First Impressions & Easy Details
Characters & Quirks
Settings & Places
Strange & Surprising Moments
Quotes & Deeper Thinking
100

In which book is the first word “Slap!”?

It Came from the Trees

100

In which book is there a character with “hair as orange as a traffic cone”?

It Came from the Trees (q13)

100

In which book does the school host a multicultural night?

We Are Big Time (q121)

100

In which book does a character get wet from looking in a mirror?

Plain Jane and the Mermaid (q128)

100

Which book notes, “Sometimes it is hardest to see what’s most obvious”?

The Mona Lisa Vanishes (q244)

200

In which book do characters enjoy hot cocoa and Christmas cookies in August?

Medusa (q44)

200

In which book is a character a fan of fashion, boybands, and the Twilight series?

Medusa (q55)

200

In which book is there a sign that says “Danger—Unstable Bluff”?

The Fire, The Water and Maudie McGinn (q196)

200

In which book do characters joke they could be related to Elsa from Frozen?

Medusa (q60)

200

In which book does a character explain “controlling the controllables”?

We Are Big Time (q111)

300

In which book are they taking a road trip to Milwaukee?

We Are Big Time (q99)

300

In which book is the main character jersey #17?

We Are Big Time (q118)

300

In which book are the characters getting ready to go to Sturbridge Middle School?

It Came from the Trees (q4)

300

In which book does a baby wizard steal a horse?

How It All Ends (q307)

300

In which book does a character say, “The only people who need to know our location already know”?

It Came from the Trees (q21)

400

In which book is a mirror a source of distress?

Plain Jane and the Mermaid (q123)

400

In which book is a character’s nickname “Mouse”?

The Fire, The Water and Maudie McGinn (q166)

400

Which book takes place during “the golden age of newspapers”?

The Mona Lisa Vanishes (q224)

400

In which book does a character learn about a Mesopotamian tool called the “sporka”?

Next Stop (q248)

400

In which book does a character say, “History is the story the powerful tell…”?

Medusa (q73)

500

In which book is there a poem about the ocean at the beginning?

The Fire, The Water and Maudie McGinn (q154)

500

In which book does a character have the school nickname “Flower Boy”?

Mid-Air (q288)

500

Which book includes a map with the words “Ventie MD”?

Medusa (q80)

500

In which book do characters play Crazy Eights?

It Came from the Trees (q30)

500

In which book does a character get the advice, “Where the eye goes, the energy flows”?

The Fire, The Water and Maudie McGinn (q188)