Battle of the Books - Practice Deck 2 Flashcards
1
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Leo’s favorite place besides the hotel was the New York Public Library
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Floors
2
Q
“Bring 100 guys 269 Birch 1 a.m. .”
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Mousenet
3
Q
No kid in the entire state of Mississippi wore black socks in the summer.
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Glory Be
4
Q
Lars the Viking (inside cover)
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Fake Mustache
5
Q
“A fish that never opens his mouth won’t get caught.”
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Glory Be
6
Q
He’d never really allowed himself to imagine what drowning must be like.
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The Candymakers
7
Q
The storm stopped after a while but the tree kept leaking water on us. Name the author. (p. 29)
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Melonhead
8
Q
The cat had a total of 26 toes.
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The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
9
Q
“Eben might be the youngest Calder, but he’s mean as any-especially toward me.”
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Touch Blue
10
Q
The bristles struck a flying Rubbish with bone-shattering force.
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Janitors
11
Q
“Besides, young humans like to communicate with rodents, as we all learned from Alice in Wonderland.”
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Mousenet
12
Q
“It’s a million degrees out here. I’ve been waiting forever.”
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Glory Be
13
Q
He didn’t have much experience with other kids.
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The Candymakers
14
Q
When I was a kid. I remember wanting a dog. But it never happened.
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Waiting for the Magic
15
Q
At the end of one of her stories, the queen announced that the cat was to be called Miraculo and reside as the Royal Cat.
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The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
16
Q
The first mysterious box was purple.
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Floors
17
Q
The last box was white.
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Floors
18
Q
After school, Ray has 5 acorns for me.
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The Year of the Book
19
Q
Jewel the Ghost Cat was a girl kitten and “as white as vanilla ice cream.” NTB.
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The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
20
Q
“Dangling, jumping, and clicking, they wrote out their own message.”
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Mousenet
21
Q
Klink, Klank and Klunk were over 10 ft. tall.
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Floors
22
Q
His closet door was open, the hamper overturned, and dirty clothes strewn across the floor.
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Janitors
23
Q
It was perfect blue, like satin streamers.
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The Wish Stealers
24
Q
Once she smuggled her cat into the hospital to visit her father. The cat was in a wicker picnic basket.
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The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
25
Hiney was a dog who often had accidents.
Floors
26
"My leg is covered with slime," I yelled. "But the oil won't drip into my shoe." Name the book. (p. 8)
Melonhead
27
An orange and black Diamond taxi stopped by the detour and my dad jumped out in time to see my mom wobbling down the ladder. Name the author. (p. 19)
Melonhead
28
His trip to the principals office obviously hadn't been enough to inspire good behavior.
Janitors
29
They are suggesting I remove all the chairs from the library so anyone they think doesn't belong here won't be welcome to sit down.
Glory Be
30
The blue ink flames outlined on her cheek were turning red. She slowly twisted her glare to meet his eyes.
Janitors
31
The dragons are in the tunnels.
Floors
32
"I haven't had much practice being a real gorilla, much less a silverback."
The One and Only Ivan
33
"As she read the message, the young human's expression went from Sad on the mouse Chart of Human Expressions to Interested."
Mousenet
34
They have lots of things they need to do like helping us figure out how to vote.
Glory Be
35
We have four dogs right now.
Waiting for the Magic
36
"Sometimes when I practice, I imagine Mom's right next to me listening."
Touch Blue
37
"one of the holders was suffering from Trembling Whisker Syndrome, which was one step before collapse."
Mousenet
38
He was 10 years old and small for his age.
Floors
39
" I've never asked for a promise before, because promises are forever, and forever is a unusually long time"
The One and Only Ivan
40
"If you kiss someone," said Elinor, "do you have to marry him?"
Waiting for the Magic
41
"Well, in the old days, kids would use two cans, invented to hold food, and string, invented to tie things together, to make something new--a toy telephone." Name the book. (p. 39)
Melonhead
42
The secret ingredient tin was empty except for the mirror on the bottom.
The Candymakers
43
"What difference does it make which one we drink from?" she asked. "The water tastes the same."
Glory Be
44
The leader of this flock of Merganzer ducks was named Betty.
Floors
45
Make your wishes but don't forget the real luck is inside you.
The Wish Stealers
46
He made spaghetti and hamburgers and soups and different dinners with strange things, such as pineapple, raisins, and chocolate.
Waiting for the Magic
47
She has come to Topeka to visit for a few weeks
The Wish Stealers
48
She wanted nothing more than to curl up with her grandma and play pistachio poker.
The Wish Stealers
49
The heavy curtains were pulled over the windows trying to keep it cool inside.
Glory Be
50
Daisy planned to exit through a tunnel in the basement.
The Candymakers
51
"A billion brains, all of us smart, all working together?"
Mousenet
52
When someone spoke at her side, she nearly whacked the stranger with her broom.
Janitors
53
Blop was small, mostly silver with large green eyes.
Floors
54
She was a 12 year old spy.
The Candymakers
55
How to Write in Code and Make Up Your Own Language
The Candymakers
56
"All our stuff came up from the coast on a mule."
Mousenet
57
"After hundreds of thousands of years of hiding from the big mammal that ruled the earth, the idea of deliberate contact was alarming."
Mousenet
58
Do we have to wave or talk to everyone?
Touch Blue
59
"Climate change is indeed the most urgent question facing the planet, for all species.
Mousenet
60
Someone had set the train in motion.
Floors
61
"as far as they knew they were the only species (apart from humans) who could make deals."
Mousenet
62
The balls landed with such force that one of the ketchup packets flew up and landed-plonk!-in an open jar of mustard.
Double Dog Dare
63
Since my daddy's been the preacher at First Fellowship United Church for my whole entire lifetime, half the people in this town know how old I am."
