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In which book do characters catwalk up and down the aisle between metal racks in a store, almost knocking down a mannequin?
A Place at the Table, Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan, 145
In which book does it become clear that no parents are planning on giving in to their kids' demands any time soon?
The Great Treehouse War
Lisa Graff 163
In which book is a character offered a job as an assistant manager at a music store?
Crenshaw
Katherine Applegate
23
In which book does a bracelet tell the world that the person wearing it has someone who cares about them?
Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt
60
In which book does a vest have a character's name spelled out in rhinestones?
The Key to Extraordinary
Natalie Lloyd
24
In which book does a character give someone a look that would make a weasel die of shame?
The Mostly True
Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Rodman Philbrick
114
In which book does a character discover a law that says if someone lives somewhere continuously for more than thirty days, that makes them a tenant?
Front Desk Kelly Yang 133
In which book does a character say, "All we need now is to find where the shimmering stops and dig there"?
Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe
Jo Watson Hackl
78
In which is the odor of putrefying flesh beginning to hang closely in a hot room?
A Nest for Celeste Henry Cole 150
In which book is a fight described as "the beginning of the end"?
Clean Getaway Nic Stone 16
In which book does a character not know what she wants to do with her life, she needs time to figure it out?
Stand Up, Yumi Chung Jessica Kim 114
In which book is a character's jaw swollen from gnawing tough leather?
A Nest for Celeste Henry Cole 277
In which book does a teacher hold out a certificate with fancy letters and swirls around the edges to a character, but she can't reach out and take it?
Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt
136
In which book is a character baking for a charity event for Halloween?
A Place at the Table Saadia Faruqi &
Laura Shovan
90
In which book is a character found stroking a new pink-marble headstone covered in doves and lambs?
Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe
Jo Watson Hackl
194
In which book is a character ninety-seven point-two percent sure he and his grandmother dined-and-ditched?
Clean Getaway Nic Stone 42
In which book does a character look her daughter's friends up and down from behind her oversized aviator sunglasses?
Stand Up, Yumi Chung Jessica Kim 144
In which book does a character learn that there aren't any actual trains on the Underground Railroad?
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg Rodman Philbrick
52
In which book do characters have coppery skin, the shade and sheen of new pennies?
The Last Last-Day-of Summer
Lamar Giles 51
In which book does a character never have a spare second to doodle in her sketchbook or hang out with her friends or even finish her homework?
The Great Treehouse War
Lisa Graff 38
In which book does a character step out onto a dance floor and shine her flashlight around, telling everyone to relax and be calm?
The Key to Extraordinary
Natalie Lloyd 75
In which book is a device that allows a character to time travel, but it is broken and he can't go home?
The Last Last-Day-ofSummer
Lamar Giles 163
In which book do characters walk around the mall with empty shopping bags filled with toilet paper?
Front Desk Kelly Yang 156
In which book is it called a "fork" in chess when you put your piece in a place where it can choose between taking two pieces, and your opponent has to choose which one to let go?
Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt
163
In which book does a character realize it must have hurt a friend's heart to see a teacher yell at her mom, especially in front of a bunch of kids?
A Place at the Table Saadia Faruqi &
Laura Shovan
261