Characters
Setting
Events
Potpourri
First Lines
100
She spends the summer with her aunt at a clinic for magical creatures.
Who is Pip?
100
This story takes place during the Earthquakes of 2010 in Haiti.
What is Serafina's Promise?
100
When the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, an unusual hero helps the police get closer to a dangerous criminal group known as the Picasso Gang.
What is Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile?
100
Zelly's grandfather oftens speaks in this language.
What is Yiddish?
100
"When you spend your time with pirates, you get used to lies" (quote from book)
What is the book "Magic Marks the Spot"
200
The summer before he begins fifth grade, this character sprouts a tail with spikes. As a result, he is bullied in school.
Who is Sawyer? (Dinosaur Boy)
200
Most of this story takes place in New York City, especially in the fancy restaurants.
What is All Four Stars?
200
They embark on a quest to discover Captain Kidd's buried wooden trunk of lost booty.
What is Fish Finelli: Seagulls Don't Eat Pickles?
200
This novel is written in verse and weaves a story of Haitian history, culture and Creole phrases.
What is Serafina's Promise?
200
The first line of this book is “Not everybody can be the rock at the top of the rock pile.”
What is The Worm Whisperer?
300
She has been cooking gourmet dishes since the age of seven, only her fast-­food­-loving parents have no idea!
Who is Gladys Gatsby? (All Four Stars)
300
The story takes place in a town called Yawnee Valley.
What is The Terrible Two?
300
When students begin disappearing, Sawyer and his two friends know that they must get to the bottom of these disappearances before the children are shipped off to another planet.
What is Dinosaur Boy?
300
She soon finds herself as the newest associate working for the Association Linking Intergalactics and Earthlings (also known as A.L.I.E.N.) as a babysitter for the “unsittables”
Who is Gabby Duran?
300
“It all started the morning I broke into my lobster piggy bank. I had chosen a basin wrench for the job. It’s a good tool for a delicate job”.
What is Fish Finelli: Seagulls Don't Eat Pickles?
400
This character makes friends with Nate, learns to kayak, and watches loons; all while taking photos for a contest.
Who is Lucy? (Half a Chance)
400
This character in this book begins living in North Carolina and then moves to upstate New York where she attends a public school for the first time in her life.
What is Prairie Evers?
400
It’s fun until these appear and begin bursting into flames. (Bonus pt. for name of creature)
What are Fuzzles? (Gabby Duran & the Unsittables)
400
This was Nick’s first assignment at the ball park in King of the Mound.
What is breaking in the new gloves?
400
“Welcome to Yawnee Valley, an idyllic place with rolling green hills that slope down to creeks, and cows as far as the eye can see.”
What is the Terrible Two?
500
This Sixth-­grader has a photographic memory and a prodigious talent for drawing anything he sees.
Who is Edmund Xavier Lonnrot (code­name “Eddie Red”)? --Award 3 Bonus points for real name
500
The name of the ship the kids and Uncle Dex were sailing on.
What is The Lucky Star?
500
Twelve years ago, this town lost its one and only public library when it was torn down to make room for an elevated parking garage. (book title)
What is Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library?
500
This food was featured in Gabby Duran, but don’t let Wutt have any! Too much Vitamin J!
What is broccolini?
500
The first line is “Ellis liked everything about his obituary, even if it wasn’t true.”
What is Absolutely Almost?