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100
In which book does a boy crash into a chicken coop, break his right ankle, and earn the nickname Stink Parnell?
How Angel Peterson Got His Name
100
In which book does a friend give another friend a T-shirt that says "NEW YORK FOREVER"?
Hope Was Here
100
In which book do children go to school until the age of 12, when they are given a job
The City of Ember
100
In which book was Spagbol good as gold?
Uglies
100
In which book does free association bring the song, Three Blind Mice, to mind?
Flowers for Algernon
200
In which book is a character called “my little Daniel Boone” by his mother?
Where the Red Fern Grows
200
In which book does a character remove all of his piercings and earrings and get a crew cut?
Surviving the Applewhites
200
In which book did littlies go to school in huts where there is “one teacher and ten students to each one”?
Uglies
200
In which book is starry-gazy another name for a pie with the head of a fish poking through the crust?
The Wreckers
200
In what book does a character perform “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks?
One Crazy Summer
300
In which book is there a character that nicknamed her talking computer “Albert”?
Things Not Seen
300
In which book are there advertisements that said a boy could run fast and do heroic things because he was wearing PF Flyers?
How Angel Peterson Got His Name
300
In which book does a teacher wonder if she is losing her intelligence because her student is getting smarter than she will ever be?
Flowers for Algernon
300
In which book does a character discover some people have access to cans of peaches, applesauce, and creamed corn?
The City of Ember
300
In which book does the main character learn to play the piano by listening?
House of the Scorpion
400
In which book is a father’s nickname “The Booter”?
I Know What You Did Last Summer
400
In which book do silk stockings get donated for making parachutes?
Flygirl
400
In which book does a main character decide to become a teacher?
I Know What You Did Last Summer
400
In which book does the main character say thanks to God before eating her meal of a few green beans, a crooked neck squash and a few sour cherries?
Fever 1793
400
In which book does a character play his trumpet until his lips hurt?
Things Not Seen
500
In which book does a character use the screen name Crossover?
Travel Team
500
In which book is the main character surprised to see someone wearing his father’s gold ring?
The Wreckers
500
In which book is a character saving money to go to Chicago to take a test?
Flygir
500
In what book do characters get sent for breakfast to the People’s Center?
One Crazy Summer
500
In which book does a character's mother start playing Christmas music, especially Elvis singing Blue Christmas, the day after Thanksgiving?
Travel Team
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