Hachiko Waits
Sign of the Beaver/Esperanza Rising
Mixed up Files/ Wonder
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind/The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Brain Defense/White Bird
100

Where does this book take place?

At Shibuya train station in Tokyo, Japan

100

While Matt's family is away, a stranger named Ben comes to stay with him.  What does Ben steal from Matt?

His father's gun

100

What is the name of the main character in Wonder?

August Pullman, Auggie

100

Why did the Herdman family initially come to Sunday School?

They were told there was lots of treats there

100

What is the main setting in White Bird?

France during WW2

200

The station master tells Yasuo that Hachiko will reward him. How does that happen?

He meets a girl at the train station and they eventually get married.

200

Besides the Bible, what book does Matt read to Attean?

Robinson Crusoe

200

Which book started the #ChooseKindness movement?

Wonder

200

What did William not have enough money to do that he really wanted to do?

Go to school

200

What are 3 ways you can stay safe on-line?

Ask your parents before you go to a website or play a game.

Never give out personal information online.

Never agree to meet someone in person that you met online.

If you see something that makes you feel uncomfortable online, talk to your parents.

300

What two deaths does Yasuo mourn?

Professor Ueno and Hachiko

300

What special gift does Esperanza's father give her every year for her birthday?

A doll

300

What was the mystery they were trying to solve?

if the angel statue was sculpted by Michelangelo

300

What gift did the Herdman's give baby Jesus?

ham

300

What is the name for the genocide (or murder) of European Jews during WW2?

The holocaust

400

Why do people in Japan still remember Hachiko today?

There is a statue of the dog at the busy Shibuya station where two

400

What does Esperanza feed the babies she is watching that makes them sick?

Plums

400

Why did Claudia choose Jamie to run away with?

He was good with money

400

What did William build?

A windmill

400

Why does Grandmere tell Julien, "We are not defined by our mistakes...but by what we do after we have learned from them." 

She wants Julien to change his behavior and not be a bully any more.

500

How long did Hachiko wait for his master?

10 years

500

What is the name of the kind and patient 16-year-old, servant that has known Esperanza all her life and surprises her with a rose garden?

Miguel

500

Where did the children in Mixed up Files run away to?

Art museum in NY

500

What did William want the 2nd windmill to do?

pump water to the fields

500

What are steps of the CAN DO plan?

C  close my eyes immediately

A  always tell a trusted adult

N  name it when I see it

D  distract myself

O order my thinking brain to be the boss