Get ready for semifinals Flashcards
Name the book in which the passage can be found.
The King put on his robes of state, his large jeweled crown, and all of his gold and silver medals. As he walked down the roads of the kingdom, everyone who saw him bowed to the ground.
Fables
by Arnold Lobel
“Come on…” I said. “Bring your little friends and let’s go down where the sun is shining. They can dry out there and get warm.”
Summer of the Monkeys
by Wilson Rawls
Hold on to your hats, folks. Don’t move from you seats.
We’re about to tell you a tale of two cheats.
You know who they are, and you’ve seen both their faces.
They’ve lived in this town, and for years they’ve disgraced us.
Regarding the Fountain
by Kate Klise
I’d fortify myself with a stack of peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches and my notebooks for “A Short History of a Small Place.” (I called it “Small” for short.)
Each Little Bird that Sings
by Deborah Wiles
“…my mom has fallen in love with a horse detective. My mom could not fall in love with someone who sells hardware or drives a bus. She has to fall in love with a horse detective.”
Wanted… Mud Blossom
by Betsy Byars
On the last door in the building, a name card was pinned below the glass. I read the four characters several times. Noro Shinpei, Noro Shinpei, Noro Shinpei, Noro Shinpei! I tapped on the glass.
“Enter!” a man’s voice ordered.
Drawing from Memory
by Allen Say
Then one day (it happened to be the Fourth of July), a most uncommon-looking delivery boy rode around town slipping letters under the doors of the chosen tenants-to-be.
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
He had too many other things on his mind to try to escape her, so she walked all the way to school with him. The fact that she didn’t try to kiss him didn’t stop Howard and Freddy from making loud, sloppy smacking sounds as soon as [they] entered the building.
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
by Bruce Coville
“I couldn’t find any rocks.”
“I found one, but my dog ate it.”
“Your dog ate a rock?”
The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth
by Joanna Cole
…the last stage opens wide and releases Columbia, which was the tip, and also Eagle, hidden till now, a stranger ship, more but than bird, a black and gold and folded spider.
Moonshot
by Brian Floca
“Same old view,” the old man grumbled. “Same old sagging porch. Same old creaky swing.”
“You’re pretty grouchy this morning,” said his wife.
“I’m tired of hauling water and chopping wood.”
Ruby Holler
by Sharon Creech
Up in the Arctic Circle where these children lived, it was winter for much of the year. Sleds and skis were used for travel for all but a few months.
Snow Treasure
by Marie McSwigan
