Battle of the Books - Practice Deck 4 Flashcards
The power will remain off for eight minutes.
Janitors
“Who’s your aunt anyhow?” I called out.” Are you my sister’s boyfriend?”
Glory Be
“The BEM is a very old agency. It oversees the maintenance of schools across the U.S.”
Janitors
“The thing looked way smaller than a normal cell phone.”
Mousenet
“It’s the perfect excuse not to go back to class and to give you lovebirds endless swirlies.”
Janitors
Then, without a sound the lights turned off.
Janitors
The spit bomb made a fast descent and landed with a splat on Jen McNeal’s new back-to-school shoes.
Janitors
Without the crackle and pop of the intercom, the secretary sounded much younger.
Janitors
He belched in unison with the bell, trying to make his burp last longer.
Janitors
But one doesn’t beat the Bureau of Educational Maintenance.
Janitors
“The blobs will be an excellent source of power for cell phones and music players!”
Mousenet
“Terrible thing, permanent marker,” she said, examining her own reflection before replacing the makeup mirror in her purse.
Janitors
Julia used watercolors to paint Ruby for art class.
The One and Only Ivan
“The glove won’t harm you.”
Janitors
“I’m busy texting the sewer police. Got to tell them to expect two newcomers from toilet number one.”
Janitors
“You just made it all up for attention. And so you could draw on my face.”
Janitors
“Subject is female about 2/3 size, red hair in ropes at back, crested in front.”
Mousenet
“She’d never been away from her mom for more than a day or two in her life, and she had no idea what it would feel like.”
Mousenet
Not only was the accident newsworthy, but several mysterious events surrounding the collapse of the classroom also gained the media’s attention.
Janitors
“They are suggesting I remove all he chairs so anyone they think doesn’t belong here won’t be welcome to sit down.”
Glory Be
As though he had tripped some unseen sensor, a black dog came tearing around the corner, barking, teeth bared.
Janitors
Domain.
The One and Only Ivan
He couldn’t bring himself to snack without washing and he couldn’t wash without leaving his tidy sanctuary.
Janitors
No sooner did his feet touch the floor than the sound of a revving vacuum hit him from the side.
Janitors
“Forests can’t grow next to mountains. You’re going to get an F.”
Janitors
“Should we fire him now, he would vanish for a time, then pop up again somewhere else. Like a bad weed.”
Janitors
Four children with matching brown hair and a smattering of freckles moved to the front of the bus.
Janitors
He was everything a silverback was meant to be: a guide, a teacher, a protector.
The One and Only Ivan
One day, a still day when the hot air hummed, the humans came.
The One and Only Ivan
He never should have left her alone. She really could have been hurt.
Janitors
“Not a very romantic place for your first date, Doofus.”
Janitors
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
The One and Only Ivan
“And no,” she punctuated, “I will not be holding your hand.”
Janitors
If I’m telling the truth, then tomorrow you’ll see what I see.
Janitors
Maybe if I didn’t get there and read the sign, the pool wasn’t closed.
Glory Be
“All those outsiders here in town might try to make us swim with colored children. And go to school with them.”
Glory Be
He carries the claw stick with him all the time now.
The One and Only Ivan
“My mother keeps reminding me we’re here to help,” she said.
Glory Be
“I might not go to the stupid celebration anyhow.” I twisted my ponytail.
Glory Be
“She sort of hoped kids from her class would come up and talk to her, and sort of hoped they wouldn’t.”
Mousenet
This baby’s never let us down. She patted the dashboard.
Janitors
There were strawberry, caramel, butterscotch, and chocolate- four bottles of syrup just for him!
Janitors
“Keep working on your maps, boys and girls,” Miss Sharmelle instructed.
Janitors
“Talks or touches mouse: no EEEK, A+.”
Mousenet
“Their arms shot out like frog tongues going for a fly.”
Janitors
Like rotten meat, with a hint of papaya.
The One and Only Ivan
Truth be told, Mrs. Natcher did smell a little like cabbage sometimes, but she was still tolerable.
Janitors
It was a long walk from the elementary school, and the urgency of their mission made it seem even longer.
Janitors
“We will not”–she stopped to take a deep breath–“be removing”–another breath–“library chairs.”
Glory Be
They passed through a set of doors and found themselves in the school library.
Janitors
“I told you, the sheep girl’s weird.”
Mousenet
“A few of our citizens would like to see our town shot down tight.”
Glory Be
We’ll come out right in Mrs. Cleveland’s room. They won’t expect us to pop out of the ceiling.
Janitors
“You may worship the ground your mean, ugly brother walks on, but I never want to lay eyes on him again as long as I live.”
Glory Be
Is there anything sweeter that the touch of another as she pulls a dead bug from your fur?
The One and Only Ivan
“I’ll be out in the field again, doing research on endangered animals. This time it’s the hairy-nose wombat.”
Mousenet
For some unknown reason, it didn’t max out at fifty like all the other supplies.
Janitors
You don’t know how hard it was to fall asleep last night. I was like a walking nighlight.
Janitors
When she finished, he felt smaller than a toothpick.
Janitors
“I’ll never, ever, ever get you in a situation like that again, even if the boss orders me to do it.”
