Battle of the Books 2017
Mock questions for team practice
1. In what book does a class throw their teacher a baby shower?
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, pg. 6
2. In what book is there a blind dog by the name of Lucky?
A Handful of Stars, by Cynthia Lord, pg. 1
3. In what book are there people known as The Blast Unicorn and Roarshock Tess?
Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson, pg. 15
4. In what book does a character wear a shirt that says ‘Cats Rule, Dogs Drool’ while
surfboarding?
Crenshaw, by Katherine Applegate, pg. 3
5. In what book will you find a town called Hanging Moss?
Glory Be, by Augusta Scattergood, pg. 0
6. In what books were crates smashes against the rocky shore of an island?
The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown, pg. 3
7. In what book does a character like words, rules, and numbers, in that order?
Rain Reign, by Ann M. Martin, pg. 4
8. In what book does the main character attack a pumpkin with a hatchet?
Sweet Home Alaska, by Carole Estby Dagg, pg. 1
9. In what book does a character master a trade at a young age?
Dragons vs. Drones, by Wesley King, throughout
10. In what book did a boy’s name, combined with his height, lend itself to the nickname
“Shorten”?
Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms, by Lissa Evans, pg. 5
11. In what book does a character drive a silver Rolls Royce?
The Iron Trial, by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, pg. 8
12. In what book does a girl chase an animal in order to remove a stone pendant from its
neck?
The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste, pg. 1-2
13. In what book does a girl move with her family to her great-uncle’s farm?
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer, by Kelly Jones, pg. 1
14. In what book does a character borrow her parent’s text messages to get a quote?
The Tapper Twins Go To War (With Each Other), by Geoff Rodkey, pg. 4-5
15. In what book does a character have a stuffed eagle named “Baby”?
Soar, by Joan Bauer, pg. 4
16. In what book does Mr. Staphopoulos teach Lifesaving 101?
Raymie Nightingale, by Katie DiCamillo, pg. 40
17. In what book does a boy close his baseball glove around his pet’s head and playwrestle?
Pax, by Sara Pennypacker, pg. 2
18. In what book does a girl help make dumpling for New Year’s?
The Year of the Dog, by Grace Lin, pg. 151
19. In what book can some people catch stars in mason jars?
A Snicker of Magic, by Natalie Lloyd, pg. 2
20. In what book does a man prefer traveling by streetcar or BART?
Book Scavenger, by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, pg. 1