Battle of the Books Round One 2020

In which book did the characters make a slide projector by mounting a lightbulb on a piece of wood and position wooden plates with lenses from a magnifying glass?

• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

• Prisoner B-3087

• A Song for a Whale

• New Kid

In which book would you find the following quote, “Why does everybody in my family talk in these dramatic CAPITAL LETTERS all the time? Why am I the only calm one?”

• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

• Prisoner B-3087

• New Kid

• A Song for a Whale

In which book was it stated that a place reminded them of the Island of Misfit toys from the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer movie?

• Once Upon a Marigold

• Three Times Lucky

• Prisoner B-3087

• A Song for a Whale

In which book did a character state that the most important rule of all is never, ever give someone a “dead fish?”

• New Kid

• The Unteachables

• Where the Red Fern Grows

• The Crossover

In which book did a character say that their teacher’s phone was old and would probably explode if it received a text?

• Three Times Lucky

• Found

• The Unteachables

• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

In which book does a character ask, “You think I should pay a thief to return my own property?”

• Three Times Lucky

• Once Upon a Marigold

• A Song for a Whale

• The Crossover

In which book was the main character called a young Daniel Boone?

• The Crossover

• Three Times Lucky

• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

• Where the Red Fern Grows

In which book did a character state that his dad wouldn’t win the “Teddy Bear Society’s Father of the Year Award?”

• Once Upon a Marigold

• The Unteachables

• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

• New Kid

Jean Ferris is the author of which book?

• Found

• Prisoner B-3087

• Three Times Lucky

• Once Upon a Marigold

In which book would you find the following quote, “Better an hour too soon than a minute too late?”

• Prisoner B-3087

• The Crossover

• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

• The Unteachables