Mousenet
Shouts up the hallway confirmed that the parents were looking for him.
Janitors
“The Captain stood in front with a drinking straw, pointing to the key that someone should land on next.”
Mousenet
“TALLAHASSEE WELCOMES J.J. FISHER!”
Mousenet
Since you were waiting until 6 o’clock U decided to start early-when you were least expecting it.
Janitors
“They inhale brain waves of young people and exhale certain toxins that affect children’s ability to learn.”
Janitors
“Is somebody fixing the broken part of the fence over by our mimosa tree?”
Glory Be
Plugging the other nostril, he exhaled hard, blowing out the M&M and catching it on his waiting tongue.
Janitors
Right now I would give all the yogurt raisins in all the world for a heart made of ice.
The One and Only Ivan
It’s hard to believe there is a connection across time and space, linking me to a race of ill-mannered clowns.
The One and Only Ivan
“Do you want to bounce, Max, or do you want ice cream?”
Janitors
He’d had this problem in his old school-falling asleep even when he really wanted to learn what the teacher was explaining.
Janitors
Since I’m headed south, I’ll do my best to pick up some new clues.
Janitors
Jen was alternately blotting off her shoe and drying the tears of her sobbing friend.
Janitors
She hesitated. “I’ve never been in a boy’s bathroom before.”
Janitors
There were big white buckets on the center tables- gallons of ice cream in a variety of flavors.
Janitors
Make eye contact. Show your form. Strut.
The One and Only Ivan
If I’m not there you’ll find a spare key under a clay pot on the front porch.
Janitors
His trip to the principal’s office obviously hadn’t been enough to inspire good behavior.
Janitors
There was no time to explain everything, such as why he was wearing a princess backpack and holding a mop and broom.
Janitors
A twelve year old boy flying through a second story window was always going to be a surprise.
Janitors
The well-aimed dust struck the fat man and the skinny man, bringing them to their faces on the gym floor.
Janitors
He tightened the straps on his pink backpack and dug into the bush for the other supplies.
Janitors
Every where is my home.
The One and Only Ivan
“That girl would argue with a signpost. But your sister’s just growing up.”
Glory Be
Another portion of the roof caved in. Plumes of dust rose from the rubble like swirling, pale ghosts.
Janitors
The boy clung to it, the only tangible evidence of what he’d done. A memorial to utter destruction.
Janitors
“I just hope he shows up before it gets too dark to play Kick the Can.”
Glory Be
“Wait up. Why’d he call you Elvis?” I asked.
Glory Be
Afternoon cartoons on the big flat-screen TV attracted them like moths to a porch light.
Janitors
I shut our bedroom door, then sneaked out her Junk Poker shoe box.
Glory Be
Her eyes shifted nervously from the clock to her worksheet and back to the clock.
Janitors
Do you have any idea how far away the Best Western is from here?
Janitors
The girl nodded, hefting the nude hall pass like a club.
Janitors
Desperate to save his island, Juan snatched up his map and flipped the spit wad forward.
Janitors
She scooted mushrooms from the spaghetti sauce off to one side of her plate, twirled a noodle, picked at a bite of chicken.
Glory Be
“Focus all your energy on your secret mission and bring Jamison down.”
Janitors
We call that bag the Vortex.
Janitors
“I’ll miss you like crazy, but it really is time you got to know your dad.”
Mousenet
“The head of the Talking Academy tells me he’s the best of the bunch.”
Mousenet
It’s hard to stand on your hind legs when you weigh more than forty men.
The One and Only Ivan
The hammer gives him power, and the nail sets up a link with the building.”
Janitors
But it was hard to ignore somebody who’d been your best friend all your life.
Glory Be
But don’t be surprised if they show up in a classroom. They can go anywhere.
Janitors
The mess in this house was maddening.
Janitors
His backpack was still there, but someone had flicked soapy bubble solution on one of the shoulder straps.
Janitors
It’s a big wall. But it’s a big pile of dirt, and I am a big artist.
The One and Only Ivan
“I want you to take me to the Ducks game at Stanford. And then to Great America.”
Mousenet
“But you saw. They were going to dump bad milk on me.”
Janitors
“I want you to keep an eye out for damage from climate change, like dried up rivers and dead forests.”
Mousenet
His closet door was open, the hamper overturned, and dirty clothes strewn across the floor.
Janitors
A shaggy form filled the doorway, a sawed-off push broom in his hands.
Janitors
Sure, he was getting attention, but it wasn’t the good kind.
Janitors
“The feet that were on her shoulder now just felt creepy.”
Mousenet
On the lawn outside was the bouncy castle with a pile of shoes beside it.
Janitors
The poor fella was caught between bouts of distraction and fatigue so severe he could hardly eat.
Janitors
On Monday evening, there is an ice cream social at the school from six to eight.
Janitors
A thread of courage had formed when he told the truth.
Janitors
“You’re wearing socks? In the summer? Black socks? What’s the matter with you, Yankee?”
Glory Be
It’s called clicker training.
The One and Only Ivan
For the most part, we were happy to do what we were meant to do: to feed and forage and nap and play
The One and Only Ivan
