Deck Flashcards
In which book does someone want to be an actress?
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In which book is someone good at taking an extra piece of bread and talking too loud and too quickly about American movies?
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In which book does a mother toast pitas over an open flame?
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In which book are children not supposed to move out until they’ve finished university?
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In which book is a mama’s ability to say something without actually saying it powerful enough to transcend oceans?
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In which book is someone not sure why a 100 year old house is something to be proud of?
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In which book does an old house become a character’s first American friend?
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In which book does being impressed feel like a betrayal of home?
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In which book is everything decorated with white pillows, white chairs and white couches?
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In which book does someone order a cheese and tomato sandwich instead of ham?
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In which book do they get a ride on the first day of school instead of walking because it is raining?
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In which book does someone wear a shirt with a picture of a galaxy on it while solving math problems?
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In which book does someone say they used to live in the clouds?
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In which book is there a giant bed with a white lace canopy?
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In which book does seeing a small metal tea pot bring on tears?
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In which book does someone wonder how exhausting it is to be a tree?
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In which book do sticky jam fingerprints mark the newspaper articles already read?
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In which book has someone decided “it is very American to have the audacity to claim that three things add up to everything”
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In which book are some of the first English words someone ever learned from the song, “I Will Always Love You”?
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In which book is a stack of letters found barely hidden under the bed?
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In which book do they watch the movie Beauty and the Beast?
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In which book are the words, “yeah, me too” a character’s three favorite words in English?
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In which book does someone name their dog Sputnik after the space satellite?
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In which book does a ceremony at the courthouse include pink lemonade and cookies?
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In which book is a French braid a hidden charm that will give courage?
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In which book do tourists smell like hairspray and French perfume?
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In which book does everywhere smell like fish except right down by the sea?
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In which book did someone do the math and figure out they are twenty-four days, six hours, and eleven minutes older than their friend?
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In which book is hair described as “unruly waves that remind me of laughter”?
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In which book does no one know how the container of mint got in the courtyard?
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In which book is a candy bar eaten in four quick bites?
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In which book is a newspaper avoided like a hot plate that will burn if touched?
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In which book does someone ask everyday if they can go visit their brother?
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In which book is an apartment suddenly filled with armed police?
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In which book is someone learning to be happy and sad at the same time?
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In which book does someone say that everyone knows that cakes are made with magic?
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In which book do they say “we have storms back home”?
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In which book is a character tired of being the tree in the wind that is always pushed by never allowed to fall?
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In which book is a smile like a cup of warm milky tea that welcomes and comforts at the same time?
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In which book does a character like the American slang words “cool” and “awesome”?
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In which book do they eat cupcakes decorated like soccer balls?
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In which book is the color of a scarf compared to an eggplant or a bruise?
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In which book is there a coat the color of roses and lined with white fleece?
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In which book do the eyes translate for the stomach?
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In which book does the word lucky taste sweet with promise and bitter with responsibility?
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In which book is someone’s kind of funny compared to a cat, slinking around, hiding out in corners, brushing up on you by surprise?
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In which book does a character say, “I’m choosing not to be afraid.”?
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In which book do the nicest, kindest people make you feel like a loaf of freshly baked bread?
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In which book did they squeeze their eyes shut and pretend they were dreaming the same dream?
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In which book is the air described as so soupy it feels like living inside someone’s mouth?
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In which book has missing someone become a physical ache, like a rotting cavity that grows more painful everyday?
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