Characters 1
In which book does a character feel like he has turned
into a secretary and housekeeper?
At the Bottom of the World
by Bill Nye & Gregory Mone
In which book does a character have a virtual fan
club in Finland?
The Fourteenth Goldfish
by Jennifer L. Holm
The Fourteenth Goldfish
by Jennifer L. Holm
In which book are about 35 students from grades
one to eleven in a one-room school?
Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper
In which book does a mother say that “Our Town”
is quite possibly the best play ever written?
The Fourteenth Goldfish
by Jennifer L. Holmr
In which book does a mom have themed
dinners like Cincinnati Chili or Mexican hot
tamales or New England clam chowder?
Found by Margaret
Peterson Haddix
In which book do characters call a phone
number and get a man at the FBI?
Found by Margaret
Peterson Haddix
In which book does a character hurry to get a hatchet
so he won’t have to scrub pots like a woman?
Blood on the River
by Elisa Carbone
In which book does a contest challenge inventors to
find a better way to filter salt out of the ocean water?
At the Bottom of the World
by Bill Nye & Gregory Mone
In which book does a clerk seem surprised when a
character pays $49.00 cash for a room in an inn?
Runaway Twin
by Peg Kehret
In which book does a student write about a made up
pet called a chickapoo that clarks?
Rain Reign
by Ann M. Martin
In which book does a character ask to play with the
pizza game since there are four minutes left in math
period?
Rain Reign
by Ann M. Martin
In which book does a character realize a dog is a stray
like her and that “we strays need to stick together”?
Runaway Twin
by Peg Kehret
In which book does an envelope fall out of a puzzle
book with a note that says “Find the path. Solve the
puzzle” on it instead of an address?
The Parker Inheritance
By Varian Johnson
In which book has a mother and student carefully
covered the student’s math notebook with brown
paper and labeled it in neat cursive?
Save Me A Seat
by Sarah Weeks and
Gita Varadarajan
In which book does a character decide that she had no
choice and that her letters have to remain a secret?
From the Desk of Zoe
Washington by Janae Marks
In which book does a character imagine librarians in
lab coats looking at books under microscopes like
crime-scene investigators on TV when she hears that
someone is a doctor of library science?
Ban This Book
by Alan Gratz
In which book does a character not enjoy lying on the
beach like bacon?
Shouting at the Rain
Lynda Mullaly Hunt
In which book does a man release a prisoner and say
that he convinced the others that the prisoner was
needed as a translator?
Blood on the River
by Elisa Carbone
In which book does an older man say there was a big
difference in reading about life in the fifties and sixties
and in living it?
The Parker Inheritance
By Varian Johnson
In which book does an aunt always complain about a
character’s BO and stinky clothing?
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
In which book is a character upset that a new girl
called her a thief and “sicced” her dog on her?
The Old Willis Place
Mary Downing Hahn
In which book does a character sew plaid star
patches on quilt squares?
A Snicker of Magic
by Natalie Lloyd
In which book does a student put two frogs in the
piano?
Stella by Starlight
by Sharon M. Draper
In which book does the director of a play say that a
character must use the tiny parts of himself that relate
to his character and make the character believable?
Shouting at the Rain
Lynda Mullaly Hunt
In which book does a character ask for a different
community service that will take less time during
soccer season?
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina