Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

1. In which book were both of a character’s parents laid off from their jobs? P. 5

2. In which book was a character alert for anything that wasn’t water? P. 19

3. In which book did a character have his own log to write in? p. 23

4. In which book did a character see a flying fish? P. 28

5. In which book did a character play soccer in Brazil? P. 29

6. In which book did a character have to write a history project about Napoleon? P. 31

7. In which book did a character visit his uncle’s ranch in Australia? P. 36

8. In which book did a character cling to a soccer ball to stay afloat? P. 47

9. In which book did a character hear gibbons in the forest? P. 50

10. In which book was a character overjoyed to find water, fish and red bananas? P. 58

11. In which book did a character start a fire using a piece of glass? P. 62

12. In which book was a character face to face with an orangutan? P. 85

13. In which book did a character get stung several times by a jellyfish? P. 95

14. In which book did a character teach another character how to paint? P. 108

15. In which book did a character teach another character English? P. 111

16. … did a character catch a big fish & need help hauling it in to the boat? P. 120

17. In which book did a character write a note and put it in a plastic Coke bottle? P. 126

18. In which book did characters see baby turtles making their way to the sea? P. 140

19. In which book did a character tell another character not to start a fire? P. 67

The Last Snake Runner by Kimberly Griffiths Little

1. In which book did several characters dance in a Kiva chamber (or go through initiation)?

2. In which book did a character’s mother die from cancer?

3. In which book did a character have a knife right by his throat?

4. In which book did an Indian serve as an interpreter for the Spaniards?

5. … did characters put on special clothes and decorate their bodies for a special ceremony?

6. In which book did characters dance with snakes?

7. In which book did a couple fixing each other’s hair mean they were married or engaged?

8. In which book did soldiers kill a woman because of a turkey?

9. … did characters have trouble in a battle because their enemies had armor and guns?

10. In which book did all male prisoners have a foot cut off?

11. … were characters surprised to find out their dad had gotten married over the weekend? P. 25

12. In which book did characters paint lightning bolts on each other’s arms? P. 76

13. In which book was a character the last of his clan?

14. In which book did characters make pictures with colored sand? P. 90

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

1. In which book did a character open all the windows because she had a coffin in her house and

the body gave off a peculiar smell? P. 11

2. In which book did a character tell lies to a newspaper reporter? P. 9

3. In which book did a character catch a mouse and put him in a bottle? P. 25

4. In which book did a character catch catfish by using smelly cheese as bait in a fish trap? P. 44

5. In which book did characters feed drifters as they were being hounded out of town? P. 55

6. In which book did a character ride in a biplane? P. 77

7. In which book did a character take tap dancing lessons and often practiced her tap dancing

routines? P. 80

8. In which book did a character climb a ladder and pry off the window screen, trying to get in a

room on the second floor? P. 96

9. In which book did a character pretend to be the Phantom Brakeman? P. 98

10. In which book did characters see the movie Dracula? P. 106

11. In which book did a character pretend an old stovepipe hat had belonged to Abraham

Lincoln? P. 113

12. In which book did a town hold a Centennial Celebration?

13. In which book did characters dance a ballroom dance in a talent show? P. 138

14. In which book did characters ride on a float in a parade?

15. In which book could characters buy a bottle of Nehi for a nickel at the Coffee Pot Café? P. 79

16. In which book did two very old men wrestle each other on the ground?

Williwaw! by Tom Bodett

1. In which book did a character run the radio battery down while playing a video game? P. 5

2. In which did characters talk to their dad using a VHF radio? P. 12

3. In which book did kids who lived in town call other characters “bush rats”? p. 33

4. … did characters pick carrots, beets, potatoes, cabbage, and zucchini from their garden? P. 43

5. In which book did a character dig a new hole for the outhouse? P. 51

6. In which book did characters can their own vegetables? P. 56

7. In which book did characters have to make $60? P. 39

8. In which book did characters use a compass to drive a boat in the fog?

9. … did characters love to have French fries and chocolate milkshakes at the Dockside Café?

10. In which book did characters make a dummy to look like their dad?

11. In which book did a character spy on his neighbors using a telescope?

12. … did characters need to put bear boards over the windows when they left their cabin?

13. In which book did characters have a friend who was from Seattle and liked to skateboard?

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage

1. In which book did characters go to an auction?

2. I which book did characters hear glass breaking and someone laughing and skipping in a deserted

house? P. 29

3. In which book did a character buy something without reading the fine print? P. 40

4. In which book did a character write a letter to her Upstream Mother? P. 45

5. In which book did a character have amnesia and forget he was a lawyer? P. 78

6. … did a character bring a mule named Cleo to a place so she could eat the grass down? P. 97

7. In which book was a character learning how to play the guitar? P. 110

8. In which book did a character learn how to develop film in a darkroom? P. 114

9. In which book did characters quit a construction job because they were scared? P. 129

10. In which book did characters leave a tape recorder running during the night? P. 140

11. In which book did a character hire people to watch or follow his grandfather? P. 161

12. In which book did a character find blueprints with numbers written on them? P. 168

13. In which book did characters go into a cemetery? P. 175

14. In which book did a character sing a song to his pet newt? P. 179

15. In which book did a character claim a dog ate a chicken? P. 190

16. In which book did characters have to write a business letter as part of a school assignment? P. 191

17. In which book did a character owe a lot of money to the bank? P. 230

18. In which book did a character trace a number on a frosty windowpane? P. 251

19. In which book did a character visit his father in jail? P. 276

20. In which book did characters get a fingerprint from another character? P. 293

Untamed by Anita Silvey

1. In which book did a character save up money to buy a ticket to Africa? P. 7

2. In which book did a character watch a chicken lay an egg? P. 10

3. In which book did a character’s mother call the police because she couldn’t find her child and had

become frantic? p. 13

4. In which book did a character have a stuffed animal that lost its fur? P. 13

5. In which book was a character inspired by the book The Story of Doctor Dolittle? P. 15

6. In which book did a character and her friends form The Alligator Club? P. 20

7. In which book did characters live in a tent with the windows covered with mosquito netting? P. 29

8. In which book did a character see a leopard headed directly toward her? P. 31

9. In which book did a character once eat fifty bananas in one sitting? P. 33

10. … did a character do lots of research by observations, using a telescope & binoculars? P. 42

11. In which book did a character use a grass stem to fish for termites? P. 43

12. In which book was a character featured in National Geographic magazine? P. 46

13. In which book did a character visit animals in a research lab? p. 55

14. In which book did a character show affection by grooming another character’s hair? P. 61

15. In which book did a character say, “Every individual matters”? p. 66

16. In which book did characters study an animal’s poop? P. 73

17. In which book did characters use DNA to determine family members? P; 74

18. In which book did characters use remotely activated cameras called camera traps? P. 76

The Way to Stay in Destiny by Augusta Scattergood

1. In which book did characters live at a rooming house? P. 5

2. In which book did a character do laundry at the laundromat every Saturday? P. 23

3. In which book does a character live close to the beach? P. 41

4. In which book did a character like to sneak out of dance class? P. 53

5. In which book was a town going to celebrate 100 years?

6. In which book can a character play the piano even though he can’t read music? P. 76

7. In which book does a character live with his uncle?

8. In which book was a character named after a famous jazz musician? P. 76

9. In which book does a character have nightmares? P. 81

10. In which book does a character explore in an attic? P.87

11. In which book did a character have a baseball card autographed by Hank Aaron? P. 91

12. In which book was a character accused to taking money? P. 104

13. In which book did a character find $34.50 hidden in a magazine? P. 109

14. In which did a character keep a guitar pick made from a quarter as a good luck piece? P. 117

15. In which book did a character’s uncle fight in the Vietnam War? P. 122

16. In which book did characters protest the Vietnam War and spit on soldiers? P. 137

17. In which book did a character get ready for a dance recital? P. 152

18. In which book did a character get a card from his uncle? P. 165

Hook’s Revenge by Heidi Schulz

1. In which book did a character get sent to live at a finishing school? P. 9

2. In which book was pink a character’s favorite color? P. 16

3. In which book did a character have to stand in a corner and miss breakfast because she wasn’t dressed correctly? P. 20

4. In which book did a character find a locket with her father’s picture inside? P. 29

5. In which book did a character have a personal maidservant each morning to help her get ready for the day? P. 44

6. In which book did a character put a snake in a girl’s pocket? P. 50

7. In which book did a character climb down a tree outside her bedroom window when she couldn’t sleep? P. 62

8. In which book did a giant black bird deliver a letter to a character? P. 82

9. In which book did a character talk to his cutlass and name it Johnny? P. 101

10. In which book was the title of a book also the name of a ship? P. 113

11. In which book did characters listen for a ticking sound? P. 124

12. In which book was a character grateful when a crocodile bit off his arm? P. 132

13. In which book did characters find that their dinghy had been chopped full of holes? P. 155

14. In which book did a character destroy someone else’s pocket watch, saying, “I’ll have no ticking aboard my ship”? p. 171

15. In which book did a character fall overboard? P. 181

16. In which book did a character meet three mermaids? P. 188

17. In which book did a character discover she was going to be a meal for cannibals? P. 209

18. In which book did a character drink fairy nectar? P. 228

19. In which book did a character get a pair of crocodile slippers? P. 280

20. In which book did a character say that she wanted her mother? P. 235

The Door by the Staircase by Katherine Marsh

1. In which book did a character’s mother and brother die in a fire? P. 9

2. In which book did a character think that the idea of a hot bath was heavenly? P. 19

3. In which book did one character tell another person the secret to a magic trick? P. 35

4. In which book did a character that that her new shoes were so comfortable, it was almost like having

new feet? P. 47

5. In which book did a character read tea leaves? P. 49

6. In which book did character watch a lady breathe fire? P. 61

7. In which book did characters go mushroom hunting at night? P. 66

8. In which book did a character often read from the book Grimm’s Household Tales?

9. In which book did a character crawl under a house?

10. In which book was a character surprised when a cat started talking? P. 114

11. In which book did a character have hands for servants? P. 120 (picture on p. 121)

12. In which book did a character copy an old cookbook? P. 140

13. In which book did a character teach another how to weave? P. 144

14. In which book did a character get a magic dagger? P. 159

15. In which book did a character speak words in Russian?

16. In which book did a character have to give a horse an ice block instead of water? P. 195

17. In which book did a house have chicken legs?

18. In which book did a character climb into an oven?

The Lightning Queen by Laura Resau

1. In which book did a character watch a movie for the first time? P. 14

2. In which book did characters gather to hear their fortunes told? P. 24

3. In which book did a character’s sister die in a flash flood? P. 35

4. In which book did a character see her cousins eating duck poo? P. 52

5. In which book did a character say she had been struck by lightning? P. 48

6. In which book did a character snack on onions all day long? P. 62

7. In which book did a character rescue a duck, a goat, and a skunk? P. 96

8. In which book was a character hoping her friend could teach her how to read? P. 110

9. In which book did a character get smacks on his hand with a ruler as punishment? P. 131

10. In which book did a character put a curse on a teacher? P. 146

11. In which book were characters amazed to see a car coming to a village? P. 150

12. In which book did a character tell his grandson, “I’m near the end of my movie”? p. 167

13. In which book did characters avoid the police because the police didn’t treat them fairly? P. 166

14. In which book did characters hold a joint celebration to honor a girl’s death and a Romani Business

Appreciation Event? p. 176

15. In which book did characters scream by a stream? P. 192

16. In which book did a song bring a character back from the dead? p. 225

17. In which book did a character agree to manage a girl’s singing career? P. 250

18. In which book did a character search the Internet for clues about a person? P. 273

Honey by Sarah Weeks

1. In which book did a character surprise his daughter with a pack of Wild Berry Skittles? P. 13

2. In which book was a character acting strangely, like leaving a book in the freezer, whistling, and

burning everything he cooked? P. 22

3. In which book did a character make homemade nail polish? P. 37

4. In which book did a character buy a lottery ticket and win money? P. 35

5. In which book was a store decorated like a bee hive? P. 46

6. In which book did a character go out to the garage to smoke a cigarette? P. 50

7. In which book did a character’s grandpa come for the weekend while her dad was gone? P. 19

8. In which book did a character whistle “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine”? p. 65

8. In which book did characters spy on other characters through an open window? P. 68

