Battle of the Books 2022-2023

In which book does a character read "old beautiful names that sound like they dripped out of a storybook" as she walks around a historical area?

• Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

• The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd

• The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs

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In which book does shouting "Look out!" to protect someone cause everyone to start chasing the shouter?

• The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs

• Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

• The League of Seven by Alan Gratz

• The Last-last-day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles

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In which book does a character have a big fat C-minus plastered in ink on the top of a returned essay?

• Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim

• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

• Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

• The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff

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In which book does a ghost sing about loot that is hidden somewhere in the hills?

• The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd

• Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

• The League of Seven by Alan Gratz

• The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs

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In which book does a boy say, "Nothing is impossible. Some things are incredibly difficult. Luckily for you, I love a good challenge," when asked to help?

• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick

• Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim

• The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs

• Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate

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In which book do characters say that A.M. and P.M. stand for "Amazingly Magnificent" and "Positively Marvelous"?

• The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd

• The Last-last-day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles

• The League of Seven by Alan Gratz

• Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim

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In which book does a character eat four bowls of fruit loops for dinner?

• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

• The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff

• Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim

• The Key to Extraordinary

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In which book does a character drift off to sleep, thinking that maybe everything would work out just perfectly?

• The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff

• A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole

• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

• A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

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In which book is a treehouse seven feet off the ground and tucked tightly in the branches?

• The League of Seven by Alan Gratz

• The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff

• Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Watson Hackl

• Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

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In which book does a character frantically climb over a labyrinth of cane to find out if her friend is alright?

• A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole

• The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs

• The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff

• The League of Seven by Alan Gratz

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