks b/c the ball would often not bounce bu just stick in the mud?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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in what book doe two characters play chess together when its calm?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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In what books do characters take lots of photos and fight over binoculars so as not tot miss the fabulous creatures nearby?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... is a character not bothered by the sounds of a forest but is bothered by the feeling that thousands of eyes are watching him?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... in what book does a character long to hear a human voice?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... does a character help another character get what he wants even though it makes him sad?
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Kensukes Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... does a character make another character look up at the moon and the think of him
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...does a character make another character promise to look up at the full moon and think ofhim
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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.. does a character never give up believing insomething for almost a year?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... is being dr a real luxury?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... does a character have a laugh just like another character ?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... does a character's anger make him more deermined to escape?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by michael Morpugo
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... does a character tell another character that life cannot be spent always waitning and hoping?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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... does a character believe that if people come it wil mean the end of peace?
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Kensuke's Kingdom my Michael Morpugo
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.. do characters learn that the more they face terrors the more sure of themselves they become?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpugo
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.. does a character say that it has been "a great honor of my life" to know another character?
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Kensuke's Kingdom by michael Morpugo
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...the main character's younger son fall ill
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...a crow help a mouse escape from a cat?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...the sound of a tractor starting fill a widow with alarm?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...is an owl concerned about a sick child?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...do thorns help to discourage trespassers?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...a group of characters talk about "The Plan"?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...characters put sleeping powder in a cat's food so they can get some work done at night?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...one of the characters trained to run through mazes?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...scientists pleased that a character tried to escape?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...does an animal learn to open his cage?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...a group of rodents escape through the air conditioning?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...does someone turn a colander upside down on the kitchen floor?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...does someone want to bulldoze a rosebush?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...does a reporter write about an incident that took place in a hardware store?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...do men pump gas into a hole?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...do two characters pour smokey liquid into another character's mouth?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...do some characters walk to their summer home?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...is there a bean,potato,black-eyed pea,and asparagus patch?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...is a crow tied to a fence with a piece of string?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...does a character state that she didn't know a river looked like a snake?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...does a character have splints and bandages on his leg?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...is a hallway lit by light bulbs behind colored glass?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...is a character told to leave because a meeting and the substitute doesn't know who she is?
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...do ten characters remain as a rear guard while the rest escaped?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...does a family live in a cinder block?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...are three rings on a buzzer an alarm signal?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...does one of the characters design a new type of plow?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...does one of the characters find a truck?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...do some of the characters bury a dead body in the forest?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...do some of the characters bury a dead body in the forest?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...does a cat get fed at six pm?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...is a character kept in a birdcage?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...are thread and a screwdriver used to escape?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...does a mother bring a surprise for breakfast?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
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...does a child get diagnosed with pneumonia?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...does one of the characters take her first ride in an elevator?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...does one of the characters get captured in the marketplace?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...does a mother realize that her children are alone in a dark house for the first time?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...is there a jumble of equipment including odd-shaped metal bars,pulleys,and wood structures resembling ladders and logs, lying on the ground?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...is there a discussion about a car leaving after lunch and returning before dinner?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...does a mother recall her husband saying that it's easy to unlock a door when you have a key?
 Definition
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Term
...does the main character realize that her friend is being referred to as a carton of cigarettes by her parents?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...is a handkerchief used to deaden the smell of search dogs?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does it seem that the family has potatoes with everything else every night?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does the main character clench a necklace so tightly that it leaves an imprint on her hand?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does a mother explain what life was like when she was young as they walk to the uncle's house?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does an uncle explain that it is easier to be brave if you do not know all the dangers?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...do a mother and daughter share a lie and become equals?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...do soldiers stop two school children who were racing down the sidewalk?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does the main character hide a necklace in her dead sister's dress?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does the main character discover that the adults in her family lied to protect her?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does the main character tell herself the story, "Little Red Riding Hood" while on a dangerous mission through the woods?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does a mother, while hurrying to return to her family, fall and injure her ankle so badly she is unable to walk?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...is the main character's sister run down because of her political activities?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does a character find her parents at her friend's uncle's house?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does the main character realize that pride is something that no one can take from you?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...did the king ride through the streets on his horse every morning?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does a young girl of seven, state that she would die for her king?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...is a roast chicken an extreme rarity for dinner?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...is there a lack of tea and coffee?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...do two friends state emphatically that they are sisters?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does the main character pull the necklace from her friend's neck in order to save her?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does the father say he is proud to have three daughters again?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...were lists of names taken from all the synagogues?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does a father show photographs of his children to a soldier?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does it prove fortunate that a girl who later turned blonde had dark hair as a baby?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does the main character take her friend to see the sea for the first time?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does the sudden death of a great-aunt cause great confusion for the main character?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does a character remember yellow cupcakes with pink frosting?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does the main character realize that the members in her family lie about "things" to protect one another?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does a mother tease her brother about needing a wife?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does the search for a button bring the discovery that a family is missing?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does a coffin contain blankets and clothes?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...are two seashells a very special gift?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...are shoes made from the skins of fish?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...is the destruction of a country's naval fleet thought to be a firework display?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does a mother refer to information which was written in an illegal newspaper?