Glory Be
64
He got his name because he was lured into the restaurant with fried zucchini.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
65
You just made it all up for attention. And so you could draw on my face.
Janitors
66
If you watch a boat disappear from view, you'll never see it again.
Touch Blue
67
The bank's security cameras caught the robbery on film, and, as you can see, the ringleader appears to be a short, well-dressed man-about-town sporting a spectacular handlebar mustache. Pg. 27
Fake Mustache
68
Blotting his face with the paper helped make the tingling sensation fade.
Janitors
69
He has a pizza stone, makes his own dough and everything, and he said he'd teach me a few tricks.
Double Dog Dare
70
"Please let this plan work."
Touch Blue
71
The hard part was getting her to snap the photo before anyone saw them.
Double Dog Dare
72
And I forgot to find out just what Gran meant--not brave enough.
Waiting for the Magic
73
Many of the bushes were shaped like ducks.
Floors
74
Making a lunch bag isn't as easy as it seems.
The Year of the Book
75
My dad is great at grilling, treadmill walking, and picking out presents. But, he is not a rescuer. Nobody taught him about lifesaving when he was a kid. Name the book. (p.16)
Melonhead
76
A twelve-year-old boy flying through a second-story window was always going to be a surprise.
Janitors
77
He was used to having his tools always with him in his overalls.
Floors
78
"Bob said you are going to save me."
The One and Only Ivan
79
The liquid soap in the girl's bathroom had taken the blue flames off her face-mostly.
Janitors
80
"And did I tell you we did his algebra homework for him? Honors algebra?"
Mousenet
81
"597 Springle Street. And it's from Nation Productions."
Mousenet
82
It looked like just the usual Hairsprinkle kind of people, except there did seem to be more than the usual number of strolling accordion players. Pg. 13
Fake Mustache
83
The dusty quills stuck into his side as if he'd fallen on a cactus.
Janitors
84
"the movies gave him great ideas for things to invent - like the remote-control ant zapper he'd made after watching Planet of the Apes."
Mousenet
85
A hook-and-ladder truck, three police cars, and one ambulance stopped in the middle of Fifth Street. I was about to ask, "What's the emergency?" Then I realized I was. Name the author. (p. 16)
Melonhead
86
There were two other cars parked on the broken driveway and a truck on the street.
Janitors
87
"Did they hate her treaty? Had she asked for too much?"
Mousenet
88
She had been supportive so far, but no mother would knowingly let her son go into a fight.
Janitors
89
This hotel was in New York City.
Floors
90
He tests the drawstrings.
The Year of the Book
91
The car meant mom was home. The bad parking job meant she was in a hurry.
Janitors
92
He made a cartoon of a man whose head was about to explode. Underneath the guy's strangled neck it said: "Problem: Ties tie too tight." Name the author. (P. 45)
Melonhead
93
She was going to make the wall fall over, but she didn't seem to be listening.
Double Dog Dare
94
I couldn't wait to fell the water's coolness, to dive in and flutter-kick all the way to the shallow end.
Glory Be
95
"The judges are looking for something more unexpected-- a reinvention that uses the crystals in a different way." Name the author. (p. 84)
Melonhead
96
"Seems a little rowdy in there," the stranger said, not willing to put his cell phone away just yet.
Janitors
97
Does copper attract heat?
The Wish Stealers
98
"Never fear, Paul Revere," he shouted. "I'm climbing to the rescue." Name the author. (p. 7)
Melonhead
99
I was feeling better when, all of a sudden, it sounded like Capitol Hill was being invaded by howling hyenas. Everyone turned to look. I didn't. I just yelled, "Calm down, Mom!" Name the book. (p. 13)
Melonhead
100
There was an intruder in the Cocoa Room and someone grabbed his ankle.
The Candymakers
101
Philip had waited 7 years to get revenge.
The Candymakers
102
See, it all started with me and my friend Casper going to Sven's Fair Price Store in downtown Hairsprinkle. Pg. 2
Fake Mustache
103
"They have a room in Sarah Bently's name: 211."
Janitors
104
"You suppose they'll ever change that rule that makes my bossy sister in charge?"
Glory Be
105
He caught it then tapped on the top with his fingernail a few times before popping back the lid.
Double Dog Dare
106
"Humans can surprise you sometimes. An unpredictable species, Homo sapiens."
The One and Only Ivan
107
It made a lazy arc across the room, showering everyone below with drops of Dez-juice.
Janitors
108
I only believe in love, hard work and a little bit of magic
The Wish Stealers
109
EE-OW! EE-OWY! A great set of lungs.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
110
"And you must admit, humans could use our help. They are not doing a great job on their own."
Mousenet
111
With hasty movements that tore little marks in her paper, she scrubbed at her forest.
Janitors
112
Only Mrs. Sparks dined with the guests.
Floors
113
I've tried to teach my girls to speak up when they see a wrong being done.
Glory Be
114
She had three freckles
The Wish Stealers
115
He went up the stairs and we all clattered up, the sounds of dog feet on wooden stairs behind me.
Waiting for the Magic
116
Did you stop to think about how Mr. Shepard feels now that Mrs. Shepard is gone?
The Year of the Book
117
Sometimes Logan dropped things.
The Candymakers
118
Their mother is a school teacher.
Touch Blue
119
When he told us about Challenge America!, he looked like one of the Wright brothers about to fly off the cliff. Name the book. (p. 36)
Melonhead
120
"But the police will never believe us!" he cried.
Janitors
121
That made me crack up, which made my chair legs slide. I had to save myself by grabbing my desk. But I over-yanked so I crashed backwards. Name the book. (p. 45)
Melonhead
122
It was weird to know so much about something that his mom had never even imagined possible.
Janitors
123
They sat at the table mixing lemonade and cherry punch, what her friend called bug juice.
Glory Be
124
Her mission was to steal the secret ingredient.
The Candymakers
125
"we'll rescue Blop from the Railroad Room!"
Floors
126
We loved chocolate chicken, and the dogs would have loved it.
Waiting for the Magic
127
There wasn't a six-year-old in Manhattan who didn't hate the idea of fur coats that always came from cuddly animals.
Floors
128
I, for one, would love a knitted coat. I'm always cold in winter. Blue, please.
Waiting for the Magic
129
The cat had seven toes on each front foot and six on each on in the back.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
130
Mrs. Chen, the librarian, suggested Miles enter the contest.
The Candymakers
131
Old men sat at the long wooden tables, reading newspapers near the front windows.
Glory Be
132
Herbert Hoover is actually a great action figure. I want to give you your money back. Pg. 28
Fake Mustache
133
"A couple of them crossed their front paws, just in case that might help."
Mousenet
134
Logan, Miles, Daisy and Philip are about to compete in the national competition of a lifetime.
The Candymakers
135
That's when she began to cry, right on the floor of the yoga room, her shoulders heaving in giant sobs.
Double Dog Dare
136
Across from me Aaron stares at my hands as I unfold the letter.
Touch Blue
137
He plays both the trumpet and the piano.
Touch Blue
138
He shouldered the princess backpack and hefted his mop and broom.
Janitors
139
Man, he said, this stinks. And it did.
Janitors
140
He taught himself to play Air on the G String by Bach on his mother' violin.
The Candymakers
141
She pulls on her left ear, her story ear, like her father used to do when he was about to begin telling a story.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
142
She was known as old beehive head.
Floors
143
The organist controls how long the service goes on Sunday.
Touch Blue
144
She cut a hole in Max's office window to smuggle in the pie.
The Candymakers
145
Henry worked in the Marshmallow Room.
The Candymakers
146
"Look at that. The Esthers, hogging the pool again"
Glory Be
147
I could have taken the tree-free route to the roof by going in their front door, cutting through the morning room, then racing up the back staircase, into the bathroom, and out the window. Name the author. (p.2)
Melonhead
148
Temporary five-foot walls were set up to hide each of the competitors' stations
The Candymakers
149
"Then I had to turn around and run down the alley when her mangy old hound dog took off after me."
Glory Be
150
Her communication device was inside a book entitled Love's Last Dance.
The Candymakers
151
"By the time she got home, she was sure of one thing: at least one species was on her side."
Mousenet
152
Miles though she read romance novels out loud.
The Candymakers
153
I'm going to have a baby. That is, we're going to have a baby.
Waiting for the Magic
154
She told her little brother a ghost tale, a scary one, about Jewel the Ghost Cat.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
155
"This is magic," said Elinor, picking up her sparkling wand and waving it. The dogs lined up: Neo, Grace, Bryn, Bitty.
Waiting for the Magic
156
The five parts of this book are each told from the point of view of one of the main characters.
The Candymakers
157
I remember swimming under a boat or two, and then I came up on the other side, where my parents and grandmother were waiting.
The Candymakers
158
It was from the bank's security cameras, and it showed a gang of school librarians breaking down the doors and knocking out the guards with ninja moves. Pg. 33
Fake Mustache
159
She was going to sneak into the factory after it closed with the wax key she'd made.
The Candymakers
160
I raced after him, all the time thinking why in tarnation would our pool be closing on the hottest day of summer, just twelve days before the Fourth of July, my twelfth birthday?
Glory Be
161
Jodie and I wanted the actual truth to be known to historians and scholars someday. But right now it's still top secret. (pg. 194)
Fake Mustache
162
Hugging my knees, I lay my head on my arms, feeling low as dirt.
Touch Blue
163
The only excellent thing about parent-teacher conferences is that we get off from school. Name the book. (p. 49)
Melonhead
164
If you had a green or yellow card you did not tip at meals.
Floors
165
What am I going to tell your grandmother? She's at the mansion waiting for our report.
The Candymakers
166
Dad is a manager at the Quik Stop.
The Year of the Book
167
Miles likes to make up codes and other languages
The Candymakers
168
Cross your fingers for good luck.
Touch Blue
169
2. No one under the age of twelve allowed in without supervision.
Glory Be
170
"when humans claim friendship with a member of another species, it is because they own the animal."
Mousenet
171
"Calm down," says a voice. You're behaving like a chimp."
The One and Only Ivan
172
This morning my mom took off my green bandage. Even worse, my foot was back to normal. Name the author. (p. 36)
Melonhead
173
We donÕt need outside agitators down here making up new rules.
Glory Be
174
She had a Wishing Theory and a Hope- of- the- World Theory.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
175
You can blame it on the Freedom Workers. Those people from up North, in town to help the coloreds vote and swim in our pool.
Glory Be
176
Her mother chose her teacher, Mr. Fry, to be her father figure.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
177
When I leaned over to see the cover of what the girl was reading, she jumped like I'd shot off a firecracker in the library.
Glory Be
178
Alice's mouth was sagging open, crooked in disbelief.
Janitors
179
"A moment when two species that have always regarded each other with fear and loathing join forces for the good of all."
Mousenet
180
It was one of the dust gophers, really enjoying a meal of carpet dirt and chalk dust.
Janitors
181
Maybe they were going to get a divorce no matter what she did.
Double Dog Dare
182
The ferry was named Island View.
Touch Blue
183
This book takes place on an island.
Touch Blue
184
"he slowed down as they passed a cartoony sign showing a chef with red hair, just outside a restaurant called Chez Red."
Mousenet
185
Maybe Amy and Jenna don't like each other, but that's okay. I like both of them.
Touch Blue
186
She moved her bedroom to the sewing room.
Glory Be
187
They were singing in the rain and stomping in the water puddles.
Glory Be
188
Soma is my friend Riya's gramma, or didu. Name the book.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
189
"Wow, look at that short man-about-town!" exclaimed a passerby. Pg. 12
Fake Mustache
190
When you live on a small island, you donÕt get many choices of friends.
Touch Blue
191
This is a bit of magic, isn't it? All these very nice dogs living with people who need them?
Waiting for the Magic
192
"A good zoo is how humans make amends."
The One and Only Ivan
193
"I'd like a suit," said Casper. Pg. 8
Fake Mustache
194
Hey, Magpie isn't afraid to hang out with me because IÕm the boss's daughter.
The Candymakers
195
This hotel housed six ducks in a pond on the roof.
Floors
196
The pink gel soap that takes off marker and makes your face tingle.
Janitors
197
The hammer gives him power, and the nail sets up a link with the building.
Janitors
198
One of her stories had the villainous Victor, the Prince Fredericko, and the Princess Oonella as characters.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
199
Balloons hung near the ceiling, moving slowly around the room like ghosts.
Waiting for the Magic
200
I brought my own library book called My Side of the Mountain.
The Year of the Book
201
"Your teeth are chattering." He swooped down in the picker box and came back up with a silver space blanket. Name the book. (p. 25)
Melonhead
202
"He called her Mrs. Bently, but she said, 'I wish you'd just call me Sarah.'"
Janitors
203
And no she punctuated, I will not be holding your hand.
Janitors
204
"Before you start saying bad stuff about people, you should find out who these so-called outside agitators really are."
Glory Be
205
So four dogs and a cat named Lula replaced my father.
Waiting for the Magic
206
One entry was disqualified because an ingredient was intentionally omitted from the list.
The Candymakers
207
I could feel my ears heating up. That happens when I'm a chucklehead. They turn red. Then pink creeps over my cheeks. Name the author. (p.12)
Melonhead
208
We're doing something all together, all three of us kids. And it's fun.
Touch Blue
209
We practiced barking until my mom came racing outside. She thought wild dogs could be on the loose. Luckily, that was when my dad came back. Name the book. (p. 27)
Melonhead
210
"But the treaty allowed for no exceptions, even for moms."
Mousenet
211
It's bad luck to change a boat's name.
Touch Blue
212
I swear the part of me that wanted to say yes blurted out "okay" without checking with the "no" side first.
Touch Blue
213
Swimming inside were countless bacteria and germs galore. What do you want from me?
Janitors
214
I held up my letter with about a million words crossed out.
Glory Be
215
A good fact: Average kids eat fifteen hundred peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before they are grown up. I am not average. Name the author. (p. 46)
Melonhead
216
He floated up slowly, using one hand to guide himself along the wall.
Janitors
217
The participants reported two days prior to the contest.
The Candymakers
218
And maybe saving the club was more important than beating Kansas Bloom.
Double Dog Dare
219
Many of the friends and guests at the party wore colored Indian clothes like saris and salwar kameez.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
220
A rainbow means change is coming.
Touch Blue
221
"Remember, there's a mad genius criminal mastermind on the loose, and you never know where he might be," he said. Pg. 34
Fake Mustache
222
Knitting a blanket large enough to cover Rhode Island.
Waiting for the Magic
223
"I soon learned humans can screech even louder than monkeys."
The One and Only Ivan
224
I fell asleep too soon. And when I woke up this morning I felt like my face was lying in gravel. But it was only busted peanut butter crackers that were stuck to my cheek and hair.
Melonhead
225
Mariah Weatherby Schmidt
The Wish Stealers
226
He nodded, concentrating on getting the bottom tip of Florida just right, and his mom sat next to him.
Double Dog Dare
227
"Ask for whatever you wish - the sun, the moon, or the stars - remembering that for us the word impossible does not exist."
Mousenet
228
Nobody told him that cherry pickers are machines that rise up in the air so firemen can rescue people stuck in high places. Name the author. (p. 18)
Melonhead
229
A flying goat will be of use.
Floors
230
I laughed at the thought of a fifty-year-old Max in fourth grade, sitting on a small chair in front of a small desk, his knees up to his chin.
Waiting for the Magic
231
Their dad died of cancer when he was 31 years old.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
232
At bedtime I made a tent out of my sheets and crawled under it with a bowl of crunchy peanut butter mixed with grape jam and a tube of Ritz crackers. Name the book. (p. 46)
Melonhead
233
"We're up against worse things than this, Mom. I told you it was real."
Janitors
234
He has a little pellet from a BB gun stuck under his skin.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
235
The voices he'd heard from the porch turned out to be the Three Stooges yelling at each other in black-and-white on an old TV channel.
Janitors
236
As soon as the words left his mouth, the winged creatures arched back and dove as fast as a falcon behind the teacher's desk.
Janitors
237
"Closer to a palmtop."
Mousenet
238
The cat's real name was Zucchini.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
239
Even though we'd left the porch, we could hear every word between the two men.
Glory Be
240
Daisy said, "There's something inside him that just erases everything on the outside."
The Candymakers
241
Remi's dad was not in the picture.
Floors
242
"Put the Rebels in the bathroom again."
Janitors
243
Mrs. Sparks had a distinctive hair style.
Floors
244
His mother was in danger and the opportunity for a surprise attack was dwindling.
Janitors
245
"We are here to help each other. One student's disaster can inspire another student's success." Name the author. (p. 85)
Melonhead
246
Remi was the doorman,
Floors
247
The mainland may not be very far away in miles, but those miles change everything.
