Battle of the Books
In which book does the same character pitch all three games of a championship series even though that is against the rules?
How Oscar Indigo Broke the Universe (and Put it Back Together) by David Teague
In which book does a character have a room decorated with Michael Jackson posters?
The Year Money Grew on Trees by Aaron Hawkins
In which book did characters try to figure out a message written in Latin?
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
In which book did a character wonder why her dad did not hang up the paintings her mom had done?
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
In which book do characters sleep in personal sleep pods?
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
In which book does the main character’s father bring her a typewriter?
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
In which book do characters have the mark of four inked arrows?
Blue Birds by Caroline Starr Rose
In which book do some characters put rocks inside their snowballs so they will hurt more when they
hit people?
The Game of Silence by Louise Erdrich
In which book did characters watch a show with host Vince Vinelli whose signature line was “Good
people do good things”?
Charlie and Frog by Karen Kane
In which book did a character turn to a possum for help?
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles DeLint
In which book does a character ride to town in a baby buggy pulled by a bike?
The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz
In which book did a boy bunk with families on the Umatilla Indian Reservation?
Let ’Er Buck by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
In which book does a character find a letter hidden in a puzzle book?
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
In which book does a character say there are two ways to eat fresh fruit – one way is to devour it as quickly as possible, the other way is to save every last molecule?
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
In which book did a character need to have a finger cut off because it had frostbite and had turned
black?
The Game of Silence by Louise Erdrich
In which book was a character’s belch loud enough to be heard outside?
The Wolf’s Boy by Susan Williams Beckhorn
In which book does a character set up his business in the milliner’s old shop?
The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins
In which book did a character wake her granddaughter up saying, “The day of reckoning has arrived”?
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
In which book does a character make a book about American phrases and customs explaining things like “riding shotgun” and “piece of cake”?
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
In which book is a character’s wealth made off of the backs of the poor?
The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins
In which book was a character surprised to have a male teacher?
Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages
In which book was it unusual for farm girls to attend school beyond the eighth grade?
Library on Wheels by Sharlee Glenn
In which book was the main character instructed to go to the bear people to interpret a dream?
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles DeLint
In which book did a custodian cut the lock off a character’s locker?
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
In which book did a character wake up at 4:30 in the morning and go outside in her PJs to watch a little blip move across the sky?
Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages