Battle of the books 2022-23 (Practice Questions) 6

In which book is a girl convinced that she spent her first life on earth in Ancient Egypt, her second life in Bangladesh?

• The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
• The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

In which book does is boy puzzled by the pronunciation of the word "xylophone"- could it be"ex-ile-a phone"?

• Wildfire by Lene Kaaberbøl
• The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
• StuntBoy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds and Raúl the Third
• The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm

In which book does a girl wake up and discover that a blue egg has hatched in her bathtub?

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg
• The Awakening Storm by Jaimal Yogis and Vivian Truong

In which book does a man say that kings don't know what they want, except, of course, to keep being king?

• The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
• StuntBoy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds and Raúl the Third
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell

In which book does a family agree that all along there was a nice man inside their mean neighbour trying to get out?

• Wildfire by Lene Kaaberbøl
• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell
• The Bolds by Julian Clary
• The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

In which book does a family have a strict rule that you never enter someone else's bedroom without an express invitation- the punishment for breaking this rule is a a $1?

• Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
• The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
• Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu
• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg

In which book is a boy getting a little sick of his friend playing the same three sad songs over and over again- his friend is love sick?

• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg
• The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell
• The Awakening Storm by Jaimal Yogis and Vivian Truong

In which book is a girl surprised to see that the cave, where the female witch doctor lives, is not wet, cold or horrible as she said, but instead is "quite nice"?

• The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell
• Wildfire by Lene Kaaberbøl
• StuntBoy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds and Raúl the Third
• Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu

In which book does a man try to nurse a sick tortoise back to health by warming it under infra-red light?

• Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg
• The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
• Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu

In which book is a red thread, known as a string of destiny, used to bind people together?

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
• The Awakening Storm by Jaimal Yogis and Vivian Truong
• Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte & Ann Xu
• Not Your All-American-Girl by Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg