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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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21
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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)

22
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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)

23
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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?”

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All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)

26
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“Who’s going to forecast our winter weather?

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The Worm Whisperer (Betty Hicks)

27
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“You can’t bake cookies in a microwave!”

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All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)

28
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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.

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

29
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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.”

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

30
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“You feel the need to climb the string.”

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The Worm Whisperer (Betty Hicks)

31
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“You really thought that I would steal your rabbits? And cook them?” she said between giggles.

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All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)

32
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“You were expecting Mr. Miyagi?” he snorts, his big belly bouncing up and down at his joke.

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

33
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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.”

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All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)

34
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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…”

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

35
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“You’ll miss ‘Rock the Teenage World,’ and that’s the best number in the whole show!”

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All Four Stars (Tara Dairman)

36
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“You’re in, you observe, you’re out. You watch them, we’ll watch you. It’s that simple.”

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

37
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$54.53 was exactly how much he needed to get one of the finest motor boat engines ever made.

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Fish Finelli: Seagulls Don’t Eat Pickles (E.S. Farber)

38
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“What can you expect with that kind of people, someone said, “dirt-poor hillbillies.”

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Prairie Evers (Ellen Airgood)

39
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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.

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

40
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A bet was a bet, and I had won it fair and square.

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Fish Finelli: Seagulls Don’t Eat Pickles (E.S. Farber)

41
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A child who doesn’t sleep at night is a crocodile in the morning!

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Serafina’s Promise (Ann E. Burg)

42
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A close up picture is like entering another world where little things are gigantic.

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Half a Chance (Cynthia Lord)

43
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A coyote loves a mouse to eat. I believe it’s like a chocolate bar to you or me.

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Prairie Evers (Ellen Airgood)

44
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A goat is what pranksters call their victims.

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The Terrible Two (Mac Barnett and Jory John)

45
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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.

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Half a Chance (Cynthia Lord)

46
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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.

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Prairie Evers (Ellen Airgood)

47
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A single leak could send devastating ripple effects throughout space-time and obliterate the world as we know it.

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

48
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A true and terrible moment.

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Half a Chance (Cynthia Lord)

49
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A world that had such magic in it must not be as awful as he had sometimes feared.

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Circus Mirandus (Cassie Beasley)

50
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Abrupt cessation may cause violent outbursts.

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Dinosaur Boy (Cory Putman Oakes)

2017 Battle of the Books (1 decks)

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