Touch Blue
248
Daisy's spying takes her all over the world.
The Candymakers
249
Our job was to get ourselves to Jr. Choir practice 10 minutes before the first hymn was played.
Glory Be
250
I am reading about Sam sewing a deer skin when the bell rings to go inside.
The Year of the Book
251
The call center had a shark head named Daisy.
Floors
252
But I did win, Dad. Trust me, we all won as soon as it played it first note.
The Candymakers
253
"I wanted to be an artist again."
The One and Only Ivan
254
He liked to sit on the roof of the house for hours each day.
The Candymakers
255
The cat had white markings that looked like the state of California on his belly.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
256
They had chocolate pizza for lunch.
The Candymakers
257
"I'm in favor of any invention that doesn't stain, involve a tree, cause bleeding, or have anything to do with head lice," she cause bleeding, or have anything to do with head lice," she said. Name the author. (p. 69)
Melonhead
258
She introduced AJ as her cousin, Bo.
The Candymakers
259
You go and trust him for one second, and then he was late.
Double Dog Dare
260
His brother's notebook had detailed instructions for methods of cheating and lying to win every contest.
The Candymakers
261
A redhead on a boat is unlucky.
Touch Blue
262
We ask that everyone leave the building as quickly as possible so the folks from the Bureau can do their routine checks.
Janitors
263
He told Philip's dad that they were not welcome back.
The Candymakers
264
Daisy Gates, who had only briefly heard about algebra, thought it was some kind of deep sea creature.
Janitors
265
The word was "idiot," forever number three after "stupid" and "fat."
Waiting for the Magic
266
"they had learned in their classes on human behavior that humans were unpredictable."
Mousenet
267
Leslie staged an interview with the principal so he would open the doors.
Janitors
268
A second later, two more 3 year olds came careening into view, one with a butter knife, the other with a pair of scissors
Janitors
269
He hands me a small metal box - inside is a set of miniature watercolors and a tiny brush.
The Year of the Book
270
"It makes a difference when you tell the whole truth. No one can trust a chameleon."
Janitors
271
We see Jodie sleeping in a tangle of sheets, blankets and stuffed animals. A cell phone rings. Pg. 21
Fake Mustache
272
"But I can't save Ruby. I can't even save myself."
The One and Only Ivan
273
"Humans. Rats have bigger hearts. Roaches have kinder souls. Flies have"
The One and Only Ivan
274
"She sat on the bed so he could run up her arm to her shoulder where he grabbed a braid."
Mousenet
275
He reached into his pocket and felt the little bottle of soap.
Janitors
276
The chair, his bed, and almost every bit of space was piled high with gold bricks and bundles of ten-thousand-dollar bills. Pg. 37
Fake Mustache
277
He reached the garbage can. And his hopes shattered.
Janitors
278
I started to say how it was my birthday and I'd had swimming parties here since I was little.
Glory Be
279
He always left his window open an inch so the air in his room wouldn't get stuffy.
Janitors
280
"pirouettes of mousely satisfaction."
Mousenet
281
"A platoon of armed guards formed in front of her, made up of six rows of mice carrying toothpicks"
Mousenet
282
The penny felt hot in her pocket
The Wish Stealers
283
Penny, Penny!
The Wish Stealers
284
He made his voice loud and clear so everyone could hear him.
Double Dog Dare
285
"Have a nice TRIP?" I asked. "See you next FALL!" he said. He was laughing and spitting mud at the same time. (p. 71)
Melonhead
286
Most flowers are actually edible.
The Candymakers
287
She planned to mix something that tastes really bad into the secret ingredient so their plan would backfire.
The Candymakers
288
There were flowers in a blue vasecloth napkinsserious talk
Waiting for the Magic
289
Here, please take a complimentary year's supply of spirit gum. Pg. 19
Fake Mustache
290
Everyone had begun to move closer to the boy playing like a world-famous violinist.
The Candymakers
291
"1 crib, 46 glasses, 7 lamps, 1 couch"
The One and Only Ivan
292
He liked the idea of his dad getting to know Pilar.
Floors
293
Last summer, my sister taught me to hold my breath and swim the entire length of the pool underwater.
Glory Be
294
I untangles a quarter from my bathing cap and dropped it on the sign-in table.
Glory Be
295
It was bad enough that he didn't have any friends at Welcher Elementary.
Janitors
296
If you have something to say, she instructed, please raise your hand and I'll consider calling on you.
Janitors
297
Good story-making words are: faraway, woe, befall, whence and by and by.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
298
The Fillmores were janitors.
Floors
299
Moving isn't the worst thing that can happen to a person.
Touch Blue
300
"Another thing - you need to get socialized, young woman."
Mousenet
301
She should had said, "She grows like a weed. Not she is a weed."
The Year of the Book
302
Now the hoop remained stuffed inside one of the unpacked boxes.
Double Dog Dare
303
My mom thinks talking about butts is vulgar. I think it's hilarious. Once, I told my dad that I am unfamiliar with the ways of ladies. Name the book. (p.18)
Melonhead
304
I pointed to Colored Only, big as you please, written above the fountain where she'd just leaned her white face and took a long drink.
Glory Be
305
"Stay because you can belong in more than one place and one of your places is with us."
Touch Blue
306
I show him the lunch bag that I sewed yesterday.
The Year of the Book
307
I've heard that people in other towns say Hairsprinkle is a very strange place. Pg. 6
Fake Mustache
308
About five years ago, my mother bought a bunch of Famous Presidents of History action figures at Sultan's Salvage Store. Pg. 15
Fake Mustache
309
He threw the little plastic truck and Logan didn't catch it.
The Candymakers
310
He held his breath as he logged into his email account.
