Battle of the books 2022-23 (Practice Questions) II

In which book does a girl think it is unfair that sheep get a longer summer break than people?

• The Bolds by Julian Clary

• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr

• The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell

In which book does a character make hats out of egg boxes, clothes pegs and old birds' nests, which become popular to wear at weddings?

• Wildfire by Lene Kaaberbøl

• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell

• The Bolds by Julian Clary

• Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr

In which book does a family sleep on mattresses on the floor- they don't have the money to buy beds?

• Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

• StuntBoy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds and Raúl the Third

• A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg

In which book does a woman disapprove of her daughter's wastefulness when she buys too much fruit?

• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr

• The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm

• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg

• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

In which book does a girl think that the sound of cassette tapes is inferior to records, but she can't play records on her Walkman?

• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

• StuntBoy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds and Raúl the Third

• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg

• The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm

In which book is a seventy five year old man described as "son of the maker of paddles and the calmer of seas"?

• Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell

• Wildfire by Lene Kaaberbøl

• The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

In which book does a girl teach her friend to meditate- her mother is a "breathing teacher"?

• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

• Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

• StuntBoy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds and Raúl the Third

• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

In which book has a girl know her best friend since they were in nappies and they once mingled their blood to seal their friendship?

• Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu

• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg

• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

• Wildfire by Lene Kaaberbøl

In which book do we learn that the German and Dutch words for "grandfather" and "grandmother" are "opa" and "oma"?

• The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo

• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr

In which book is a girl's precious collection of books made up of cheap paperbacks thrown away by tourists and fished out of waste paper baskets?

• A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

• The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

• Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan

• The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm