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Question Bank Flashcards

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“But as they were walking away from the store, they suddenly saw tall boots coming towards them up the hill.”

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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco

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“The girls wanted to run, but they knew better. They had learned to chat and laugh as if they had no cares in the world.”

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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco

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“I once had a cat just like this one.”

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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco

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“How could this have been happening in her own home, and her mother never said a word to her about it?”

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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco

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“Your mother made me promise that I would never come to your room again while you were there!”

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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco

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“She knew now she had to protect her friend.”

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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco

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“At all costs she had to keep the secret that lived in her basement.”

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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco

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“Finally, another car came driving slowly down the road. It stopped by the bridge a few hundred feet away, and turned its lights on and off three times.”

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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco

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“You know what I mean. You’re, like, a genius. It’s why I started calling you Brain.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“He laughed sometimes at the idea that this was all a fantasy, because other than his love for his mom and his friends, nothing was more real in his life.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“You never knew who might turn out to be your difference maker.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Anyway, the reason I like you is because you never treat me differently or like I’m some kind of freak just because my gramps owns the team.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“The kid without a dad feeling like part of the biggest family around.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Kid, I’m gonna make you a star.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Once people figure out how good you are at this, it’s going to be huge. Thing could go viral by the second week.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Kid, you see things on the field that make me think I ought to have my sunglasses checked.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Now I seem to have surrounded myself with people who won’t tell me the truth. Or just give a version they think the poor old guy can handle.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Maybe last week is the start of something, and they’re going to surprise us this season.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“This stays between us, right? Like, really between us?”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Think of it as your new after-school job,” the old man had said.

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“He’d like it more if I were a boy,” she said. “He’s still hoping that when Matt gets married, his wife has a boy.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“How big a deal is this going to be? Are people really going to care about a dumb story like this?”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“You wanted to make sure he knew that you knew more stuff than he did.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“The truth will always catch up with you eventually. Trust me on that.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“If they’re good ideas, I don’t care where they come from.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Then they turned right around and walked back into school and did the only thing they could do in an emergency like this: Whipped out their cell phones and called their moms.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“What I’m trying to tell you is that it doesn’t matter who you are or how young or old you are, eventually it’s going to be your turn to stand alone onstage.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“My dad always told me that the problem with a good idea is that once it gets inside your head, you can never get it out.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Sometimes you gotta throw them a curveball. Just to keep them on their toes.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“It was then that I had to remind him about the fallacy of the predetermined outcome.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Because I could see that you couldn’t see how you were starting to get a big head. That your ego was getting in the way.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“These doctors of mine are always telling me that having a good attitude is half the battle. I think it’s actually way more than half.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“You were right that I’d started getting too full of myself.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“She’s the one who convinced me to do the podcast and to believe in myself.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“You know what that means? You and I–we were always on the same team.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“This is not the way the story is supposed to go.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“You must be feeling better, now it’s only your sense of humor that is weak.”

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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica

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“Mustaches and beards are bad news (sorry, Dad).

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“We’re leaving our small row house in the big city. . . for a big old house in a small town.”

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“I have amazing abilities unknown to anyone!”

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“And being different feels a lot like being alone.”

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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The main character in this book joins the Girl Scouts.

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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This book contains an illustration of the main character imagining herself as a fish caught by a hook on another girl’s fishing pole.

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“Uh, I’m here about the ad. Sidekick wanted?”

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“Zowie! These spellbinding spectacles can spot my sidekick from more than a mile away!”

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“I don’t want to wear pajamas in front of the whole school, either.”

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“How lovely! I see that there are no rotten spots for the apple today!”

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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In this book the main character alerts the class to the teacher’s return, allowing everyone to get good behavior marks.

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“Once you’ve made your bag and some warm fuzzies, you’ll exchange fuzzies with your friends.”

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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In this book, students make gifts to give to classmates to make them feel good about themselves.

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“And–oh! A worm fuzzy! I was hoping I’d get one!”

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

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“There are people now who say I’m some kind of wonderboy or that I know some secret and that I had this big hairy plan. Nope.”

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Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

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“I must have been the only kid my age in what felt like a ten-block-radius who hadn’t signed up for sleepaway summer camp or who wasn’t on baseball and/or swim and/or tennis teams that summer.”

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Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

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“All the older guys had real jobs like at the Clucket Bucket or the Dairy Whip and all the guys my age were mostly busy or gone, so I had a long summer full of nothing ahead of me.”

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Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

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“Rounded shoulders, hips, arms, legs–even his head was a ball.”

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Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

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“Tell you what,” he said. “How would you like to barter–take it out in trade?”

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Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

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“Fourteen days passed, three hundred and thirty-six hours flew by, twenty thousand one hundred and sixty minutes whistled past, twelve million ninety six thousand seconds roared away.”

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Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

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“I wish he would quit talking about my ‘operation’ and its ‘phases.’ It was starting to sound like General Motors or something.”

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Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

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“You,” he said, smiling, “have had a very groovy month.”

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Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

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60
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“One minute she was clear as a bell and then next she was calling him Simon. Who was Simon?”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

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“It was just too hot to put her back in shorts.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

62
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“He was too stunned to make any sense of the strange words.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

63
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“Her skin was so pale, he could see every vein in her body.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

64
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“That’s what his mom would say about certain girls he knew. ‘She’s got real attitude.’”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

65
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“You will have to be stronger or smarter than I am.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Luxa to Boots to get the ball

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“We will give four baskets, and one for thanks.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

67
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“Today we have taken you in among us. Had we denied you, count on it, you would not be breathing right now.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

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“The majority of our people live here, although some dwell in the suburbs, if their work so dictates.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

69
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“He sat straight up as the idea hit him. The water came from somewhere! It went somewhere!”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

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“His grandma had always said, ‘Ask your daddy the time, and he tells you how to make a clock.’”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

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“Courage only counts when you can count.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

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“They can do it. I have seen them in training. They have both speed and accuracy.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

73
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“Well, I prefer to think of myself as a legend, but I suppose ‘guide’ will do.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Ripred

74
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“Clearly my arrival is an unexpected pleasure.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

75
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“He didn’t have room inside him for any more unspoken words.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Gregor saying good-bye to Vikus, thinking of his father being missing.

76
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“It’s good we have this understanding. Mutual need is a strong bond. Stronger than friendship, stronger than love.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Gregor and Ripred

77
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“And that’s when the miracle happened.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

78
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In this book, just when a group of characters seemed most in trouble, a long lost person guides the way.

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Gregor’s father magnetizes a needle to make a compass to find the way to fly back to Regalia.

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“If I rub the needle with the lodestone, I’ll magnetize it. Basically I’ll turn it into a compass needle.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

80
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“Life would never be the same again, but they would have their life back, and they would have it together.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

81
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“Lucky thing you showed up when you did, I think they were beginning to suspect I was never going to make them anything that worked twice.”

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Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

82
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“I knew that scene would get them when I wrote it.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

83
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“I think that success will be best assured if you go easy on the toasts.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

84
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“This matter is really not suitable for a young girl’s sensibilities.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

The doctor at Bedlam about Penelope being there.

85
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“a mushroom could rising on the horizon, the smoke devouring an entire city.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

If you hear something that sounds like a vague description of a historical event, think of the prophecies predicted by the patients of Bedlam

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“These are my stories,” he hissed. “All mine. They come every morning to take them away, but this one isn’t finished yet.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

Penelope questioning Kemp about why his writings are taken away.

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“Soviets. Sputnik. Space race. A meaningless babble of words. If only she could work out how they fitted together.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

88
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“A woman, dressed from head to toe in black, swept by without a word, the veil beneath her widow’s cap shrouding the beauty of her features.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

Penelope seeing Lady Cambridge in the halls of Bedlam

89
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“Quite terrible the tragedy that lady has had to bear–you see, even the finest families can find themselves touched by the cruel finger of madness.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

90
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“I did what you asked. Don’t make me take the medicine again.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

91
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“And a drink for the young lady too–a lemonade perhaps–something to take the edge off her disappointment.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

Monty trying to order Penelope a drink when he will be refused service in his club and must continue to help Penelope so she will pay off his debt to the club.

92
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“I do hope you have a good reason for disturbing me at this hour of the night.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

Lady Cambridge to Bradburn

93
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“The dreams you will have, the wonders you will see.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

94
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“I’m sure your uncle will still be able to keep you in pretty dresses with the rates we pay at Cassell’s.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

Monty sees an old acquaintance who wants him to write for another publication.

95
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“We don’t have time to listen to the girl’s nonsense. My mind is crawling with stories.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

When Penelope tries to explain to Monty and Wigram about the poison.

