Battle of the Books!!! 2009-2010

IWB Does part of the main character’s name mean lion?

IWB Is someone bald as an egg?

IWB Is there a recipe for caramel apples?

IWB was a man’s motto: “the more you stir it, the worse it stinks”?

IWB was something/someone thrown from the window of a car?

IWB were characters trapped using an unusually large mound of food and nets with long handles?

IWB did a teacher feel that as long as teaching was his loved job he would give it his best?

IWB did someone like the tan one but not the spotted one?

IWB did the characters have yellow plastic ribbons tied around their necks?

IWB Does a family reunite every ten years?

IWB Does a main character get treated with a raw steak dinner?

IWB Does someone keep rubbing the baby’s head with Vaseline to make the hair grow?

IWB In what book is a teacher from Kalamazoo, Michigan?

IWB was someone afraid that they would go to jail for dog- napping?

IWB Was someone deep-frying tater tots and making buffalo chicken wings?

IWB was there a bear bush?

IWB did a man find the dog collar and left it lying on top of a log in hopes that the girl would do the right thing?

IWB did someone have to sit down because the pain in their shoulder was so bad?

IWB did the characters get an injection at least twice a week?

IWB Does someone charge kids a quarter to look at a baby?

IWB In what book is bus transportation to school only in the mornings; students must get picked up when school is out?

IWB Is someone trying to sell the cinnamon house?

IWB Was a main character tossed out the front door to spend the night for his misbehavior?

IWB Did a character get a lesson on how to cook boiled potatoes?

IWB did someone lay down beneath a tree afraid to move because of the cars?

IWB did the girl tell the truth about stealing the dog?

IWB Did the supper consist of flapjacks, bacon, bread, and applesauce?

IWB Is someone called the “Amazing Tattooed Baby”?

IWB Is there a plan to get a character into the dining room to eat before the family arrives for diner?

IWB Was a relative in and out of rehab hospitals and halfway houses for their alcohol and drug problems?

IWB was a stone said to mark an oil source?

IWB were the character subjected to a device that tested intelligence and memory?

IWB Did a character name a dog Mallomar after her favorite cookie?

IWB did someone learn that when snow was on the ground food was harder to find?

IWB Does a main character land in the salad bowl?

IWB Does someone draw pictures all over a baby’s head with waterproof marker?

IWB was a family excited about sharing a rundown old white house with a rusty swing set and a refrigerator with no door on the front porch?

IWB Was the Spray ‘n Play a favorite place to go after a difficulty or for a celebration?

IWB Was there no conversation during the meal?

IWB were the characters exposed to new DNA IWB were the characters exposed to new DNA. It resulted in a real breakthrough for a brand new species that did not age?

IWB Did someone have 16 kinds of cookies on her counter?

IWB did someone watch the leaves change colors but could never see the color green?

IWB Did the father take a child out on the pond for a boat ride and to talk?

IWB Do some children collect $6 IWB Do some children collect $6.50 for seeing the Amazing Tattooed Baby?

IWB Does a young girl get picked on because of her last name?

IWB was a character able to open a door, because he had learned how to read?

IWB was a girl excited about having a plastic laundry basket to keep her things in?

IWB Did a character become obsessed with making a dozen perfectly boiled potatoes?

IWB Did a relative send money orders to a grandmother to help with his children’s expenses?