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| The main character wanted to be like Vladimir Horowitz. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 4) |
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| On Career Day her mom talked about 'fiscal responsibility'. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 6) |
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| A character became a "More with Les" student. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 11) |
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| The Perfectone D-60 was a wood-grained behemoth. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 17) |
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| 'Maestro' was supposed to be a sweet, rumpled old man who would present her with a diamond tiara. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 20) |
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| Mabelline Person is not pronounced like it is spelled. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 21) |
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| Six months of free lessons. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 21) |
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| "Monkey Waltz" does not make this character a prodigy. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 24) |
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| Dad takes courses from Living Room University. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 25) |
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| The setting is Eastside, Michigan (in March). |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 27, 47) |
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| No dinner was cooked because all the measuring cups were in the mock cockpit. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 34) |
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| An invitation arrives for a "Really Big Shoe" birthday party. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 35-36) |
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| Everybody knows that nobody wears socks. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 44) |
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| The pedals are arranged just like the keys on the keyboard...B-C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D, plus sharps and flats. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 50) |
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| Hugh tells of a 3 foot dead alligator in a guy's bathtub. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 53) |
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| A character attends the Perform-O-Rama. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 62) |
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| Expressions are used such as "Mozart's postman!" and "Chopin's toaster!" |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 62-63) |
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| A character ruins the Fireside Scout cookie sale. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 70) |
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| Old song titles are mentioned, such as "Seasons in the Sun" and "Forever in Blue Jeans". |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 76) |
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| There are two dads, one who needs to feel the wind in his hair and another who needs the linoleum under his feet. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 88) |
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| Who knew you'd have to work four hours a day to make something sound so easy? |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 92) |
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| The main character receives a birthday card from a boy. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 110) |
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| The title of the book refers to a marzipan piano. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 116) |
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| Sometimes your body just won't let you do something like wanting to burp upside down, but you can't. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 123) |
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| In the book by this author a character's mother misses her 11th birthday. |
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| A setting of the story is the Birch Valley Hotel and Conference Center. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 138) |
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| In the book by this author, there are two enormous blue searchlights sweeping the room. |
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| In the book by this author, written across the palm of his hand is "6:30-Meeting Room G". |
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| When you play at Carnegie Hall, you make an entrance. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 150) |
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| In the hotel room there were checkered sheets on the bed and a half used bar of Zest soap in the dish. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 168) |
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| In the book by this author a character will be starting a job at Nunzio's Buns. |
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| She dreamed of playing in Carnegie Hall. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 1) |
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| In the book by this author, you could wear a tiara and gloves up to your elbows. |
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| Vladimir Horowitz was born in Russia. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 4) |
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| Her dad was called 'domestic affairs'. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 5) |
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| In the book by this author, her mom was a Controller for the state of Michigan. |
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| Mr. Nunzio is a baker who runs Nunzio's Buns. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 6) |
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| In the book by this author, Joella's mom is host of a radio show. |
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| In the book by this author, her teacher is named Mrs. Trimble. |
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| Her mom gave out money on career day. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 7) |
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| Wheeler Diggs was in her class. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 9) |
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| Her dad attended Living Room University. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 10) |
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| He has 26 framed diplomas. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 10) |
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| Lester Rennet taught the piano without the piano. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 10) |
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| This author writes about having 432 rolls of toilet paper in their basement. |
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| The main character is in 6th grade at Eastside Elementary. Name the author. |
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| At the mall there is a fountain with a stone hippo in the middle. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 16) |
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| There were a lot of exclamation points in the brochure. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 18) |
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| She drinks Vernors ginger ale. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 21) |
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| In the book by this author, Hugh is the UPS man. |
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| Zoe Elias is the main character in this book. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 22) |
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| "Monkey Waltz" is what she played. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 24) |
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| Emma Dent lives in east Eastside. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 27) |
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| Marty's Wreck and Towing are experts in telling her dad how to get home. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 28) |
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| The metronome goes tock, tock, tock. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 31) |
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| Wing Ping Linguini is a take out restaurant. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 34) |
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| She is invited to an 11th birthday party. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect(p. 35) |
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| Her gift was stripy toe socks. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 38) |
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| In the book by this author, they wear Brat clogs. |
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| This author writes of a TV show theme song "Those Were the Days". |
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| He talks about a man who has an alligator named Ramona in his bathtub. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 53) |
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| She plays "Green Acres" when the teacher is out. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 56) |
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| Wheeler Diggs doesn't have a best friend. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 59) |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 65) |
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| You can't burp in outer space. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 66) |
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| In the book by this author, a character lives on Grouse Avenue. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 106) |
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| The cake has frosted toilet paper rolls in it. Name the author. |
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| All the phone numbers he needs are on speed dial. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 126) |
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| Mona and her mom, Judy, are there. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 144) |
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| Just keep playing is the best advice. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 163) |
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| Mom uses her mirror to see how people are being scored. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 180) |
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| Jiggles jeans used to be the style. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 184) |
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| He has a job baking for Nunzio's. |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 206) |
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| A Crooked Kind of Perfect (p. 194) |
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