Double Dog Dare
311
Was Big Billy or Second Enterprise going to ruin it all?
The Candymakers
312
They went straight through the cornfield instead of around it and ended up in a strawberry patch.
The Candymakers
313
"Any human could change in an instant from a harmless mammal minding its own business into a dangerous predator determined to kill you."
Mousenet
314
"Our class is made up of Rowdies and Listeners. I'm in the latter group."
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
315
She had no children, but had seven exotic chickens, some with strange topknots on their heads.
Waiting for the Magic
316
The green box fit on top of the blue box.
Floors
317
Start your journey with your right foot and good luck will walk with you.
Touch Blue
318
I got this sticky hand on the end of a sticky stretchy rubber kind of thing. Pg. 3
Fake Mustache
319
She jumped in the wayback of the station wagon and hid under a blanket.
Glory Be
320
Once her eyes are opened, you'll give the bottle back to me with the bronze hammer and nail.
Janitors
321
She loved half birthdays, almost more than full birthdays.
Waiting for the Magic
322
A best friend was someone who remembered the plastic spoon.
Double Dog Dare
323
"Take the gold ring and you get a free ride."
Floors
324
I met her once when I was a girl
The Wish Stealers
325
There's more to stories than it seems at first looking. Two sides to most stories.
Glory Be
326
He had a toothpick hanging out of his mouth, a football under his arm, and the fiercest look on his face.
Glory Be
327
"At the nice soft 'trap' bit, both men roared with laughter, which meant that there was absolutely no chance either of them would faint."
Mousenet
328
He felt pain sear through his leg as one sharp beak nipped a bit of flesh from above his knee.
Janitors
329
Once it was someone's trash but now the ocean has tumbled it all smooth and beautiful.
Touch Blue
330
His talent was determining every ingredient of what he was eating.
The Candymakers
331
There is something wonderful and incredible about people's names. After awhile it becomes clear that your name is the perfect name.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
332
Logan's family owned the factory.
The Candymakers
333
The second box was blue.
Floors
334
She had a life of racing, but unlike many racing greyhounds, she is gentle with small animals.
Waiting for the Magic
335
"How come all these people already know about me?"
Touch Blue
336
Dylan RW (rhymes with) VILLAIN.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
337
He thought we'd go out there and look like morons, and he could pull off some cool magic act and win everything.
Double Dog Dare
338
"Another day, another scribble"
The One and Only Ivan
339
The crossing guard is waiting at the curb in his orange vest that catches the sunrise.
The Year of the Book
340
He was staring at the four dogs as they stood morning guard in front of him.
Waiting for the Magic
341
I've got to buzz over to the copy machine for a sec.
Janitors
342
"Her mother's starting a new clinic out from town: the Freedom Clinic we're calling it."
Glory Be
343
In PE I was picked last for kickball. I ate lunch by myself and accidentally spilled ketchup on my shirt, see>
Janitors
344
They were watchers, listeners, spies; gathering information. Mostly they watched Papa.
Waiting for the Magic
345
"It's easy," I said. "Bark while you're inhaling. If you do it while you're breathing out it sounds fake." Name the author. (p. 27)
Melonhead
346
Summer without Papa was easier somehow, but there was always that phone; the treat that Papa would call again.
Waiting for the Magic
347
He said a prayer of thanks for the queen's bee's years of service.
The Candymakers
348
One of the biggest sellers was the Neon Yellow Lightning Chew
The Candymakers
349
She shows me her title, "Learning to Ride a Two Wheeler."
The Year of the Book
350
Her project looked like a green glob of goop.
The Candymakers
351
It's fabric left over from my bedspread.
The Year of the Book
352
"Better a human in the hand than two in a bush."
Mousenet
353
You love the 4th of July, It's your birthday.
Glory Be
354
Afternoon cartoons on the big flat-screen TV attracted them like moths to a porch light.
Janitors
355
A clunker station wagon was parked mostly in the driveway, with one wheel on the dying grass.
Janitors
356
I didn't mean to be disruptive. I thought I saw something, but maybe
Janitors
357
Bureau of Educational Maintenance was scribed in fancy letters above the eagle's head.
Janitors
358
Manic Moe, Salvatore, and Vicki all work at the pizzeria.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
359
Never say "drowned" at sea.
Touch Blue
360
Jane Yancey's dad had a zillion dollars
Floors
361
In one talon it held a broom, the other clutched a dustpan.
Janitors
362
Magpie was a horse.
The Candymakers
363
Tacked onto a closed door at the end of the hall was a torn sheet of paper.
Janitors
364
"I know a beetle when I see one."
The One and Only Ivan
365
I squinted down the sidewalk, and finally here he came, dragging his towel with his bathing suit hiked way up.
Glory Be
366
Since you were waiting until six o'clock, I decided to strike early- when you were least expecting it.
Janitors
367
Maybe he thought his mean big brother was gonna make those boys playing Marco Polo, splashing left and right under the diving board, ask him to join in.
Glory Be
368
I just know your mom is in the hospital and your grandma too,
The Wish Stealers
369
"I'm making an exercise machine for cats," he said. "I'm using my old skateboard and some kind of strong motor." Name the book. (p. 84)
Melonhead
370
Summer storm
The Wish Stealers
371
Words to live by..."Always good to have a duck."
Floors
372
"people liked her, even though she puzzled them sometimes by smiling for reasons she wouldn't explain."
Mousenet
373
Touch blue and your wish will come true.
Touch Blue
374
Right there, winding through the muddy grass, was a garter snake. It was as skinny as a fat pencil, longer than a ruler, and slithering fast. Name the book. (p. 71)
Melonhead
375
Dr. Penshine took a deep breath.
The Wish Stealers
376
His father's name was Clarence.
