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#1. Two books take place in Iraq.  Name one of them.
 
2. In two books soldiers receive Purple Hearts.  Name one of these books.
 
3. In what book is Matt in the hospital with a brain injury?
 
4. In what book does a soldier struggle to remember what happened?
 
5. In what book was a young child killed while wearing soccer shoes?
 
6. In what book does the soldier think he is responsible for killing a child?
 
7. In what book does Matt realize that the child he liked was an informer for the other side?
 
8. In what book were the soldiers in an alley when Ali was killed?
 
9. In what book are former palaces being used by the military?


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Building Questions

Below is a heading for each title. Please add your question to the appropriate title. Remember answers to all questions should be just a title/author of a book.


After Ever After

by Jordan Sonnenblick


1. What book is the sequel to “Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie”?

2. In what book do the main characters have cancer?

3. In what book does a boy need a bone marrow transplant?

4. In what book is the main character going on a bike ride to raise money?

5. In what book does the main character walk across the stage at graduation for his friend?

6. In what book do the characters work on strengthening their bodies during gym class?

All the Broken Pieces

by Ann Burg


  1. 1. What book is a novel in verse?

2. In what book is the main character Vietnamese?

3. What books takes place shortly after the Vietnamese war?

4. Two books are about baseball. Name one of them.

Along for the Ride

by Sarah Dessen


Anything but Typical

by Nora Raleigh Baskin


1. In what book is the main character Autistic?

2. In what book does Jason not like it if someone sits in “his” computer chair?

3. In what book does the main character like to write?

4. In what book does the cousin make fun of the main character?

5. In what book does the main character make a friend on a writing blog?

6. In what book does the main character enter a contest to go to a writing convention?

7. In what book does Jason find out that his on-line friend will be where he is?

8. In what book does the main character try to hide his condition from his new friend?

9. In what book does the main character make friends with a blind girl?

Batboy

by Mike Lupica


  1. 1. What book takes place in Detroit?

2. In what book do Brian and Finn stay overnight in the baseball clubhouse?

3. In what book is Hank Bishop Brian’s hero?

4. In what book does Brian get food for Willie at McDonald’s?

5. In what book does his hero help the main character improve his baseball skills?

6. In what book is Brian able to help his hero with his baseball skills?

7. In what book does Brian use videos to help Hank?

8. In what book does Liz invite Hank to dinner?

Beastly

by Alex Flinn


  1. In which book is there an "Unexpected Changes" chat room?
  2. In which book is Kyle's dad a network news guy?
  3. In which book did this phrase occur " you are ugly now, on the inside where it matters most."
  4. In which book does looking in the mirror show what other people are doing?
  5. In which book is there a character named Kendra?


1. What book takes place in New York City?

2. What book is based on a famous fairy tale?

3. In what book is the father a television news anchor?

4. In what book is their a housekeeper named Magda?

5. In what book does a boy find himself transformed in another creature?

6. In what book is there a snobby girlfriend who wants an orchid rather than a white rose?

7. In what book does Kyle give a white rose to the girl taking tickets?

8. In what book does the main character invite two different girls to the same dance?

9. In what book is the main character transformed so that he will be as ugly on the outside as on the inside?

10. In what book is Kendra a Goth girl/witch?

11. In what book does the father take his son to many doctors in order to find a cure?

12. In what book is the main character given a mirror in which he can see people?

13. In what book does the main character use a mirror to look up his classmates?

14. In what book does Kyle discover Linda, the girl with the white rose, and see that her father is a drug addict?

15. In what book are Kyle and Magda moved to a 5 story house in Brooklyn?

16. In what book does the main character build a rose garden and greenhouse?

17. In what book is there a blind tutor by the name of Will Fratalli?

18. In what book is there a chat group with Silent Maid and Froggie as members?

19. In what book does the main character have Linda brought to his “castle” house to rescue her from her father?

20. In what book do the characters go to upstate New York in order to experience snow?

21. In what book does Linda run away to care for her father?

22. In what book is a beast seen running through streets and on the subway?

23. In what book does the main character change his name to Adrian?

24. In what book does the main character take walks in the city late at night wearing a coat and scarf and have people think he is homeless?

