3/26/2025 --GIMME 5 CHALLENGE

In which book does a character repeat the words 'civil disobedience' in her head, trying to puzzle out the meaning?

• Paper Things--Jennifer Richard Jacobson

• The Lost Year--Katherine Marsh

In which book does a character remember an ebb tide when a white-sided dolphin was stranded on her shore?

• Beyond the Bright Sea--Lauren Wolk

• Song for a Whale--Lynne Kelly

In which book does a character bet gunshots sound like knocks on the door to a person who is hard of hearing?

• Ghost--Jason Reynolds

• Simon Sort of Says--Erin Bow

In which book does a character say, "Do you guys ever have weird dreams where you're going somewhere? Fast. And it's really exciting . . ."?

• Bloom--Kenneth Oppel

• Ashlords--Scott Reintgen

In which book does a character need a shaft or axle and a rotor?

• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind--William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer

• Mexikid--Pedro Martin

In which book does a character say, "Well, after this, they'll call you 'Blue Hair Girl'?"

• Roller Girl--Victoria Jamieson

• Paper Things--Jennifer Richard Jacobson

In which book does a light as bright as sunbeams shine out from the place where a character's fingers tie a bracelet on a baby?

• A Wish in the Dark--Christina Soontornvat

• Beyond the Bright Sea--Lauren Wolk

In which book does a character know his father wants him to win a competition, but he knows him well enough to know that he's planned for both outcomes?

• Ashlords--Scott Reintgen

• The Best at It--Maulik Pancholy

In which book does a character tiptoe, frightened around plants and vines she's known all her life?

• Freewater--Amina Luqman-Dawson

• Beyond the Bright Sea--Lauren Wolk

In which book do characters go to work, trying to dredge out at least a few bottles or tins from a sea of sewage?

• The Bridge Home--Padma Venkatraman

• A Wish in the Dark--Christina Soontornvat