BOB Book Questions 1

In which book can a character sing a sad song with a jubilant twist, and she secretly switches your mood -- she's smart and tricky like that?

In which book does a character vastly prefer the bubble and gurgle of his own little stove to the griping by the fire in the great hall of a castle?

In which book does something like smoke, that is blacker than black and dense and sinuous, spill from the centers of a character's palms?

In which book does a character say, "I'm sorry, but that was the ugliest baby I've ever seen"?

In which book is a character ravaged by grief on Valentine's Day 1884, when his mother dies of typhoid fever?

In which book does a character pretend to yank a particularly stubborn nose hair and sing, "Tweeze, tweeze, tweeze, tweeze, my nose hair needs a tweeze!"?

In which book is a character the color white -- she's searching for a peace that she's lost?

In which book does a character say that the only kid at school who knows everyone's name is so funny?

In which book does a character attend high school in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is accepted because of his character and hard work?

In which book are three pairs of stockings twenty-nine cents?