ELA*

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Identify this recent Newbery winner by Dave Eggers.

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THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE

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This book's title character meets shy Alice at a park in a large city. To reach her, he leaves the island of imaginary friends where he was born. This is the plot of what Caldecott-winning Dan Santat book?

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THE ADVENTURES OF BEEKLE

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Give the name for this kind of 14-line lyric poem.

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SONNET

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This novel's sequels include The River, Brian's Winter, Brian's Return, and Brian's Hunt. After surviving a plane crash, its 13-year-old protagonist spends months alone in the Canadian wilderness. Give the title of this Gary Paulsen masterpiece.

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HATCHET

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Another term for this sound device is vowel rhyme. It is found in the sentence, "The cat had a snack." Give the word for this repetition of vowel sounds.

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ASSONANCE

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In one folk tale, this character failed to trick Mr. Man out of his butter, eggs, and chickens. In another, he made a tar baby to trap his nemesis. Identify this rival of Brer Rabbit in the Uncle Remus stories.

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BRER FOX

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Storytelling plays an important role in what Newbery winning book by Donna Barba Higuera?

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THE LAST CUENTISTA

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This picture book's author is the great-granddaughter of its human protagonist. Harry Colebourn is a World War One veterinarian who takes the title bear to the London Zoo, where she inspires author A. A. Milne. Identify this Lindsay Mattick Caldecott winner.

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FINDING WINNIE

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This author of Space Station Seventh Grade titled his autobiography Knots in My Yo-Yo String. Grace VanderWaal starred as the title character in a Disney+ adaptation of his novel Stargirl. Name this Newbery Medal-winning novelist of Maniac Magee.

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Jerry Spinelli

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In this fable, an animal changes his opinion of an object he once prized. In vain, he repeatedly tries to jump and reach a bunch of fruit. Name this Aesop fable whose moral is, quote, "There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach."

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The Fox and the Grapes