 Definition
Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...is Norway colored pink on the school map?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...is a kitten named for the god of thunder?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does a girl purposely act like her little sister?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
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...does a girl milk an uncomfortable cow?
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Number the Stars by Louis Lowry
Term
...does the main character live in Arborville Michigan?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does the main character get cut from the Baer Machine Team?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...is the local TV broadcaster president of the town's little league?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...is there a store called The Grandstand?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a boy believe his grandfather had been a professional baseball player?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a Honus Wagner card sell for $1000.00?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...is a fastball called a "trouble" or "jump ball"?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...is there a park called Sampson Park that has something there for everyone?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a girl own 30,000 baseball cards?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character's father run a TV show called Sportsline?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a 3 member baseball team play a 9 member team and win?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...do 2 characters ride their bikes to the rich side of town that has big lawns but no sidewalks?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does the life of the Negro players remind a character of little leaguers life?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character toss the stick part of a broom to a character to use as a bat?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character practice running without looking at where the ball went?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...is a character going to be the starting catcher on a new team?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character collect the bases and return them to the custodian?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character remember seeing Willie Mays play center field for the Birmingham Black Barons?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character get 15 cards and a pack of gum for 50 cents?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character practice throwing a ball against a mattress in a yard?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character get a coach and pitcher at the same time?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does putting the equipment bag in a truck just like signing a contract as a coach?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...do 3 characters have 15 minutes to call kids to make a team?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character glue 2 cards together?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character have a signed Mickey Mantle card?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character put sponges into his catcher's mitt?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...do characters plan on watching Sportsline on Channel 4 at 9:00?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...is there a girl who can throw and field like a boy?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character offer to coach 2 opposing teams at the same time?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...does a character learn that the Homestead Grays got their name from the old Homestead Steal Works outside of Pittsburgh?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...is there a character whose parents and brother die in a car crash?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...are characters interviewed by WVID-TV Detroit on a field at park?
 Definition
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
Term
...did a character play the Perfectone D-40 instead of a piano?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character get a paper piano keyboard to practice at the More with Les Music School?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character play the Monkey Waltz for her first music lesson?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a father take a Golden Gloves course at Living Room University?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character dream of playing piano at Carnegie Hall dressed in a long gown?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character's dad use pot lids as symbols to march along with a song she was playing?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character buy socks for a birthday gift for her former best friend?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...are a bunch of girls wearing clog shoes with BRAT spelled on them?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...does a character return a piano and get a DJ station with a turntable and CD for her birthday?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character play Green Acres and Scooby Doo themes for music class when there was a sub?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...was a character going for the Perform-O-Rama a day after her 11th birthday?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character bring a UPS box full of homemade cookies to school and pass them out at lunch time?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character select the song, Forever in Blue Jeans by Neil Diamond to preform at a competition?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character's teacher hand her an information sheet with the rules for competition on it?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character get a 3 tier birthday cake that her father and friend made for her?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character discover that a famous musician Vladmir Horowitz made mistakes at Carnegie Hall, but nobody cared?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...does a dad freeze in the lobby of a hotel because there is so much going on?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character's dad bring sheets from home to put on hotel beds?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character wait for the winners of the 26th Annual Southwestern Michigan Regional Perfectone-PreformORama to be announced?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
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...did a character get a 4th place trophy for 11 year olds in a musical competition?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character eat a cake wit ha little replica of herself on the top holding a trophy made of marzipan?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character get a piano delivered from Rewind Music Store?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a father have diplomas in scuba,flying,planning parties,and baking from taking classes through the mail?