25. In what book does Linda tell the main character that she loves him so that he changes back to a man.?

Boost

by Kathy Mackel


1. In what book does Savvy receive a Tennessee warm-up suit?

2. In what book is Savvy a short-cut for Savannah?

3. In what book is Callie a short-cut for Calliope?

4. In what book is the father a former professional golfer?

5. In what book does the main character play basketball?

6. In what book has the family moved from New Mexico to a farm in Rhode Island?

7. In what book does the main character feel like a freak because of her height?

8. In what book does the family raise sheep?

9. In what book does the family live with “Aunt Betty”?

10. In what book does one of the main characters take steroids to lose weight and help build her body?

11. In what book is a husky voice and hair on her chin a sign of steroid use?

12. In what book does a cheerleader need to lose weight?

13. In what book is a party held in a big barn?

14. In what book does Savvy collect used socks in her gym bag for good luck?

15. In what book is there a coach by the name of Kronos?

The Last Thing I Remember

by Andrew Klavan


Operation Yes

by Sara Lewis Holmes


1. What book takes place on a military base in the south?

2. In what book does Gari’s mother go to Afghanistan and send her to live with relatives?

3. In what book does the teacher use masking tape on the first day of school?

4. In what book is there an old green couch?

5. In what book is the Miss Loupe’s brother in Afghanistan?

6. In what book does the teacher’s brother become lost and injured?

7. In what book is there a stunt pilot?

8. In what book does Bo’s family move to Japan?

9. In what book are there lots of little green men?

10. In what book do the students join together to help their teacher and their school?

11. In what book is a play produced?

Pop

by Gordon Korman


1. In what book is it football season?

2. In what book does one of the characters have Alzheimer’s disease?

3. In what book does a former professional football player teach a high school student?

4. In what book do the characters meet by a statue in a park?

5. In what book does the older man involve the boy in playing pranks with him?

6. In what book does the main character help place an old man in a care facility?

7. In what book does a man jump off of the top of the bleachers?

Purple Heart

by Patricia McCormick


  1. 1. Two books take place in Iraq. Name one of them.

2. In two books soldiers receive Purple Hearts. Name one of these books.

3. In what book is Matt in the hospital with a brain injury?

4. In what book does a soldier struggle to remember what happened?

5. In what book was a young child killed while wearing soccer shoes?

6. In what book does the soldier think he is responsible for killing a child?

7. In what book does Matt realize that the child he liked was an informer for the other side?

8. In what book were the soldiers in an alley when Ali was killed?

9. In what book are former palaces being used by the military?

Red Glass

by Laura Resau


  1. In which book do people in a car invite a policeman to their picnic along the side of a road?
  2. In which book does a small boy fall down a mountainside while helping his parents pick coffee berries?
  3. In which book is a great-aunt a refugee from Bosnia?
  4. In which book does one of the characters have the nick-name "lime-girl"?
  5. In which book does the village decorate the street with pictures made of colored sawdust for the parade?
  6. In which book does a boy and his father jump onto the side of a train to cross a border?
  7. In which book do fireworks scare a great-aunt because they remind her of her house being bombed?
  8. In which book does a glass, a flannel shire, a pair of sunglasses and limes make the main characters feel safe?
  9. In which book did a great-grandmother when she was young fall in love with a gypsy boy but did not marry him?
  10. In which book does the grandmother do a limpia (clean the spirits) of two women using copal inside a house filled with smoke and coals?
  11. In which book is a little boy found alive in a desert after his parents have perished?
  12. In which book does a boy carry a secret in a carved wooden box?
  13. In which book do two people climb a hill to the village chapel to pray to the Virgin of Snows?
  14. In which book does the grandmother throw the corn and sees a vision of blood, sharp things and heavy things?
  15. In which book does a young girl travel alone on a bus to the border to help her boyfriend and his father?
  16. In which book is a boy saved four times by a woman in white?
  17. In which book does the story begin and end in Tucson, Arizona?
  18. In which book does a boy in a hospital wake up to find his attacker in the bed next to him?
  19. In which book does the girl have a British mother and a Mexican step-father?
  20. In which book does a girl dive down into the stream to retrieve her boyfriend's mother's jewels?
  21. In which book does the great-aunt take nine tins of fruitcake on their trip?
  22. In which book does a boy receive a lizard slingshot?
  23. In which book does a boy have the nick-name "principito," little prince?
  24. In which book are passages from the book The Little Prince quoted?
  25. In which book does the girl love the poetry by ee cummings?
  26. In which book does a man always wear a flannel shirt to protect him from cold winds?
  27. In which book does a great-aunt spend time in a prison of war camp?
  28. In which book does a boy end up in a hospital in Guatemala?

Sunrise Over Fallujah

by Walter Dean Myers


Unwind

by Neal Shusterman


Woods Runner

by Gary Paulsen