96
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“From the direction of the fireplace came the scratching sound of pen against paper.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

97
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“I’m going to dissect the venom glands.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

98
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“We reach so high, but we fall so far. I’ve seen behind the veil. Everything we’ve dreamed will be dust by the time we are gone.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

A. Conan Doyle when Penelope finds him in the spell state.

99
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“This doesn’t have to be your future. Fight back. The future is yours to write.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

100
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“I’m sorry, but I can’t miss out on a scoop like this.”

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge

Barrett when Penelope tells of being Mr. Flinch and of the story she wrote under the spider’s spell. He is then bitten by a spider that causes him to forget recent events.

101
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“Which looks, if you ask me, stupid, but if you write short lines, a person knows where to breathe, short or long, and I hate to read, those long lines.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

102
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“First you need to have something to write about.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

103
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“Remember: the wheelbarrow guy didn’t say why so much depended upon the red wheelbarrow and those white chicky chickens.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

104
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“P.S. Thank you for saying nice things about me to my dad last night.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

105
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“I didn’t believe it when I saw it. I saw right down on the steps and read it about fifty times.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

106
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“And I thought it was stuck so I climbed up the tree way up high to the skinny branches.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

107
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Think of this book when you hear quotes about cats that are not non-fiction/facts.

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

108
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“She drew a circle with her finger which means again so I read it over.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

109
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“I feel stupid. I am a bad writer. I’m going to quit.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

110
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“Thank you for telling me I could forget those confusing words and that it isn’t knowing the words that describe the writing that is important.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

111
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“It is the thoughts in our heads that are most important.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

112
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“I couldn’t think of a simile.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

113
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“My mother doesn’t sit in the same place day in and day out like a chair does.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

114
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“Later my dad explained he meant faux which means fake.”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

115
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“To the murmurabulation of the thrums”

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Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

If you hear long, complicated, fancy-sounding words that aren’t scientific, think of this book.

116
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“She’d be pretty if it weren’t for those eyes.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

117
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This book takes place in the town of Tuscumbia.

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

118
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This book takes place at Ivy Green.

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

119
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“She seems so utterly alone, her look so familiar, for a moment I imagine I’m seeing the shadow of my own child-soul.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

120
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“I’m delighted by her intelligence, in spite of this dismaying audacity.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

121
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“Only blunt reactions to pleasure or physical pain penetrate her vacant expression.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

122
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“Well, she certainly knows how to get what she wants.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

123
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“A parrot only understands that mimicking the right noises produces a treat.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

124
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“I longed to fling her away, but under her parents’ eyes I felt trapped between responsibility and obedience.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

125
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“A small voice inside me cries, I want to go home. Another answers, What home?”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

126
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“It’s the question of what lies behind those sealed doors that troubles me most.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

127
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“But it’s impossible to forget how different she may be.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

128
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“The last thing I intend to do is spoil that little bully.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

129
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“Some things just aren’t worth the trouble it takes to bring them back.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

130
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“If you don’t stop her now, it’s a prizefighter you’ll be hiring to cope with her later.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

131
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In this book, 2 characters fought about going to bed.

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

132
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In this book, 2 characters fight about eating a meal.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

133
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“For days I’ve fought for calm, and now it frightens me. It’s as though a light’s gone out.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

134
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“Is that what they think love is–unbridled indulgence?”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

135
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“Our love leaves us too weak.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

136
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“She’s listening, with every bone and fiber.”

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Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

137
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This book looks at the relationship between animal health and climate and the human population.

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Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie

138
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This book describes a process that takes 6-8 weeks to complete every year.

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Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie

139
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In this book characters rely on weather helping their success.

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Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie

140
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This book is about studying an animal population.

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Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie

“How to Speak Cat” describes cats but doesn’t discuss studying them

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“You know about the weather up here. Things can change drastically in a few minutes.”

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142
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“You should never lose sight of the ground.”

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143
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The major topics in this book are science experiments, climate and animal tracking.

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144
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In this book, recording information is most important.

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145
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Dr. Steven Amstrup has several conversations in this book.

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146
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In this book, more has been learned through advances in technology.

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147
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In this book you learn about disease, nutrition, climate change and genetics through science experiments.

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148
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In this book you learn about a place to find animals when food is scarce.

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Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie

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