Our Fiction Books
In 'Building Root City', Trina was angry and took her anger out on someone else. What did she do? (Bonus if you can name who she did it to?)
Separate the two syllables in 'agree'.
What is a/gree?
A word that has two real words in it that makes it mean something different.
What is compound word?
In the Dead Can Speak, there was stuff that leaked from the food cans into the food and is very dangerous to eat.
What is lead?
In 'A Dog Gone Mystery' Max the dog gets stolen. The owner of Max the dog is...
Who is Miss Magnolia?
Separate the two syllables in 'delete'.
What is de/lete?
Adding ed, s, est or ing to the end of a word extends it to mean something a little different. What are the added letters called?
What is a suffix?
The decade (bonus point for exact year) Dr. Owen Beattie and his team decided to dig up and study the mummy of John Torrington.
What is 1984 (or the 1980's)?
An acronym for a group of people who have exceptional physical ability? (Bonus if you know the words in the acronym.)
What is WAVE? (Worldwide Alliance of the Very Exceptional).
Separate the two syllables in 'perceive'.
What is per/ceive?
Adding a few letters before a word, such as the 'un' in uncomfortable or the 're' in redirect is called...
What is prefix?
Dr. Beattie was this type of scientist.
What is Anthropologist?
Saya's mother's purchase that Saya didn't like.
What are shoes?
Separate the three syllables in 'trampoline'.
What is tram/po/line?
To gather and conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than an explicit statement.
What is infer?
The name of the original machine in our 'Crazy Contraptions' book.
What is the Rube Goldberg Machine or RGM?
Jenna and Bianca sneak into an old house looking for adventure. They find an old bowling ball labeled "3 wishes". The title of the book is...
What is Wish Bowl?
Separate the three syllables in 'energy'.
A figure of speech in which a word is assigned to a specific object or action that is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
Two things the people in The Money Pit book used to block the treasure from the diggers.
What are stones and water?