Smartie
Bees
2
Point
o
100

Is there a holographic assistant named Minnie?

Anti/Hero by Kate Karyus Quinn and Demitria Lunetta   p10

100

Does the story take place in Arkansas?

Unplugged by Gordon Korman  p5

100

Does a character show an animal she’s not a threat by lowering her head and looking away?

Willodeen by Katherine Applegate  p33

100

Do characters live in “the perfect pre-built habitat”: a giant lava tube, left behind by flowing lava millions of years ago?

The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm p. 6

100

Do they cheer for Blue Streak?

Shark Summer by Ira Marcks  p4

200

is a character asked “would you like to hold him”?

Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd  p15

200

Do they mention a movie called American Spraypaint?

Shark Summer by Ira Marcks   p 64

200

Does a character try to explain a smell that is so bad that you need to “Put a hundred rotten eggs in your mind. Then add some scoops of dead fish and a splash of skunk spray.”?

Willodeen by Katherine Applegate  p9

200

Does a character accidentally crush a baseball during PE?

Anti/Hero by Kate Karyus Quinn and Demitria Lunetta  p26

200

Do the characters launch their paddleboat into a sticker bush?

Unplugged by Gordon Korman    p 46

300

is a friend explained as “we even got our first detention together last year”?

The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm p 5

300

Does a character share a graphic novel by the author Yang with a friend?

Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte   p 98

300

Does practicing your locker combination become good advice?

The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School by Kristin Mahoney     p 40

300

does someone empty their piggy bank?

Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd   p121

300

Does the story open with a letter addressed to Louisa?

The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School by Kristin Mahoney   p1

400

does a person whisper “maybe he’s deaf”?

The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf  p14

400

does it say “every birthday, I make a wish that I’ll grow at least four inches taller”?

The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf

400

does the principal tell students “I’ll be your pilot for the duration of your flight”?

Yusef Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi   p5

400

Does a character use the phrases “Aw, dust it!” and “socksy”?

The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm  p. 5 and p. 27

400

In which book did a character say:  “I like having my own bathroom,”

Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte   p88

500

Do the characters go to Vineyard Prep?

Shark Summer by Ira Marcks  p209

500

is a character told “your mom is the best teacher, dude”?

Yusef Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi    p39

500

Do the characters use the phrase, “Be whole.”?

Unplugged by Gordon Korman  p44

500

Says that all you must remember is that “the earth is old, and we are not”?

Willodeen by Katherine Applegate   p 4

500

Does a character put some papers in “File 13”?

The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School by Kristin Mahoney