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A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
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,,,did a character's mom pass out coins at a school career day and then take them back?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind Of Perfect by Linda Urban
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...did a character have a dead alligator in his tub and wanted to ship it UPS to his wife in Florida?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
... does a family have their food delivered by Giddy Up the Grocer
 Definition
vA Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...do characters it around at the lunch table burping and discussing burping?
 Definition
vvA Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
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...do characters go to the mall and eat Bust A Burger after a competition
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character's father get a job as a baker at Nunzio's buns?
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VVA Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
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...is Marty's Eastside Wreck and Tow #1 on speeddial?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character write 6:30 meeting room G in purple on someone's palm
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
... did a character and her mom listento a radio show that interviewed a kid who plays the cello
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
... did a character call another character Zsa Zsa or Goober insteadof her real name?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
... did 2 characters meet in 3rd grade during square dancing and become best friends?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
... did two characters create an amazing Maple Tart?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
... was a mom a controller for Michigan State which means she keeps track of all the money that';s spent
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
... does acharacter's except a ginger ale in a glass with ice waiting for her when she arrives at the house?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...did a character get a pink sneaker shaped birthday invitation in the mail?
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
... does the term take it up with Domestivc Affairs mean "Ask your fahter"
 Definition
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Term
...does a character design a bike years before the first bike was built?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
...is a character a painter, an engineer and an inventor
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
...is the MONA LISA mentioned?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
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... is a character named after his town?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
...do a father and a mother of a child not want to raise that child so they give the child to the grandparents to raise
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
...is the difference betw paper and parchment explained
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... does the main character become an apprentice at age 12?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
...is there an explanation of how the colors red, yellow and blue were made years ago?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
is Florence the setting during part of the book?
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Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
...is an angel in a painting so good that it makes everything else look stiff?
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Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
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... can a character not a teend a uiversity b/c the character's mother and fther are not married to oneanother.
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
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... is the main character described asd a Renaissance Man
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Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
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... is a character hired by a duke to work
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Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
...is a giant horse statue never completed?
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Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
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...do the French attack Milan?
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Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... must a mirror be held up to read writing?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... does a character design a parachute and something like a submarine
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... does a character explore ways of flying 400 years before the Wright Brothers flew?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... do frescoes not endure b/c thaey are not done properly>
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Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
.. does a father die without a will so a child does not receive anything?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
is an uncle the only relative who loves a child?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... does a king ask the main character about a variety of different subjects?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... does a character live in Italy for many years byt then dies and is buried in France?
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Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
.. was a play discusses where the actors represented planets?
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... does a character go to a dining hall to watch what is being done to the walls?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
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... is a character sddissapointed in himself because he never reaches his own goals?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... does a character always have a supply oof paper b/c the character's father is in the paper business?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
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... does the main character want to understand both sides of the force of water and want to control it?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... is the government called the Signoria
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Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... is a treatise published from a character's notebook?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... is a mountain that splits in two a model of the heavens for a play?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... dioes a character plan to write an encyclopedia from notes kept for over 30 years?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... does a character disect bodies even though it is illegal?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
...does a character live in a time when there are many talented oeople but he stood out?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
>>> did a character go on long wlaks with his uncle?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... did a character take a notebook with himj everywhere he went?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... did a character witness both a flood and a hurricane?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... does a character have magic in his fingers?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
...do some characters move from place to place for sixteen years?
 Definition
Who was Leonardo DaVinci by Roberta Edwards
Term
... does the main character consider himself skilled at breaking things?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does the main character meet an old man driving a car that looks like a Model T Ford
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does Grand pa ask for a Phillip at a gas station?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... are sunglasses known as warrior lenses
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does the narrator address the readers as Hushlanders and Free Kingdomers
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does the narrator books about a boy who lives on mountains,families who work on farms and anything to do with the Great Depression unrealistic books, but his book will help anchor reality?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a caseworker carry a gun?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a type of glass called Exander's Glass disobey th elaws of physics?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does the character not consider himself an orphan. He had lots of parents he just never stayed with them that long?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
...does the main character have to explain the words "you are not a winner" found on the inside of a bottle cap
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a character say, Information, that is the real power in the world."
