In which book is a home decorated with paper turkeys and cornucopias pasted onto windows in preparation for a Thanksgiving dinner?

In which book does a boy defend his new school friend by saying he's from Hong Kong as his friend did not want to play 'coronavirus tag'?

In which book is a student's most important school supply a pranking notebook?

In which book does a girl who spent much of her childhood in the hospital dream of becoming a doctor?

In which book does a man remind his wife of the importance of asking ourselves "why not" because "how will the world change if we do not question it?"

In which book does a girl walking through the woods hear the lyrics to a family favorite song and know that her parents are alive and close by?

In which book is a boy reminded to sign in with his correct name after having previiously used the name of a famous African American actor, his favorite?

In which book does a girl, worried about a missing friend, ask why grownups say things like 'don't worry'--'how can you just not do something'?

In which book does a old woman look like she's seen a ghost, or an "apparition" as she would say, when her great granddaughter unexpectedly walks through the door?

In which book does a boy feel as though he is "part of something" after signing his name in a special book?

In which book does a girl imagine that her uncle spends his time "doing rich-people things" such as traveliing to remote islands and collecting rare exotic plants?

In which book does a father tell his son to take an exam even if anyone tries to stop him'?

In which book does a mother notice that two flowers are missing from her silver bowl?

In which book does a sister allow her brother to read her coveted comics for a few weeks while he gets used to his grandmother's passing?

In which book does a boy skillfully pick a lock, explaining that he learned how to do it on YouTube?

In which book is a girl's prized possession a collection of old tools kept in a silver case?

In which book do two friends get special permission to ride on the bus with the water polo team to an away game so they can support a friend playing in her first match?

In which book does a young woman meet 700 young men before she decides that the only man worthy of her love is a young gardener employed by her father?

In which book does a shoebox contain the remnents of a past life including some photos, a few small objects and a cracked snow globe from an amusement park?

In which book do a boy and his friend race in a contest despite not registering for it?

In which book is a boy thrilled by the present of a bike with all the expensive extras: "a light, fancy reflectors, and a leather pack behind the seat"?

In which book does a boy ask his mom whether he should tell his new school friends that he's from Asia?

In which book does a woman suffer though tetanus, muscle spasms, fever and jaw cramping after being stabbed with a knife?

In which book do we learn that no other animals on the planet have chins except humans?

In which book is a boy required by his mother to wake up at 6 a.m every day to do "radio exercises" during the summer holiday?

In which book does a girl leave a teapot full of hot chocolate and a goodbye note for her dad before she leaves home to go help a wild animal?

In which book is a girl reminded of her mother's words when inspecting the layout of her new room: the front door points north, which means bad luck will blow into the home?

In which book does a bully call someone weak, puny and pathetic and tell them to get a poodle to ride around on?

In which book are two children told that "when properly done" learning can actually be quite enjoyable?

In which book does a boy overreact every time he has a spider on his forehead?

In which book does. a boy worry that his house was built over a graveyard?

In which book does a woman say that her family has spent so much time at the hospital over the years they should have a table in the cafeteria named after them?

In which book does a machine hold onto hundreds of threads, 'stopping them from escaping the building'?

In which book does a woman think that a boy is not cut out for soldiering because, "there is a lot of love in him, a lot of love in his heart"?

In which book do we learn that a pangolin is the only mammal with scales?

In which book is the home of a book's narrator also a museum?

In which book does a student have whipped cream and maraschino cherries in their locker?

In which book does a glittering rainbow of orange, red, yellow,green, blue, purple and violet stones arch over a city?

In which book does a girl make three wishes with her father while drinking hot chocolate and watching the midnight sun?

In which book does two siblings use a secret notebook to communicate with each other to avoid the sharp ears of their mother?

In which book does a boy does a boy sometimes want to blurt out words which drives everyone in his family crazy?

In which book does a boy constantly feel for a gift he has received, making sure it is still there: no one has ever given him something so beautiful?

In which book is a student wild, sweaty and jittery on the inside, but boring and normal, like a shoe box, on the outside?

In which book does a brother think that his sister looks like the center of a peanut butter sandwich between two pieces of white bread when compared with himself and their grandmother?

In which book does a woman phone a school and stop a boy taking an exam because he would have failed?

In which book is a boy a master of Pixie Stix eating: he's able to tip the content of the satchet into his mouth without his lips touching the paper?

In which book does a girl reflect that life aways seems so interesting in books but in real life nothing interesting ever seems to happen?

In which book do we learn that "cul de sac" is a fancy French way of saying "dead end"?

In which book does a girl learn how to roar, practising every day, by puffing out her chest, standing as tall as she possibly could - and then taller - and letting the roar travel all the way up from her core so it came from the deepest, wildest part of her?

