Kids' Characters
The protagonist
Who is Ally Nickerson?
The name Mr. Daniels call the kids in the class
What are Fantasticos?
Where Ally goes when she is anxious.
What is a mind movie?
What Ally brings in for show and tell.
What is a steel penny from 1943?
The name of Ally's original teacher.
Who is Mrs. Hall?
The name of Ally's brother
Who is Travis?
The game Mr. Daniels likes to play.
What is chess?
When Ally gets embarrassed by something that she thinks is good.
What is getting a love note from Max.
The type of learning difference Ally finds out she has.
What is dyslexia?
The reason Mrs. Hall gets so upset with Ally on her last day in school?
What is sending Mrs. Hall a sympathy card instead of a congratulations card?
She is kind and fierce.
Who is Keisha?
The person he helps apart from Ally.
Who is Travis?
The highlight moment for Ally in the book
When does Ally become student of the month?
"You are most certainly NOT dumb"
Who is Mr. Daniels saying this to Ally outside the Noah Webster House.
The reason everyone is angry with Ally at the butterfly garden.
How does Ally crush a butterfly unintentionally?
The day we know that Albert has changed
When does Albert protect Keisha from the bullies?
Mr. Daniel's answer to a student saying "that's ridiculous."
What is, "the opinions of others are to be respected."
Ally's favorite chess piece.
What is the knight?
What Ally thinks of chess.
What is Ally saying, "I like planning what I will do to trap his pieces."
The writing on Shay's slate at the Noah Webster House/
What is Ally is a dunce?
The main antagonist
Who is Shay?
The man whose famous quote the book is named after
Who is Albert Einstein?
A watershed moment for Ally
What is figuring out that she is smart even though she finds reading difficult?
The position Ally gets voted into.
What is class president?
Ally draws this in her new writing journal.
What is a dark, black room?