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a man confuse first aid with some preliminary courtship ritual?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... do librarian apprentices only have three duties: to learn the incredibly complicated filing system, to practice with book hooks and to plot ways to torture an innocent populace?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... are elevators considered to be more primitive thatn stairs
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... do the lanterns look like fruits and vegetables
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... are the buikdings bigger than they seem and their real size can only be see when using a pair of glasses?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... can the enemy be detected b/c of their horn rimmed glasses?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... is a guard knocked unconscious by a thirteen year old girl?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a wall explode b/c of wadded up pieces of paper?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... are the main characters attacked by unstoppable monsters made from bad romance novels?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does the narrator try to be dumb and the words on the page get misspelled?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... do dinosaurs en the peace in a room even though they are carrying books and wearing clothing
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... is a safe house a mock burgerstand called Sandburgers
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a boy reveive a bag of sand for his birthday?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... is an old man being tortured, but it doesn't hurt b/c he shows up late for the pain?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does the main character think of his parents when facing his impending death?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does an old man show up a day late for th emain character's birthday
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does an infiltration team disguise itself as potted plants
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does the main character's most frightenening experience invlove an elevator and a mime
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... is th emain culprit compared to Plato's story of the prisoner's in a cave?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a dungeon guard wear a pink buttoned shirt with a pink tie?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a jacket crackle like glass
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does an anthropologist wear a kimono?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... are papercuts the worst form of torture?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does the main character get strapped to an altar of outdated encyclopedias
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does the main character realize that the strangest things were the changes he saw in himself?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a man predict the future by speaking in gibberish?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... are prisons named after the good guys?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... is a tuxedo worn as a disguise?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a boy receive a message from his father written in scribble?
 Definition
Alcatraz v the Evil Librarian by Brandon Sanderson
Term
... does a character believe her name is her biggest problem?
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... is it mistakenly believed that a character must do poorly in school b/c he has some physical differences
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... is a character good at making lots of different lists?
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... doies a character feel content when tape is stuck to his shirt?
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
,,, has a character not seen her childrren in seven years
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... do two characters watch Wheel of Fortune together every night?
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... does a character know that an event is "life changing serious because another character goes out of the house with curlers in her hair?
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... does a character say that hospitals give her the creeps
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... is a character who has always worn homemade clothes or clothes from a second hand store thrilled to get a pair of new store bought jeans?
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... does a character first notice that she has a heart shaped face when her hair is styled in a French Braid?
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
...does a character assume another character is Mexican and speak Spanish to her
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... does a character buy presents for everyone in the family exceopt one person?
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
Term
... does a character find it hard to speak up when other kids are teasing her brother or her?
 Definition
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... do characters go to thte combination car wash and icecream shop to celebrate good days and console themkselves on bad days
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character purposely let another character win at checkers?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character talk in a voice so low it is often difficult for others to hear?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character reach up and knock down 3 soap ducks whose heads fall off?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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.. does a character say that she and her daughter are like two peas in a pod?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... do characters think they are experiencing an earthquake only to find out they are traveling down a highway?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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.. is the cheese lady at the market a person that can help a family locate someone they are looking for?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character use listings in a phone book to try to laocate someone?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... do characters create works of art that last only a few days and then must be thrown away?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a team of three characters win a contest?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character feel like a stampede crashes through a wall and she can suddenly talk and say everything she wants and needs to say.