Floors
377
They stood outside the huge wooden wondering if they should knock.
The Candymakers
378
Her mother had orangey curly hair, like a big halo around her head.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
379
This book is set in Oakland, California.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
380
"the kids were staring at her with amazement, as if she was even more weird than they thought."
Mousenet
381
"I promise it only word as a silverback."
The One and Only Ivan
382
In her Hope- of- the- World Theory she wanted the whole world to be one big happy intermarried family.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
383
Fred looks at the vet as if he were god-like because he can cure living, breathing beings.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
384
It was dusk as the Zumbro station wagon pulled into the hotel parking lot.
Janitors
385
Captain Rickenbacker often talked about Mr. M.
Floors
386
"Because every foot has about a hundred and twenty-five thousand sweat glands," I said. "All of mine were working." Name the book. p. 33)
Melonhead
387
To Mr. Shepard, I write on the bottom.
The Year of the Book
388
Collectible, antiques and wonders
The Wish Stealers
389
"How much is that monkey in the window?"
The One and Only Ivan
390
The next things I saw were two red and blue striped socks and two legs coming out of the upstairs bathroom window. Name the book. (p. 7)
Melonhead
391
It's hard to feel lonely with a bounding pup. My first puppy in my whole life!
The Wish Stealers
392
For a snack, the kids ate Whoopie pies.
Touch Blue
393
I guess I must've taken too long because before I knew it, she was standing at the other fountain.
Glory Be
394
CAPS are like shouts, they're more important than italics.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
395
Daisy has a file with a picture of Logan as a child.
The Candymakers
396
In her place was a thin, younger woman who had short, stylish hair streaked with pink highlights.
Janitors
397
Grandma, did you see the sky today?
The Wish Stealers
398
The girl always wore black socks.
Glory Be
399
The bad luck of having a redhead aboard can be averted if you speak to the redhead before he speaks to you.
Touch Blue
400
Of course she heard me. She's four. Four-year-olds hear everything. They know everything.
Waiting for the Magic
401
My mom vacuums and mops every Saturday, is learning English and going to school to be a nurse.
The Year of the Book
402
I wanted to write a book. Maybe some poems. I've always wanted to.
Waiting for the Magic
403
When it's Libby and Grace's turn, they flap their arms and buzz up onto the stage.
Touch Blue
404
She missed her third birthday so she was really thirteen!
The Candymakers
405
The key to the cafeteria was above the door if he could reach it.
The Candymakers
406
I looked at the bill. It was stiff and crisp like a bill that had just come fresh from the bank. Pg. 29
Fake Mustache
407
Sunflower Assisted Living Home
The Wish Stealers
408
"I've read every single Nancy Drew book in the entire world."
Glory Be
409
I wish to become an amazing bass guitarist.
The Wish Stealers
410
Max's job was to oversee the visitors in the factory.
The Candymakers
411
A policeman stopped them on their way back home.
Glory Be
412
I love you, forever my wish giver.
The Wish Stealers
413
She had a theory about the difference between dog owners and cat owners.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
414
Last year's occupant must have spent hours etching the message into the wooden surface.
Janitors
415
"I wonder who this Picasso is"
The One and Only Ivan
416
Sometimes you have to stop trying to control everything and let life happen the way it's supposed to.
Touch Blue
417
If you buy one, you get this stuff called "spirit gum" for free. Pg.3
Fake Mustache
418
The ape at Exit 8.
The One and Only Ivan
419
Big Billy was the owner of Mmm Mmm Good.
The Candymakers
420
He was supposed to distract everyone so that they could get a sample of the ice cream.
The Candymakers
421
The vet, Howard Fiske, DVM, has a long fingernail that makes the main character think that he is more interested in playing guitar or thinking up lyrics than curing her cat.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
422
Leo and his father lived in the basement of a hotel.
Floors
423
My hair's pitch brown and straight as pine needles.
Touch Blue
424
"Call me stupid, but I promised this one she wouldn't have to burgle."
Mousenet
425
Book's dedication: mom never kept candy in the house, so I ate it every chance I got.
The Candymakers
426
I always liked to be the first one in the school, so I get here early and read until they open the doors.
Janitors
427
The stranger wasn't very tall, but he seemed as tough and bulletproof as Kevlar.
Janitors
428
"You are not going in there to take them by force. Do you remember that you're only twelve years old?"
Janitors
429
Philip Ransford the Second. Second Enterprises.
The Candymakers
430
This is Tupelo. Elvis lived here when he was a little boy.
Glory Be
431
Lula was their only student, wearing a yellow shirt with LOVE THAT BABY printed on it.
Waiting for the Magic
432
Aaron doesn't belong to his mother anymore.
Touch Blue
433
"How do you know who's who if they don't smell?"
The One and Only Ivan
434
"If nothing ever changed, there'd be no such things as butterflies."
The Candymakers
435
"My parents are getting a divorce," she said it again, just to hear how it sounded.
Double Dog Dare
436
I don't think it is fair for you not to tell Papa about the baby.
Waiting for the Magic
437
"her nails were long and red and perfect - quite different from her mom's nails, which were short and sometimes chewed looking."
Mousenet
438
A room in this hotel was called the Pinball Machine.
Floors
439
"Kids splash water and threw beach balls at each other. One of them was naked as a jaybird, standing by the side crying for his mama. No, sirree, you would not catch me in that baby pool full of pee."
Glory Be
440
Mario, from Italy and Maria, from Mexico own O'Leary's Pizzeria.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
441
"My size four foot is stuck in a size-three hole." Name the author. (p. 6)
Melonhead
442
And then it happened. I heard.
Waiting for the Magic
443
Fran was the taffy maker.
The Candymakers
444
She was looking at something at the far end of the stage.