In which book is a girl pressured by the team captain to stay late and practice her strokes rather than go to a school event she'd pinky promised her friends she'd attend?

In which book does a basketball player demonstrate how to shoot a basket- spreading her fingers and making sure there is an air pocket between her palm and the base of the ball- before shooting and making a basket from mid-court?

In which book does a mother cook and clean for a family living in an expensive high-rise buildings close to where their poor family lives?

In which book does a child, born to scientists living in a lab, take over their work studying sun sickness after they die?

In which book does a boy love cleaning out his pet's bowl every Saturday morning?

In which book is the mother of a girl invisible to the story's narrator but to no one else?

In which book does a boy, thinking about his absent friend, blink away his tears: "real men don't cry"?

In which book is a principal's portrait thrown away because he cancelled school during the Blizzard of '32?

In which book does a girl state that "stairs are the perfect symbol of life- they represent its ups and downs?

In which book does a boy discover his dad secretly moved to a smaller apartment causing him to mourn for the loss of his home and all the memories that came with it?

In which book does a boy knock out his front teeth while trying to fly?

In which book does a mother "wake up at the crack of dawn to fill" buckets of water as the city supply only has enough for 2 hours every morning and 1 hour in the evening?

In which book do we learn about a famous African-American composer who was known as the "King of Ragtime"?

In which book does a girl use an ornamental hair pin to fend off a beast that attacks her as she is swimming?

In which book is passing a 'Shake and Bake' test considered a key moment of success?

In which book do we learn that in Australia there's a arachnid called a "sparklemuffin spider"?

In which a meditator struggling to keep focus repeat to himself, "My mind is a blank canvas. My mind is a blank canvas. My mind is blank canvas."?

In which book does a noblewoman have her leg crushed when a trick to conjure a bouquet of lillies goes horribly wrong?

In which book do two mice have a feast in a doctor's house and then sleep in his napkins as though they were a bed with white sheets?

In which book is the question 'what is water?' answered as 'two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen' as well as 'water sustains life'?

In which book is a birthday girl gifted a white unicorn floatie to use in the pool?

In which book does a girl decide to share her biggest secrets with a boy after he gives her his hiding space?

In which book does a boy eat a rose, wondering if it might taste delicious, then spit it out in the garbage?

In which book do students learn how to create a sand shield to use as a protective barrier against incoming attacks?

In which book is there a family that is descended from a union between a human and a ghost?

In which book is a boy, with a hat on his head and a coin in his hand, sent to market for fish and bread by his guardian?

In which book do most children wish to become a rider when they blow out their birthday candles?

In which books does a student's second week of homework include reading an act from a famous play and identifying one animal and one plant from a field guide, drawing them from life and then labeling them with their scientific names and habitat?

In which book does an animal tell his story, not with words, but in the way all animals tell their stories, you just need to listen plus "a healhy dose of instinct, sensitivity and canny ability to fill in the gaps"?

In which book does a doctor remind his daughter, after having seen a 29 year-nine patient who needs heart surgery, that dropping property values are not really a problem?

In which book does a man, an expert wood carver, make wood boxes and little miniature bookshelves as a hobby?

In which book do we hear the story of a scientist who kept a clock on her wall that ran backwards to show that you can always do things differently, no matter what?

In which book does a girl plan on giving a woman a canteen as a Christmas present after seeing her car littered with single-use plastic bottles?

In which book has a girl learned: "As corny as it may sound, there's no place like home"?

In which book does a rescued baby elephant join a basketball team and become the mascot for the team?

In which book do children being sold as slaves circle around a fountain until a buyer chooses them?

In which book is a dog who carried messages and letters and plans across battlefields suddenly thrown into darkness?

In which book does a group of student volunteers from a fancy private school just murmur unintelligably when singing the Happy Birthday song for a 16 year old girl and her friends?

In which book is a boy known to be a master prankster back in his old town?

In which book do scientists at a high-security laboratory have to wear spacesuits because they work with the deadliest viruses in the world?

In which book must a beetle present a white peeble to a spider before he will be allowed to cross a brook?

In which book does a homeless boy put up "wanted" posters looking for a lost dog; he knows "you're wanted" is the word everyone wants to hear?

In which book does a newspaper writer feel scared to write something personal: 'It's easier when I'm writing about things that don't have anything to do with me'?

In which book does a girl exchange a tiny ink pot from one of her inventions for another chance to answer a riddle?

In which book does a girl reflect, that although her father was a grave minder, he had still found death frightening?

In which book does a boy trick his brother into trying on a pair of shoes?

In which book do a woman and her best friend watch a TV game show for 743 "during-the-week episodes" without missing once?

In which book does a dragon, hoping to avoid harming humans, only sneeze if it is over the sea?

In which book do the people of a city feel they are under siege by the weather as no one can recall a winter so thoroughly, uniformly gray?