10. In which book did a character have a Time magazine cover framed and hanging on the wall? P; 87

11. In which book did a character ask questions about her mother’s funeral? P. 92

12. In which book did a character pull dandelions from the front yard? P. 99

13. In which book did characters get food poisoning? P. 102

14. In which book did a character listen to a tape with music recorded on it? P. 106

15. In which book did a character get a fishbowl to use for a candy dish? P. 136

16. In which book did a character take a silver heart-shaped pendant out of a box? P. 144

17. In which book did a character have a six-year-old neighbor who was very annoying?

El Deafo by Cece Bell

1. In which book did a character make and hide hundreds of paper boats all over the house? P. 10

2. In which book does a character wear a box in a pouch around her neck? P. 19

3. In which book did a character try to learn to lip read? P. 29

4. In which book did a character’s teacher wear a microphone? P. 40

5. In which book did a character go to Girl Scouts? P. 51

6. In which book did a character say a prayer for a new friend? P. 61

7. In which book do a character’s brother and sister explain TV shows to her? P. 80

8. In which book was a character invited to a birthday party and sleepover? P. 85

9. In which book did a character wish she had remembered to bring extra batteries? P. 108

10. In which book did a character sometimes imagine that she was a superhero?

11. In which book does a character decide to spy on a boy because she likes him? P. 134

12. In which book did a character have an eye patch after she ran into a tree? P. 145

13. In which book did a teacher think a character had cheated? P. 157

14. In which book does a character have good grades in everything except P. E.? p. 168

15. In which book did a character get a curly pencil as a gift from her dad? P. 179

16. In which book did a boy want a character to listen and tell him when a teacher was coming back to

class? P. 213

17. In which book does a teacher say her misbehaving students are rotten spots on an apple? P. 220

18. In which book did a character pass out warm fuzzies to the class? P. 227

19. In which book was a character amazed at how well she could see after she got glasses?

Trouble Don’t Last by Shelley Pearsall

1. In which book did a character have a fork thrown at him after he broke a plate? P. 4

2. In which book did a character take a skillet and a knife from the kitchen? P. 17

3. In which book did characters rub onions on their feet? P. 22

4. In which book did characters hide in a tree as people looked for them? P. 31

5. In which book did characters share a handful of snap beans and four biscuits for supper? P. 36

6. In which book did characters pray all day that he would be safe? P. 47

7. In which book did a character hoot like an owl when he was by a river? P. 69

8. In which book did a character cry because she didn’t want to leave her pretty clothes? P. 84

9. In which book did a character practice walking as if he had the right to do so? P. 91

10. In which book did a character ask if he could keep a roll of gray yarn? P. 93

11. In which book did a character hear a widow crying about her dead husband one night? P. 109

12. In which book did a character hide under feed sacks in a wagon? P. 113

13. In which book did a character feel strange as a man read a story written about him? P. 122

14. In which book was a boy given a girl’s dress and sunbonnet to wear? P. 139

15. In which book did a character say the ace of spades was the most unlucky card of them all? P. 159

16. … was a character told to go to the back door of a house, knock twice and twice again? P. 173

17. In which book did a character make a mixture of brandy and eggs to try to cure a fever? P. 181

18. In which book did characters call a train an iron horse? P. 186

19. In which book did a character carry a paper folded up with knots of hair inside? P. 204

Blue Birds by Caroline Starr Rose

1. In which book were characters surprised to find a building burned to the ground and a man’s bones

nearby? P. 14

2. In which book does a character have something that her uncle whittled? P. 27

3. In which book is a character expected to take care of younger children every day? P. 73

4. In which book did a character get tattoos on her arms in a special ceremony? P. 82

5. In which book did characters find a man whose back was riddled with arrows? P. 97

6. In which book was a character’s father beheaded? P. 19

7. In which book does a character pick flowers and leave them at the base of a tree so her friend will

know she’s been there? P. 121

8. In which book does a character try to send a warning by saying “Go”? p. 148

9. In which book did characters attack their friends by mistake? P. 166

10. In which book do characters learn words in a new language? P. 203

11. In which book did a character tell people that if they need to leave to carve where they go into the

trunk of a tree, and if they are in danger, to include a cross in the carving? P. 241

12. In which book does a character leave the village through a space in an earthen wall? P. 200

13. … did a character continue to wear a dress that was stained with her husband’s blood? P. 261

14. … were characters unsure if they could trust a man who had come to live with them? P. 272

15. In which book did a character give her friend a rope of pearls? P. 277

16. In which book does a character forbid his daughter to leave the house? P. 306

17. In which book is a character thought of as a traitor? P. 306

18. In which book did characters put a man who was supposed to be their leader and friend in jail? P. 317

Ratscalibur by Josh Lieb

1. In which book did a character bite a boy on the finger? P. 10

2. In which book did a character freak out when she woke up and couldn’t find her son? P. 22

3. In which book did characters run and hide when they saw a flock of crows? P. 31

4. In which book did a character get a bath from a cat? P. 45

5. In which book did a character put a crow on a magic leash? P. 63

6. In which book did characters spend the night in a ventilation shaft? P. 68

7. In which book did a character find a message written in the dust on a bedside table? P. 82

8. In which book did a character say the primary attribute of people is sadness? P. 88

9. In which book did a character fight with a spork that was used like a sword? P. 94

10. In which book did a character need to eat a lot after she had done magic? P. 85

11. In which book did characters go to a room filled with acorns? P. 107

12. In which book did a character say a green jelly bean was evidence? P. 119

13. In which book did a character take a deep breath and begin to swell when he was doing magic? P. 112

14. In which book did a character poke holes in another character’s neck? P. 132

15. In which book did characters ride on the back of black crows? P. 135

16. In which book did a character call the police because her brother and son were missing? P. 80

17. In which book were characters surprised when a garbage can started shaking, then came to a sudden

stop, and then the lid blew off? P. 156

18. In which book were characters asked the question, “Do you give these paws willingly?” p. 166

Class Dismissed by Allan Woodrow

1. In which book did the pencil sharpener in the classroom break? P. 2

2. In which book did characters make volcanoes that oozed lava when you added vinegar? P. 7

3. In which book did a character keep a smelly sock in his backpack? P. 26

4. In which book did a character often say, “Yow yow yow”? p. 34

5. In which book did a character write a story about a man who sits in a chair doing nothing, day after

day? P. 49

6. In which book did characters draw pencils to see who got the shortened one? P. 68

7. In which book does a character’s family have their own private elevator? P. 71

8. In which book did characters throw erasers? P. 95

9. … did a character think she was the only girl in her class not invited to a birthday party? P. 101

10. In which book was a character afraid that his brother had gone down the garbage chute? P. 130

11. In which book did a character think a security guard was his archenemy? P. 162

12. In which book did a character lose a hamster? P. 172

13. In which book did a character bring a trunk full of costumes for a play? P. 197

14. In which book did a character make cupcakes using ground tuna, fudge, and cottage cheese for some

of the ingredients? P. 202

15. In which book did characters recite from the Declaration of Independence together? P. 245

16. In which book did characters always say another character was in the bathroom?

Way Down Deep by Ruth White

1. In which book was a child found alone outside a courthouse one morning? (chp. 2)

2. In which book did a character want to exchange a goat for food and shelter for the night? (chp. 3)

3. In which book did a character learn how to can food? (chp. 3)

4. In which book did a character pull her Radio Flyer wagon to town when she ran errands? (chp. 5)

5. In which book did a character try to rob a bank with a plastic gun? (chp. 6)

6. In which book did characters preach outside a tavern? (chp. 8)

7. In which book did a character like to climb a woodpile, step across the fence and onto the top of a car?

8. In which book did a character often throw rocks at people from her front porch?

9. In which book did a character often cuss?

10. In which book did a character like to listen in on a party line?

11. In which book did a character go to stay with a grandmother she could not ever remember meeting?

12. In which book did a character read handwriting on the walls of her bedroom? (chp. 24)

13. In which book did a character discover that her grandmother could not read?

14. In which book did a character have very vivid dreams?

15. In which book did a character find out when her actual birthday was?

16. In which book did a town have a Kids’ Day every year, saying kids were the town’s greatest treasure?

17. In which book did a character find a picture of herself and her parents up in the attic?

18. In which book did a character get library books and magazines in the mail?

Sitting Bull by S. D. Nelson

1. In which book did a character’s group of people call themselves the Hunkpapa? p. 3

2. In which book did a character earn his name because he would not back down? P. 4

3. In which book did a character kill a buffalo for the first time when he was ten? P. 5

4. In which book did a character earn an eagle feather for an act of bravery? P. 6

5. In which book were characters told that if they signed a treaty, they would be given rations of food? P.

11

6. In which book did a character paint a thunderbolt down his face and fight like a thunderstorm? P. 18

7. In which book did characters called wasichus come to an area, looking for gold? P. 20

8. In which book did characters pray to Wakan Tanka? P. 23

9. In which book was a character part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show? P. 37

10. In which book was a character killed when he was shot in the head? P. 45

11. In which book did characters kill entire herds of buffalo? P. 10

12. In which book was a character shot in the hip when he tried to push a man off of a horse? P. 14

13. In which book did a character say that some people wore two faces, meaning they said one thing and

did another? P. 10

14. In which book did a character stand before a sacred tree all day and night? P. 23

15. In which book did a character take his people to Canada for a few years? P. 30

16. In which book did a character hand his rifle to his son? P. 30

17. In which book were characters told they had to become farmers? P. 35

Saving Kabul Corner by N. H Senzai

1. In which book did a character drink hot chocolate for the first time? P. 13

2. In which book was a character making origami animals for a miniature zoo? P. 20

3. In which book were characters worried when they found out a new store was opening very close to

them? P. 30

4. In which book did a store usually sell all of their loaves of fresh bread each day? P. 49

5. In which book did girls at school think a character was a bully and picked on other people? P. 79

6. In which book did a character find out her father had been injured by an IED? P. 84

7. In which book did a character send his boss a text saying he quit? P. 92

8. In which book did a character rip a bright yellow flyer off the front door of the shop? P. 94

9. In which book did a character wear soft seamless clothes?

10. In which book did characters meet candidates who were running for mayor? P. 114

11. In which book did a policeman make a phone call to a character’s house? P. 129

12. In which book did characters read a police report? P. 158

13. In which book had characters put a deposit down on a new home? P. 3

14. In which book was there an electrical fire in a store? P. 195

15. In which book did a character discover her father was safe, after hiding in a field for ten days? P. 205

16. In which book did a character take a blueprint? P. 237

17. In which book did characters see a model of their city? P. 229

18. In which book did two families have an old feud between them?

Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley

1. In which book was a character promised a miracle? P. 2

2. In which book was a parrot a messenger? P. 23

3. In which book did characters have a conversation in a school supply closet? P. 50

4. In which book did a character forget he was supposed to make an Incan artifact? P. 40

5. In which book did a character yank a phone line out of a wall, interrupting his great aunt’s phone call?

P. 56

6. In which book did a character spell out the names of his classmates using knots? P. 62

7. In which book did a character use a fish to get a week-long pass? P. 68

8. In which book did characters spend the night in a treehouse? P. 83

9. In which book was a bird tangled in a sleeping bag? P. 90

10. In which book did a character work up the courage to say, “You’ve changed me” to another character?

P. 122

11. In which book did a character get an old bootlace from his grandfather? P. 129

12. In which book did characters hear music from pipes and drums when something was close by? P. 149

13. In which book did a character make a harness to a large gorilla balloon? P. 246

14. In which book did characters go to two movies in a row one night and then putt-putt golf? P. 219

15. In which book did a character see a red bird feather on the floor of a bedroom? P. 131

16. In which book did a character ride on the back of an elephant? P. 253

17. In which book did a character have trouble believing in magic? P. 197

18. In which book did a character have a wagon where she created potions? P. 205