BoB 2023-24 (Feb 2)

In which book is a boy used as a barbell to help his brother weight train as the family cannot afford weights?

• Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

• The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

• Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation

• Answers in the Pages

• The Screaming Staircase

In which book are refugees warmly welcomed to their new home and provided with bread, fruit and shelter?

• The Nest

• Displacement

• The Fort

• Muhammad Najem, War Reporter

• My Brigadista Year

In which book does a piece of jewellery bear an inscription meaning 'my torment, my bliss'?

• The Screaming Staircase

• The Last Cuentista

• American Born Chinese

• A Drowned Maiden's Hair

• OCDaniel

In which book does a girl say "If anyone says that they work for passion or world peace and not the delicious food on their plate, they're lying."

• Nura and the Immortal Palace

• Bone Talk

• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

• The Fort

• Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun

In which book is a 13 year old girl horrified to overhear her father consider hiring a babysitter for her?

• Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

• My Brigadista Year

• This Is How I Roll

• Answers in the Pages

• The Blackbird Girls

In which book does a chamber in a cave reveal a large marble statue shaped like a cowrie shell?

• The Blackbird Girls

• A Drowned Maiden's Hair

• The Last Cuentista

• Onyaka and the Academy of the Sun

• Nura and the Immortal Palace

In which book do we learn the dictionay definition of the word adventure: "an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience of activity"?

• Answers in the Pages

• The Fort

• OCDaniel

• This is How I Roll

• American Born Chinese

In which book does a boy find it very lonely when he gets a bit older and stops talking to his imaginary friend?

• Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish

• The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

• Displacement

• OCDaniel

• The Nest

In which book does a company specialize in such services as laying salt traps in gardens and iron strips on thresholds, and providing lavender sticks for its customers?

• Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation

• This Is How I Roll

• The Screaming Staircase

• Displacement

• Muhammad Najen, War Reporter

In which book does a student help others to read so that struggling students can be given extra support from the teacher?

• Nura and the Immortal Palace

• My Brigadista Year

• Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun

• The Fort

• OCDaniel