2017 Middle School Battle of the Books

Practice Questions

PAGE QUESTION TITLE AUTHOR REFERENCE 1. In which book is there a Shelly All of the Above p. 74 cannonball cornbread recipe? Pearsall 2. In which book was there an Act Victoria Roller Girl p. 103 of Friendship? Jamieson 3. In which book does the main Megan character encounter human The Thief Whalen p. 165 bones and wonder how long Turner they take to dissolve? 4. In which book did one of the The Entertainer and Sid main characters’ sister get shot p. The Dybbuk Fleischman on sight? 5. In which book does the main character say her talents are Terry “not running around and The Wee Free Men p. 111 Pratchett panicking when things go wrong?” 6. In which book was the main Susan Terrible Typhoid character quarantined, even Campbell P. 73 Mary though she wasn’t sick? Bartoletti 7. In which book did the Nikki dream/drawing duet help out Words with Wings p. 65 Grimes the main character? 8. In which book does the main character and their friend got to Fantasy League Mike Lupica p. 104 Culver City Middle School? 9. In which book is the story of Megan Eugenides and the Sky God’s The Thief Whalen p. 117 Thunderbolts told? Turner Lynda 10. In which book does the teacher Fish in a Tree Mullaly p. 133 call his students “Fantasticos”? Hunt 11. In which book has the simile, “They were all happy and careful, like so many larks on a Serfina and the Black Robert p. 33-34 sunny day” when instead the Cloak Beatty main character thinks they should be sad and scared? 12. In which book did four children Master Minds Gordon p. 159-160 break into a highly protected Korman

Updated on 12/1/16 for the 2nd Battle of the Books factory? 13. In which book does the main Malala character feel a special Yousafzai I am Malala p. 139 affection for a green teddy with Patricia bear? McCormick 14. In which book is the simile “I looked like a Sunday School Caroline teacher with a flapper’s mouth” Diary of a Waitress p. 86 Myer used to describe the main character? 15. In which book did the main Susan character attack someone with Terrible Typhoid Campbell p. 36 a cooking utensil from her Mary Bartoletti kitchen? 16. In which book, did a small Brian The Marvels p. 569 group of kids find a pipe? Selznick 17. In which book is the main Kimberly The War that Saved character’s brother name his Brubaker p. 175 My Life cat “Brownie”? Bradley 18. In which book did the main Brian The Marvels p. 1-391 character dress up as a girl? Selznick 19. In which book would a theme Escape from Mr. Chris be “You can find all you need entire book Lemoncello’s Library Grabesnstein in a good book?” 20. In which book does the main character call out a fake The Entertainer and Sid p. 36 Spanish dancer during their the Dybbuk Fleischman date? 21. In which book does the main character say her talents are Terry “not running around and The Wee Free Man p. 111 Pratchett panicking when things go wrong?” 22. In which book did the main Victoria character recieve a pair of Roller Girl p. 38 Jamieson socks from her best friend? 23. In which book does a character believe that certain color are Shelly All of the Above p.64 good luck and certain are bad Pearsall luck? 24. In which book is a character a Pam Munoz leader of a program called Echo p. 119 Ryan Hitler Youth? 25. In which book does a character Turner Treasury of Donna Jo cut off another characters hair p. 54 Norse Mythology Napoli as a prank? 26. In which book did the main Lynda character only win a pity award Fish in a Tree Mullaly p. 136 that didn’t mean anything? Hunt 27. In which book was a town built Gordon Master Minds p. 198-201 for a behavior project? Korman 28. In which book is the main character a puppet master in a Fantasy League Mike Lupica p. 139 cartoon? 29. In which book does a character Turner Treasury of Donna Jo p. 104 eat on apple of eternal life? Norse Mythology Napoli 30. In which book was a society broken down by members of a cult who begin to murder The Blackthorn Key Kevin Sands Chapter 10 members of London’s Apothecaries? Malala 31. In which book does the main Yousafzai character go to school in I am Malala p. 89 with Patricia secret? McCormick 32. In which book does the main character discover a secret that Middle-End of The Blackthorn Key Kevin Sands could potentially tear put world book apart? 33. In which book does one of the The Sword of Rick p. 39 & 310 characters like ducks? Summer Riordan 34. In which book does the main Caroline character’s family have an Irish Diary of a Waitress p. 15 & 38 Myer Setter named O’Reilly? 35. In which book does a character Pam Munoz suspect that a man named Mr. Echo p. 413 Ryan Ward is hiding something? 36. In which book is heather used The Sword of Rick to guard something or p. 439 Summer Riordan someone? 37. In which book did washing the Nikki dishes make a girl want to float Words with Wings p. 19 Grimes on the ocean? 38. In which book does the main Kimberly character friend, Fred, say The War that Saved Brubaker p. 147 “some people shouldn’t own My Life Bradley ponies”? 39. In which book do they quote Escape from Mr. Chris “knowledge not shared remains p. 54 Lemoncello’s Library Grabenstein unknown?” 40. In which book is a character’s Serafina and the Robert p. 110 best friend a dog before the Black Cloak Beatty

Updated on 12/1/16 for the 2nd Battle of the Books character meets the main character?