Characters
This robotic main character wakes up alone on a wild island and learns to survive with help from animals.
Who is Roz? (The Wild Robot)
Most of this book’s action happens inside a museum full of exhibits and clues.
What is the museum? (Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum)
What is hiding grandmother’s death to protect her? (Six Feet Below Zero)
What is hiding grandmother’s death to protect her? (Six Feet Below Zero)
This memoir is about the hard feelings that come when a family moves back to a country that should feel like home but doesn’t. What theme does the book explore?
What is the challenge of not feeling at home after moving back? (Uprooted: A Memoir about What Happens When Your Family Moves Back)
he book opens with someone waking up somewhere strange and not remembering how they got there; they find out they are a robot. Name the book.
What is The Wild Robot?
A girl detective who sometimes uses another name solves a mystery in a museum. Who is she?
Who is Montgomery Bonbon? (Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum)
This graphic novel begins in a modern city and quickly moves the hero into a spirit world with strange creatures.
What is the spirit world / Anzu and the Realm of Darkness?
The main character keeps seeing something in an old house that might be a ghost. What is the mystery?
What is the strange sighting in the old house that might be a ghost? (Not Quite a Ghost)
story about a girl and a dolphin shows how chronic illness can change friendships but also lead to new strengths. Name a theme.
What is friendship and resilience when chronic illness changes life? (No Matter the Distance)
Early in this story, the main character learns her family is tied to a mysterious past in Hong Kong. Name the book.
What is The Legendary Mo Seto?
A Hong Kong girl who loves martial arts gets involved in a mystery about a stolen family heirloom. Who is she?
Who is Mo Seto? (The Legendary Mo Seto)
Much of this story happens in a creepy bog (wetland) that hides dark secrets.
What is the bog? (The Curse of Eelgrass Bog)
The title of this book refers to a secret library that may be the last one left; the characters must save it. What is the main quest?
What is saving the last secret library? (The Legend of the Last Library)
This spooky story mixes solving scares with dealing with grief and loss. What big idea is explored?
What is grief and loss alongside ghostly scares? (Not Quite a Ghost)
Early on, the main character thinks her new house might be haunted after noticing something odd in the wallpaper. Name the book.
What is Not Quite a Ghost?
A talking typewriter becomes a friend to a lonely boy. What is the name of the typewriter?
What is Olivetti? (Olivetti)
After climate disasters, people live in a new city filled with dragons; the story happens mainly in that city.
What is New Dragon City?
Set in World War II, a brave girl works with the Resistance and uses a bird name as her secret code. What is the mission?
What is the Resistance mission using the bird code name? (Code Name Kingfisher)
A book about a refugee dog and a child explores war, being displaced, and what home means. What themes appear?
What is war, displacement, and the meaning of home? (Mishka)
At the start, a typewriter sits in a shop window before going home with a boy who needs a friend. Name the book.
What is Olivetti?
In a Korean folklore–inspired story, a fox-spirit–like companion helps two sisters face magical danger. Who is this magical helper?
Who is the magical helper ? (A Brush with Magic
This novel follows a character who travels across places and countries and learns what it means to belong to more than one culture.
What is Continental Drifter?
In a magical competition, the “Spares” must prove themselves in dangerous trials when the usual spell goes wrong. What is the central conflict?
What is the trials for “Spares” when the usual spell fails? (Witchlings)
A story about a girl who loves football shows how gender stereotypes can limit which games kids can play. What central theme is this?
What is gender stereotypes affecting who can play which games? (May the Best Player Win)
The beginning of this book shows a child arriving in a dragon-filled city after rising seas changed the world. Name the book.
What is New Dragon City?