Double Dog Dare
445
"I always tell the truth.although I sometimes confuse the facts."
The One and Only Ivan
446
He wouldn't officially become one until he turned 18, then he could look into the secret ingredient tin.
The Candymakers
447
The way those girls were studying their fancy-colored toenails, you would've thought they were paintings hanging in a museum.
Glory Be
448
They called him Elvis because of his hair.
Glory Be
449
"You walk the ducks, then we meet in the Central Park Room-"
Floors
450
With one swift motion, he shoved the door open and sprang into the living room.
Janitors
451
Then, at lunch recess I met some aliens. They were pretty cool and showed me their ray guns and stuff.
Janitors
452
For dinner, I ate eleven fish sticks, nine baby carrots, zero peas, and vanilla cream pie that was still frozen because I couldn't wait. Name the author. (p. 46)
Melonhead
453
Never whistle on a boat.
Touch Blue
454
Dad's colors are navy blue with yellow stripes.
Touch Blue
455
Then the bell rang and he jumped up, grabbed his backpack, and ran out of the classroom screaming.
Janitors
456
"Humans have so many words, more than they truly need"
The One and Only Ivan
457
"This is a red-letter day," she said. I'm not clear about what that means but it's good. Here's how I know: Usually my mom wears mom clothes. Today she had on a blue shirt with a sweater that matches and black pants and high heels and a flowered scarf going around her neck. Name the book. (p. 63)
Melonhead
458
We just moved her to the second floor. She's doing much better.
The Wish Stealers
459
Yesterday I was a regular ten-year-old boy. Today I'm the star of four Washington, D.C., TV stations. Name the book. (p.1)
Melonhead
460
He wore a blue suit and tie and carried a brief case.
The Candymakers
461
After a while it was swimming pool noises again-mamas calling children, lifeguards 'whistles, radio fighting with each other to see which one could make the most racket.
Glory Be
462
"they celebrated with a high five, or a low five, or a five-four."
Mousenet
463
The Whippet Hotel leaned like the Tower of Pisa.
Floors
464
"And now he's in even worse shaped because he's just not that good at selling those Tick-Tock things and he's afraid he'll be fired."
Mousenet
465
"Why would they close the Community Pool now, when everyone needs a place to swim?"
Glory Be
466
It was almost fully dark outside and a narrow strip of light leaked out where the curtains didn't seal together.
Janitors
467
Actually, I don't know my last name.
The Candymakers
468
It dashed to a doorway across the hall, but the way was instantly blocked by a huge, oafish man with a vacuum.
Janitors
469
Eight eyes turned into me when I was away; eight eyes became one beacon that reminds me who I am.
Waiting for the Magic
470
I stare, frozen in place. Inside the trap's a brilliant blue lobster!
Touch Blue
471
"He's right. I don't even know what he likes now."
Touch Blue
472
My mom cooked cheeseburgers with double pickles and BBQ sauce for dinner because I won. I knew it was a big celebration because she usually likes to cook things that don't stain. Name the author. (p. 61)
Melonhead
473
Most people thought this hotel has 9 floors.
Floors
474
We rebuild it until it plays like a real harmonica.
The Candymakers
475
"I'm pretty sure he took them to the Best Western Hotel, so we've got to rescue them."
Janitors
476
"As all mice know, few things in nature disturb humans as much as mouse poop."
Mousenet
477
"Hey-yo-yo-te-do, Soymilk!" pg. 24
Fake Mustache
478
Mrs. Coombs is a year-round complaint.
Touch Blue
479
She writes the word of the week on the board. Perservance.
The Year of the Book
480
"I made a concoction that was so stinkola we had to open all the windows and go out for dinner. When we came home it still smelled so terrible my mom got a headache." Name the author. (p. 38)
Melonhead
481
The two boys rode the Double Helix to get to the roof.
Floors
482
The main character and her brother work for the pizzeria by dressing up like a pizza slice and they get free pizza for payment.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
483
Why did she have the same yarn as Mariah?
The Wish Stealers
484
I've seen the episode so many times, I think I've learned how to yodel just by watching it, but I haven't figured out how they did the horse-on-the-escalator trick. Pg. 25
Fake Mustache
485
"When we play Monopoly, he picks the race car as his token," Libby adds.
Touch Blue
486
"I want to save the club too, you know," he told her.
Double Dog Dare
487
I'm good at secrets. Preacher's kids hear a lot of stuff.
Glory Be
488
RW means rhymes with in the rebuses.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
489
Andrew was Philip's biggest competitor, but he had never entered this contest. So Philip was sure to win.
The Candymakers
490
Painted birthday cake colors, the line of summer cottages looks like a row of life-sized dollhouses.
Touch Blue
491
"How you get in?" Max shrieked. "I wanna scare you."
Janitors
492
Philip is not proud of his musical talent.
The Candymakers
493
"Although you couldn't tell it from his stillness, the leader of the second most powerful species on the planet was nervous."
Mousenet
494
The kids love the back alley where their dad planted lavender and geraniums in big blue pots.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
495
"I never heard there was a plant called lavender. And who would ever guess since it's mostly green? Not me." Name the book. (p. 3)
Melonhead
496
I don't know why the rest of you can't see them. I'm trying to figure that out.
Janitors
497
"No, the one I've had my eye on--the Heidelberg Handlebar Number Seven--is $129.99 at Sven's Fair Price Store." pg.5
Fake Mustache
498
You may remember seeing me on TV when Jodie O'Rodeo saved the world. Pg. 2
Fake Mustache
499
"Some dogs run forty miles an hour." He announced like it was the gospel truth.
Glory Be
500
I grin back , but I can't help the troubled twisst in my stomach that Eben came by on purpose.
Touch Blue
