Quote / Motto
Begins with a “Once upon a time, when stones were soft and stars were bits of dust, I loved a monster”?
Willodeen by Katherine Applegate
pg 3
Do characters eat whipped cream from the can?
Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
pg 205
Does a teacher say “My door is always open”
The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School by Kristin Mahoney
Pg 159
Are a group of students stomping along to “We Will Rock You”?
Yusef Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Pg 344
Does a mom say “remember to use your words, boys”?
Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Pg 41
Do a group of kids call themselves “Team Lizard”?
Unplugged by Gordon Korman
Pg 200
Do characters throw a tape in an old fireplace?
Shark Summer by Ira Marcks
Pg 269
Does a character believe tables with 3 and 8 seats are lucky numbers?
Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte
Pg 12
Is there a captain’s tombstone?
Shark Summer by Ira Marcks
pg 182
Is a teacher Facebook friends with a character’s mom?
The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School by Kristin Mahoney
Pg 32
“History informs the present, my dear nephew, and so it affects the future”?
Yusef Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Pg 23
Is the school bully beaten up by another student?
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
Pg 87
Do two in love characters call each other peanut butter and jelly?
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
Pg 74
Does the author write “the problem was, ugly, hateful voices were always louder than nice, loving ones”?
Yusef Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Pg 311
Is someone described as “Stubborn as the day is long”?
Willodeen by Katherine Applegate
Pg 43
Does a family have the motto of “Hope is a dull blade”?
Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte
Pg 65
Does a reporter negotiate for his interviews with shrimp coconut curry and homemade naan?
Anti/Hero by Kate Karyus Quinn and Demitria Lunetta
Pg 29
Does a character get off the train at the Pitt and Stain Avenue stop?
Anti/Hero by Kate Karyus Quinn and Demitria Lunetta
Pg 63
Is there a fish named Finley?
The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School by Kristin Mahoney
Pg 206
Are characters “pressed like sandwich filling between lots of people”?
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
Pg 177
Does a character say “okay, so we’ve got Sugar, Cocoa, Luna, Daisy, Marshmallow, Bubbles, Otis, Pixie, Bandit, and Ed…”?
Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Pg 160
Does a character share that “the only good thing that happened today was that I didn’t go to school”?
Yusef Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Pg 104
Is a character “famous in school for always knowing something about everything”?
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
pg 15
Does a character ask “Do I look like a baby”?
Yusef Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Pg 200
Does a character start going to school most days, except when she needs to take a break to wander the woods?
Willodeen by Katherine Applegate
Pg 250