Battle of the books 2022-23 (Practice Questions) 3

In which book do a girl's brave attempts to help with the cooking end up with not going so well?

• Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr
• A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr
• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell

In which book is a girl described as eating like a horse while looking like a bicycle?

• A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
• Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr
• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell
• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr

In which book does a girl ask her friend to cover her entire face with sticky notes?

• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr
• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
• Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr
• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell

In which book is a boy horrified at the thought of having to talk to his mother through the bars of a border wall?

• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
• Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg
• Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr

In which book does a boy consider anyone afraid of a snake a coward?

• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
• The Bolds by Julian Clary
• Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

In which book does the child of a single mom wonder about her father's story... she won't be able to find out more until she's 18?

• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
• The Bolds by Julian Clary
• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr
• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg

In which book does a girl think that if you want to sing really well you need to dive into "the underbelly of feeling to make the songs sound real"

• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell
• A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
• Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg

In which book does a mother use carob - fake chocolate - in her healthy cookies?

• The Bolds by Julian Clary
• Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
• Pawcasso by Remy Lai
• A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

In which book does a youngster fill her cheeks with toilet water and spit it out at the neighbor?

• Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
• The Bolds by Julian Clary
• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr
• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg

In which book does a female witch doctor explain to a girl that people cannot search for ghosts, instead, "if they wish to be seen, they will come to you"?

• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell
• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg
• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
• A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus