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WLMS Battle of the Books 2010-2011
Questions for Battle of the Books 2010-2011
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6th Grade
10/11/2010
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In which book is a juvenile delinquent sent to a remote island in Alaska because of his violent attack on a schoolmate?
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a probation officer entice a boy to try a healing form of justice practice by native cultures? pg 10
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book is a youth given a blanket, or at.oow, that he has to take care of and then pass on to someone he trusts? pg 19
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy burn down the shelter he was supposed to stay in while living on an island? pg 24
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy tell his parole office there are only two things wrong with me, everything I do and everything I say? pg 28
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy try to escape and swim to another island in freezing water, only to be brought back to shore by the incoming tide? pg 41
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book is a boy mangled by a wild animal after trying to stab the animal with a spear? pg 66
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a strong storm bring down a tree with a nest of baby birds directly beside an injured boy? pg 79
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy finally notice all the beauty of the world around him as he lay on the ground, close to death himself? pg 97
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book is a boy brought to the hospital with broken bones, swollen body and starved to death, only to say " I am okay"?
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy make a decision to live as he lay injured in the dirt next to dead baby birds? pg 83
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy eat a mouse while it is still alive while he keeps the thought that food was energy and energy was life? pg 89
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy try to make sense of things in his life by relating life to baby birds in a nest to help him understand life? pg 94
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy tell about what happened to him on an island to his parole officer while he searches for fur in his pocket to prove what he is saying is really the truth? pg 112
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a parole officer confront a mother about her husband's abuse toward their child saying if she keeps quiet now then she shares the blame? pg 116
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does an elder explain to a group that people change 2 ways with slow persistant pressure or with a single and sudden traumatic experience? pg 128
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy swim in a cold body and carry rocks up hills to help him deal with his anger? pg 156
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy rebuild a cabin that he must live in because he burned the one that was built for him earlier? pg 170
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy start to carve a canoe to escape in, only to realize he shouldn't make it and decides to carve it into a totem pole? pg 183
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy try to help the person he assulted by inviting him to stay with him on a remote island? pg 215
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy realize that being invisible means not being sensed or felt by the world around him? pg 189
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy realize that in order for him to heal he must find a way to help someone he hurt? pg 196
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book does a boy wreck another boys totem pole? pg 230
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book do two boys finish carving a totem pole and the last carving is that of a circle? pg 240
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Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
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In which book is a mayor asked to keep a secret in a box until passing it to the next mayor?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book do kids who reach 12 have a final day at school called Assignment Day?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In whcih book do kids draw long term jobs out of a green bag?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a boy outrage a mayour by telling him the city predicament is getting worse?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a girl live with her Granny and little sister because her father and mother are dead?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book are children taught that their town is the only light in a dark world?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a clock measure hours of night and day that tell people when to go to work and to school?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a girl get in trouble for standing on the roof of the Gathering Hall?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book is a boy surprised at seeing a river and awed by its size and sound?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a boy sneak into the Generator Room to see how it works, only to find he has no clue how it works?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a man come crying to the greenhouse because he did not find anything beyond the town?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a woman give a girl a bean seed and explain that there is life inside it?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a girl ask a neighbor to watch over her grandmother and young sister while she is at work?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does the mayor call a town meeting after a seen minute blackout in the town?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a Grandmother tear up a closet to try to find something important that is lost?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book is a toddler found by her sister in a closet chewing up and important piece of paper?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book do a group of people called Believers think they will be shown a way out of a town?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a girl write a note about a shredded message to teh mayor of a town?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a boy explore pipes and leave a trail of bolts and washers so he won't get lost?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a boy become frustrated trying to make a movable light?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a girl find an old note that talks about a river and a door to escape the town?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book do a boy and girl follow a tunnet to get to a locked door that may be an answer to a mystery they are trying to solve?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a girl's sick grandmother call to her and tells her about a dream and a baby before she passes away?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book doe the people of a town get together and sing three songs?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book are cans of peaches something that has not been seen in years?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a mayor have a secret room full of essential things that others in the city dont have?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book do a boy and girl put together a message that has to do with a letter E on a rock?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book do a boy and girl follow instructions that take them to a secret door by a waterfall?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book do a boy and girl find a secret door that leads to a hallway with matches and candles?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book is a boat found that rides on the river and leads them out of a town?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book are wanted posters put up around town with the pictures of two kids who are thought to be spreading rumors?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book is a girl arrested by guards for telling dangerous lies believed to cause civil unrest?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a boat take a girl, boy and a baby on a wild ride to a world they have never seen?
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City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
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In which book does a girl explain that a postcard, a dead car and a house with a picket fence is what got her in the town in which she now lives?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a character's uncle name all of his dogs that he has over several years the same name?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book is a girls best friend the odd ball in what appears to be the perfect beautiful family
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girl always wire money from teh Western Union to an uncle who moves from place to place?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girl learn that she is adopted and living with her aunt and uncle after records are burned in a church?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girls best friend cut herself when young to get out of doing beauty pagents?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girl ask her friend if she thinks her dad would have kept her if she was beautiful?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girl tll her friend that the reason she used to cut herself was to block out the pain?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girl find out that her aunt and uncle are not her real parents and responds by not talking to them for awhile?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a family miss a Sunday drive because the girl could not find a love letter that her mother wrote her dad a long time ago?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girl come home after babysitting to find her aunt crying about the girls deceased mother?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girl often babysit an infant for a guy who paints?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girl say she beleives she was destined to know the people she knows?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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In which book does a girl state her family is still her family its just that their titles have been renamed?
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Heaven by Angela Johnson
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