In Which Book...
The main character visits the Natural History Museum in Balboa Park
What is 'Keeper of the Lost Cities' by Shannon Messenger? (p. 4)
In 'The Clackity' by Lora Senf, Evelyn gets a "tattoo" of this thing
What is a sparrow? (p. 53)
The new town a family moves to is next to the Dismal River
What is 'Simon Sort of Says' by Erin Bow? (p. 6)
In 'Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II' by Adam Gidwitz, the "night of broken glass" is known as ________
What is Kristallnacht?
the night of the broken glass, November 9, 1938 (p. 138)
In 'Keeper of the Lost Cities' by Shannon Messenger, Quintessence is defined as _______
What is light in its truest, most powerful form? (p. 301)
There is a character with the nickname 'Tin Eye'
What is 'Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II' by Adam Gidwitz? (Colonel Roberts - Tin Eye)
In 'The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun’s Tomb' by Candace Fleming, who is the first to die from the 'curse'?
Who is Lord Carnarvon? (p. 150)
[died at Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo, April 5, 1923 (just 4 months after discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb)]
The father of the main character was a fisherman who died during a storm at sea two years previously
What is 'Iceberg' by Jennifer Nielsen?
In 'Simon Sort of Says' by Erin Bow, the Van der Zwann family raise these kind of goats
What are Angora goats? (p. 103)
[raised for "fur or wool or whatever" instead of milk and meat]
In 'The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun’s Tomb' by Candace Fleming, this is the god of death and the afterlife, of burial rights and mummification
Who is Anubis? (p. 183)
The main character has a picture of Emily Dickinson taped to his desk
What is 'Louder Than Hunger' by John Schu?
(p. 8 & 89)
In 'Keeper of the Lost Cities' by Shannon Messenger, this color flag calls a Tribunal
What is a blue banner? (p. 21)
There is a device that the locals in town call the "Big Ear"
What is 'Simon Sort of Says' by Erin Bow? (p. 53)
In 'The Last Mapmaker' by Christina Soontornvat, Captain Anchalee Sangra has this nickname
What is the Tiger of the Sea? (p. 84)
In 'Mexikid' by Pedro Martin, Pedro's Apa (father) has this nickname and uses it as a CB handle
What is "Chato" (p. 44)
The main character has a 17th birthday on March 20th
What is 'Life As We Knew It' by Susan Beth Pfeffer?
March 20 - Miranda's 17th birthday (p. 336)
In 'Mexikid' by Pedro Martin, Abuelito's (Pedro's grandfather) real name is _______
What is "Don Alejandro"? (p. 129)
A character wears an oversized University of Delaware T-Shirt
What is 'The First State of Being' by Erin Entrada Kelly? (p. 33)
In 'Life As We Knew It' by Susan Beth Pfeffer, Miranda Evans's Dad has a second wife, Lisa, who is pregnant. Miranda names the baby (in her head) ______
What is Rachel? (p. 275)
In 'The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun’s Tomb' by Candace Fleming, Tutankhamun's Tomb is officially designated as ______
What is "KV 62"? [KV for King's Valley] (p. 71)
A character works at Circuit City
What is 'The First State of Being' by Erin Entrada Kelly?
[Gibby works at Circuit City, gave Michael Red Hot Chili Peppers CD (p. 13)]
In 'Iceberg' by Jennifer Nielsen, when the Titanic sinks on April 15th this ship comes to rescue the survivors
What is the Carpathia? (p. 325)
The element cobalt is named after a character
What is 'Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II' by Adam Gidwitz?
Cobalt is named after the kobold (Berg, right shoulder), because when it is mined it releases a poisonous gas (p.303)
In 'Louder Than Hunger' by John Schu, Jake has a name for an angel statue in Pondview Park, whom he sees as a protector of sorts. He names her ______
What is Frieden? (p. 53)
['Frieden' is German for 'Peace', harmony, resolution, nonviolence]
In 'The Last Mapmaker' by Christina Soontornvat, outside of Paiyoon's Mapmaker shop, Sai hears monks ringing bells at the _______
What is the Temple of Nine Islands? (p. 8)