Battle of the Books 2022-23 Quiz 2

In which book does a girl's grandmother keep joeys in pillowcases and possums in boxes?

• The Wind Singer

• Dragon Skin

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

• Alone

In which book does the panoramic view of a town with its the cars, houses, stores, signs and traffic lights make a ghost feel that "not even Heaven itself can be so rich and beautiful"?

• WhatsHisFace

• They Called Us Enemy

• Lizard's Tale

• Scritch Scratch

• Among the Hidden

In which book does a family worry about running out of money after they have had to sell their hogs?

• They Called Us Enemy

• Our Castle by the Sea

• Among the Hidden

• While I was Away

• The Girl From the Sea

In which book does a young boy grow up to become a theatre, television and film actor?

• Efrén Divided

• WhatsHisFace

• Worser

• Troublemaker

• They Called Us Enemy

In which book does a steep tunnel function as a kind of shortcut "carved through earth and chalk and tree roots--an old smugglers' route" from a cliff down to a beach?

• Our Castle by the Sea

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

• The Wind Singer

• Among the Hidden

• Lizard's Tale

In which book does a girl describe a roller coaster ride as like being sucked into a black hole?

• Ice Dogs

• Worser

• Troublemaker

• While I Was Away

• Alone

In which book does a father give his son a stick of gum saying- "it's hard to look nervous when you're chewing gum"?

• WhatsHisFace

• Worser

• Efrén Divided

• They Called Us Enemy

• Troublemaker

In which book does a Christmas dinner include turkey soup, canned cranberry relish and canned squash?

• The Not-So-Uniform-Life of Holly-Mei

• Alone

• Seraphina's Promise

• Worser

• Efrén Divided

In which book does one friend give another a bracelet with a blue shark charm dangling from it: she hopes it will give her friend courage?

• The Girl from the Sea

• The Not-So-Uniform-Life of Holly-Mei

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Scritch Scratch

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

In which book does a girl eat pepper and lobster soup infused with mao juice made by a cook who's better at cooking than sailing?

• Dragon Skin

• Our Castle by the Sea

• The Not-So-Uniform-Life of Holly-Mei

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

• The Girl from the Sea