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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.. dos having a display in th eglass case of the Library on Open House represent the highest honor at the character;s elementary school?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... do three characters think of themselves as a peanut butter sandwhich, with two white pieces of bread on the outside and the darker peanut butter in the middle?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character look tired, not happy tired like working in a garden all day bu worry tired as if something bad were about to happen?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character say, "sometimes the wood fools me:
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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does a character dream about having a mom who is a volunteer, a busines woman, or someone who works in a plant nursery?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character read out loud to a dog on a long trip?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... do iron chairs on the lawn indicate that the outside of the house was part of a family's living area just like the inside of the house?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character see cobblestone streets for the first time?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a new white blouse with peasant sleeves make a character feel like she fits in with the local people?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... is there a celebration at night in which every person carries a sparkler, candle or firecrackers
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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...does a character run after another character who is wearing a baseball cap?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character say, "do not be sad, we have found each other"?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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.. does a character have a boat named after his children?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character name her home after a sea creature?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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...does a character appear after a long absence wearing jeans, red boots, black leather jacket and vilet hair and lips?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character believe in thinking positvie to make things happen and calls it a self prophecy
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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... does a character who is holding a bar of soap "What is inside"
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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.. does a character explain that someone was once eliminated from an important artisitic competetion for using a carrot?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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...is it a tradition to throw bowls over your shoulder near the side of a church for good luck in the New Year?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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...do characters have a long goodbye before a trip, where everyone hugs and kisses, then stands talking and looking at each other, and then hugs and kisses again?
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Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
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.. does a character's phone number get broadcast over the TV?
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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... is there a party in the middle of the store with icecream pop and pizza at season's end?
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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.. does a chaacter invite a new friend over for a lasagna dinner so that she won't have to eat canned tuna alone in her new house?
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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...did a character become an orphan at the age of three?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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...did a high school speed trolley take a swan dive into the Schuylkill River?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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... is there a room where all the walls are covered with black and white autographed photos of famous athletes?
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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...was there a house with two of everything in the house?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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... does a character do a show about Fast Eddie Phipps - a team with three players
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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...did a character start screaming during the school's spring musical?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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.. Does a film unit leave Detroit for an interview of a sports person from the past?
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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...did a character travel 200 miles by foot?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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...did a character carry her library with her?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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... is there a mattress witha bulls eye on it?
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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... does a character remembering going on a school trip to visit an old stone house that had been part of the underground railroad as he rides his bike to someone's house?
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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...did a character make another character late for school for the only time in her life?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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...did a character ask to borrow a book from a character he had just met?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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... is there a store that sells stuff in 3 boxes- a 5 cent box, a 10 cent box, and a 25 cent box .
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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... does a character where spikes inside a school?
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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...did a character catch a football, and run down the field with it while he was carrying a book in the other hand?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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... does a character have an Ace bubblegum Expansion Player Set?
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Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote
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...did some high school kids hoist a boy over a fence into someone's backyard?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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.. does a character have a duck haped mark on her cheek?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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... is a boy naked after a great greatgrandfather named Leonard Fitzpatrick
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a family eat at the ping pong table because there were so many of them?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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was a party room shared by two different groups?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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... was a mother promoted to account executive?>
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a mother call her ten children to dinner by whistling?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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does a character struggle with learning how to do a back handspring w/out falling?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was there a character who was named after a candy bar?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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...is a character talked into having a Hollywood-themed birthday
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...does a character dress as Dorothy from Wizard of Oz
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a character open the front door and stare at the three cast-iron digits nailed to the door frame?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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.. is a bedroom celing decorated with painted flowers?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was a character allergic to pizza?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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... does a character decorate the locker of a friend with streamers
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...do characters have sore fingers from untying the knots in their children's sneakers?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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.. does a cartoon character balloon float above a waking child
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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... does leaving lunch home result in a character having to eat a half a soggy tuna sandwhich a yodel and three carrots
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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does a sixth grader run sniffling itno the hallway because he left a science book home
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a character awaken to find that he was in a baseball-equipment room in the band shell?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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do twins help out at a family flower shop after school?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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do twins help out at a family flower shop after school?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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... does a character refuse to believe tht a day is not Saturday?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was there a character who said that he was struck out by Willie Mays?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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.. is a diary left out in the open where siblings can read it
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a character teach a handyman to read?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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...did a character have a special pitch that he called his "Stoopball"?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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... is the main character's favorite Disney movie Escape to Witch Mountain
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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..do charactersace a pop quiz the third and fourth time they take it
