ANIMALS
In which book does the main character build a bonfire and dance his feelings around it, dedicating each one to an animal... the whale, the wolf, the eagle, the beaver, the mouse... the ‘spirit bear’?
Touching Spirit Bear (Ben Mikaelsen)
In which book does the main character’s brother go missing?
Amari and the Night Brothers (B.B. Alston)
In which book did members of a family become immortal after drinking water from a magical spring?
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
In which book is child labor during the 19th-century in America documented through heartbreaking photos?
Breaker Boys (Michael Burgan)
In which book does the main character’s ‘grandpa attire’, cranky attitude, and dated taste in books and movies make him a target at middle school?
Old School (Gordon Korman)
In which book does a character seek advice from a toad in her front yard?
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
In which book is a fence replaced by a brick wall, further solidifying the main character’s separation from her father and brother?
A Night Divided (Jennifer A. Nielsen)
In which book does the main character’s mother love peaches?
The First State of Being (Erin Entrada Kelly)
In which book did the main character die of a gunshot wound several hours after being shot at a theatre named after him?
Chasing Lincoln's Killer (James L. Swanson)
In which book is a character wearing Bermuda shorts, but the town locals think he is wearing knee-length underwear?
Full of Beans (Jennifer L. Holm)
In which book does a character enter the mouth of an elephant and discover a magical corridor inside?
Aru Shah and the End of Time (Roshani Chokshi)
In which book does the main character’s family move across the country for a “fresh start” following her little brother’s death?
Not All Heroes (Josephine Cameron)
In which book does a terrible blight attack the potato crops?
Nory Ryan's Song (Patricia Reilly Giff)
In which book does the main character have to survive on her own... without people, power, phone- or internet access?
Alone (Megan E. Freeman)
In which book does the main character’s mom surprise her by purchasing her a pair of Doc Marten boots at Goodwill?
Not All Heroes (Josephine Cameron)
In which book does the main character develop a relationship with a rottweiler dog named George?
Alone (Megan E. Freeman)
In which book does the main character and his brother look through mounds of garbage for milk cans, which they can sell for very small amounts of money?
Full of Beans (Jennifer L. Holm)
In which book does a character pack a can of root beer and a hard hat to help him on his trip?
Gregor the Overlander (Suzanne Collins)
In which book does the arrival of a barbed-wire fence divide the main character’s family and seal off her city in the government’s attempt to ‘contain the people’?
A Night Divided (Jennifer A. Nielsen)
In which book does the main character exchange letters with a pen pal, whom she imagines having five piercings, purple hair... and maybe a tattoo?!
If This Were a Story (Beth Turley)
In which book does a spider become the main character’s companion so that she could see more of the world?
Healer of the Water Monster (Brian Young)
In which book does the main character leave her family home, all alone, ticket in hand (and two stones for her little brother, Patch), bound for America?
Nory Ryan's Song (Patricia Reilly Giff)
In which book does the main character sneak drinking her dad’s leftover coffee?
Short (Holly Goldberg Sloan)
Which book is set in New York City during the 1890s focusing on homeless children?
City of Orphans (Avi)
In which book does the main character receive a pair of Air Jordans, size eight, for his birthday?
The First State of Being (Erin Entrada Kelly)