Battle Deck 1\ Flashcards

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A person will hear a coyote more often than she seems him.

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Prairie Evers (Ellen Airgood)

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Gabby and Satchel were one hundred percent brother and sister even if they did have different houses and different parents.

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Gabby Duran and the Unsittables (Elise Allen and Daryle Conners)

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I carefully avoid the word uber at all costs.

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery of Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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May I remind you that we do not use the word uber in the classroom?

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery of Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“AND YOU OWE ME THIS BECAUSE I’M SHORT AND IT’S YOUR FAULT AND THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR MY SELF-ESTEEM BECAUSE I’M THE SMALLEST PERSON IN MY CLASS ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR LOUSY EGYPTIAN PRINCESS GENES YOU PASSED ON THAT MADE ME SO PUNY!”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery of Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth.”

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The Worm Whisperer

Betty Hicks

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Did you know that I can burp the Star Spangled Banner?

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The Worm Whisperer

Betty Hicks

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“I think it’s an interesting idea. But first you need to pass the chief’s test. And then… there’s Mom.”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery of Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“I’m not doing fieldwork or anything. It’s just surveillance. I have to draw pictures of people walking by. That’s it!”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery of Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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It’s butter!

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The Worm Whisperer

Betty Hicks

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“My mind takes pictures. Snapshots of a moment. It’s not like I’m a freak or anything.”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“No cat.” he promised.

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The Worm Whisperer (Betty Hicks)

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“Oh, and wear a purple barrette in your hair tomorrow. I’m gonna wear one, and that way we’ll match.”

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All four Stars (Tara Dariman)

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“Quitters never win and winners never quit.”

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The Worm Whisperer (Betty Hicks)

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“Rot means ‘red’ in German!”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“So I have this report to do for school where I’m supposed to go to work with a parent and write about it. Do you think I could go with you to some of these companies?”

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All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)

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“Son, there is no way on God’s green earth that we are going to give you a weapon!”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“State your name.”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“That’s Alamo and Waterloo and Red Baron wrapped into one! Wow!”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“The picture he drew…well, let’s just say it was like a photograph.”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“There’s no chance of bodily harm. It’s strictly reconnaissance. A surveillance job at various art museums, throughout the city. It’s not a violent crime case. Just a potential robbery.”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“Thirty- sixty- ninety. All lines lead to the Guggenheim.”

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“We needed a code name for you, because you’re a minor and we need to protect your identity.

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Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)

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“Well, you can’t ride your bike. It’s, like, fifty miles,” he said. “You’ll have to go on the train. Or ask your parents to drive you…”

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All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)

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"What is crumb broo-lay?"
All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)
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"Who's going to forecast our winter weather?
The Worm Whisperer (Betty Hicks)
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"You can't bake cookies in a microwave!"
All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)
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"You catch those bad guys?" he asks with a grin. Another part of our routine. He asks me that question, I smile and shake my head no, and then we drive to my apartment in friendly silence.
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)
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"You could Google it. And when you do, check out the pictures of Nefertiti. The most beautiful Egyptian queen ever to rule."
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)
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"You feel the need to climb the string."
The Worm Whisperer (Betty Hicks)
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"You really thought that I would steal your rabbits? And cook them?" she said between giggles.
All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)
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"You were expecting Mr. Miyagi?" he snorts, his big belly bouncing up and down at his joke.
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)
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"You will all be writing stories about your futures, which I imagine--which I hope--will be much more interesting than anything that happened to you over the last two weeks."
All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)
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"You will report to me only. You will listen to all of my instructions and follow them without hesitation. You will not ask questions. You will arrive on time..."
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)
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"You'll miss 'Rock the Teenage World,' and that's the best number in the whole show!"
All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)
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"You're in, you observe, you're out. You watch them, we'll watch you. It's that simple."
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)
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$54.53 was exactly how much he needed to get one of the finest motor boat engines ever made.
Fish Finelli: Seagulls Don't Eat Pickles (E.S. Farber)
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“What can you expect with that kind of people, someone said, “dirt-poor hillbillies.”
Prairie Evers (Ellen Airgood)
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3 Basic Commands:  1. Don't speak. 2. Don't think. 3. Chrun out as many pictures as humanly possible. You are a camera. Nothing more.
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile (Marcia Wells)
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A bet was a bet, and I had won it fair and square.
Fish Finelli: Seagulls Don't Eat Pickles (E.S. Farber)
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A child who doesn't sleep at night is a crocodile in the morning!
Serafina's Promise (Ann E. Burg)
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A close up picture is like entering another world where little things are gigantic.
Half a Chance (Cynthia Lord)
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A coyote loves a mouse to eat. I believe it’s like a chocolate bar to you or me.
Prairie Evers (Ellen Airgood)
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A goat is what pranksters call their victims.
The Terrible Two (Mac Barnett and Jory John)
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A lady's eyes met mine over the top of a display of juice and a family stared at us from the end of the aisle.
Half a Chance (Cynthia Lord)
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A library is a wonderful thing - all of our books combined couldn't hold a candle to the number of books a library has - and I'd never had one so close by before.
Prairie Evers (Ellen Airgood)
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A single leak could send devastating ripple effects throughout space-time and obliterate the world as we know it.
Gabby Duran and the Unsittables (Elise Allen and Daryle Conners)
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A true and terrible moment.
Half a Chance (Cynthia Lord)
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A world that had such magic in it must not be as awful as he had sometimes feared.
Circus Mirandus (Cassie Beasley)
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Abrupt cessation may cause violent outbursts.
Dinosaur Boy (Cory Putman Oakes)