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was "The Little Engine that Could" the first book that a character had learned to read?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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... does the character feel happy when a ripped seam on a costume is noi longer torn?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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... does a boy take out all the money in his saving account-- $300.00?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a character cook a five pound chicken in a toaster oven for Thanksgiving dinner?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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...did a character paint 101 on the outside of the door?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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does a Senior Citizen Community Center have a weekly open Mike Poetry reading?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was a character's favorite food butterscotch krimpets?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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DOES A HYPNOTIST WORK AS A USED CAR SALESMAN?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was there a married couple who didn't talk to each other?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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...did a character "Bunt" a frog?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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.. IS AN OLD TIMER ASKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY FEUD IN THE TOWN?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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did a farmer flood another farmer's land?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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.. does a stuffed racoon sit in a rocking chair in a museum
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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... is an alarm clock thrown out a window?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was there a character who lined the baseball fields?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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.. does a father wear pink eye shades and sleep on the couch because he is sick
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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does a character rehearse things to say whensomeone you love gets fires?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was there an adult person who wanted as a kid to be a baseball player when he grew up?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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is a schoolbus driver the same person who mans the information desk at a museum?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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,, is a mall where an apple orchard once stood?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...is a character a volunteer at an infant delivery center?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...is mac n cheese with salami on top the usual dinner when a dad cooks because mom is working lae?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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does a girl suddenly try to take up running after years of trying to avoid gym class
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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.. does a character feel slighted when a best friend sits with someone on the school bus
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was there a character who, when he had a baseball in his hands, became a "professor"?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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.. is a pop quiz given in histroy class that includes a question about a field trip to a museum?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did two characters go to Woolworth's for a small portable blackboard and a piece of chalk?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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.. did the characater take the wrong presentation poster to a meeting?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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.. does a character make the same mistake even when given the opportunity for a do-over
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a character sleep on the floor because the bed was too comfortable?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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did a doctor declare that a character had either a miraculous recoery or a gullible mother
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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did a chaacter admit to a friend that mean words said were not meant ands that there would be an explanation
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...was once much used yellow bucket and sponge now gathering dust in the cellar and less time in a mother's hands?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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are two electric scooters taken from a garage for an adventure?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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does a character allow someone to take credit for a decorating job he created?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did someone joke that he had called in the U.S. Army to haul away a character's old clothes?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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...did a character eat animal food?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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do characters try things that they hae been afraid to try to break a pattern that won't stop?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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do characters play hookey from school but go there anyway to deliver a message
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a character find himself among monuments, cannons, and rolling hills?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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is a character advises- if you don't let teasers and bullies bother you-it will take their power away
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a character hug someone and say he loved her after she had slapped him across the mouth?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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..did a character wait for death in one of the cabins where soldiers had once spent a long,hard, cold winter while fighting a war?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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does a character try to change the past by keeping a chart in the pocket of sweatpants and sleeping in them overnight>?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did kids invent excuses to touch a character to see if he was a ghost?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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does a character draw a chart of the periodic table to help a stranger?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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do words that are written in a journal disappear the day after they are written?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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is a river undimmed and a boycott stopped by two men who mend their fences
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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does a character make a list of Things I Did Today That Helped People
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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can clasped hands not become unclasped after the count of ten?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...did a character help someone save face when he told two young brothers a made up story about a special pitch that their brother had pitched to them?
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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does a character remove a cell phone from a purse and hide it so that someone will not be able to hear bad news?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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does throwing out a pot with an apple seed growing in it make things worse?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...is a history teacher also a coach?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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does one character remind another that "nothing nice you ever do for someone is never for no reason'
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...does the coach know as little as his team?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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does a character learn tht a feud which started from a small disagreement would cause many to suffer and disrupt a whole town ?
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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
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...do you find eleven of the worst athletes in the world?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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... does a boy obsessivey tell the truth bc his fathr lies?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... does th emain character's father make up stories about himself?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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does the main character score a touchdown to win the county championship?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... did an English teacher adapt his favorite book for the school play?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... does a boy get his teammates to help him paint the garage?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... does detention keep a character from playing football on Saturday?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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.. does a character write leters to JULIA rOBERTS?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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...DOES A CHARACTER'S BROTHER HAVE A CHAMMBER oF COMMERCE bEDROOM?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... IS THE CHARACTER'S HONESTY INTERPRETED AS CONFIDENCE?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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.. is someone trying to sabatoge the schoolk play?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... is the English teacher a published playwright?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... did a character direct an off Broadway play in New York?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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.. did someone rig a bucket of black pepper to fall on some kids
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... does an athlete help actors with their lines?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... did the director once have to bail his leading lady out of jail?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... do best friends disagree about action in a play?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... does a coach give an English teacher advice about a student?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... does a director get no cooperation from his cast bc he won't take direction from a football player?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... is the school newspaper's motto, "if we don't mess it up-we make it up"?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... does th emain character give an interview to the school's reporter about mysterious attacks on th e school play?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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.. is th emain character accused of being a professioanl rat in the school paper.
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... does a character routiinely garble two phrases to make a new one like "if the cake fits eats it.
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... does a student from Hungary aked to ridea moped in a play?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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... a character complain to a movie star about a rollerblading dogcatcher in a play?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
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...do three teams ride to their first games together?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does the principal's office resemble a trophy shop?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a character enjoy writing poetry?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is it a school requirement to play on at least one team sport each year?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is "32-0" written on the board?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...are the team colors red and yellow?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is a teacher's favorite subject the American Civil War?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is a reluctant student appointed the captain of a team?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...are the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Battle of Gettysburg used as inspirational stories to develop a positive attitude towards sports?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a history lesson take the place of practice?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is it stated that sports is a major part of American life?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is a character character assigned a particular position because he is the tallest?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a character try to be cool and just ignore the giggling in the lunchroom?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a character score the first goal of a game for the opposing team?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a goalkeeper stretch out on the ground and take a sun bath?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a principal tell students that if they believe in themselves, they can do anything?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...will you find an administrator who runs a 27 mile marathon every month?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a girl work on a history project with a team captain?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does an entire team rush to the aid of a hurt player?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does the school counselor call home about the poor attitude of a group of students?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...are two characters knocked out cold by a falling ball?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...do the fathers call an extra practice for Saturday morning?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...do a group of boys have courage and character,if not talent and skill?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a character have a long telephone conversation with a girl,and then have a long conversation with his friend about the long conversation with the girl?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a character know his father is ready for a man-to-man talk when his dad just doesn't sit in the chair regular but straddles the chair, backwards?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a character explain that he thinks it's better to not care than to cry or sulk or put his fist through a locker?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a character explain that it's not quitting when you never wanted to join in the first place?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does everyone think a group of people feels bad when in fact they really feel fine?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is there a complete vote of no confidence?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...do a mom and dad try to keep rain off their son AFTER he is totally wet?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...were the main characters described as "Untouchables"?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is a tuna fish,peanut butter,and banana sandwich eaten for lunch?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is "normal" described as being good in some things, maybe even lots of things but stinky in some other things?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a character receive a note from a girl to meet her at the garbage bins?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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is the school principal's office decorated with cute posters that say, "keep laughing,baby" and "it takes less muscles to smile than to frown"?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...does a character think it can't get worse,but then it does?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...do a group of boys tear down eight posters that find hung up around the school?
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S.O.R Losers by Avi
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...is there a band called the Dead Mangoes?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a character admonish her friend to enjoy life when things are going well?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does the cast of a play have to learn how to rollerblade?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a teacher join a band to play keyboard?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a character promise to protect drama nerds from football players?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a whole drama club help a boy do his yard work?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does someone send a wave of marbles on stage to trip up rollerblades?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a boy return all the stuff he ever borrowed from his friend?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does the main character surprise himself by choosing drama over football?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a teacher make himself "mellow out" and find he is better for it?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a character ask her school librarian to get Cosmo for the library so that she can get advice for her love life?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...do 45 scripts get shredded?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a character's little brother throw his football memorabilia out the window when his hero quits the team?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...is a school jersey used to frame a character for shredding scripts?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a character try a clip-on belly button ring to attract a guy?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does the president of the drama club catch a football?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a main character get romantic advice from Julia Roberts?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does the character find himself hated by both the football team and the drama club?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...is the main character banned from the school play?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...was a cherry bomb put on a toy dog?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...was a toy dog put on a remote control car?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does the main character tell a lie after 14 years of total honesty?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does the main character's little brother try to sabotage a play?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a girl try to get a boy's attention by taking all the salsa in the cafeteria line?
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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
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...does a sad play turn into a rocking musical with a happy ending?
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