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| A character's parents had met in the library at Princeton, where they were both reading the same journal. Name the book. |
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| The setting of this book is a stone mansion on Linden Street. |
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| In which book is there an old chest of drawers full of handkerchiefs and lacy bloomers, ropes of fake pearls and colored glass beads. |
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| The house felt like being in a museum where you were allowed to play with the exhibits, not just stare through the glass. Name the book. |
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| In the book by this title, a teddy bear (Hershel) tests a hypothesis, wearing a shoelace anchor. |
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| In this book the paintings were all stuck to the walls like they'd been slathered with superglue. |
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| In the book by this title, a tiny white shape was moving inside the painting. |
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| In this book, a character gets a prickly feeling on the back of the neck if someone is looking at her. |
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| Which author writes of something green and bright, like a pair of eyes, flickering in the corner of the basement. |
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| In the book by this title, a character describes what it is like to be the new kid in school, each time her parents took a job at a different college. (Getting lost on the way to the art room and getting picked last for teams.) |
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| The cat led them through the forest and to the moonlit path. Name the author. |
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| Which author writes about a character feeling guilty because she had signed a petition to stop animal testing? |
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| In the book by this author, a person's skin had no moles, freckles, wrinkles or hairs. It was perfectly smooth, like paint. |
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| In the book by this title a character is warned, "don't lose them while you're inside, or you'll be trapped". |
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| Which author writes that forty-six was a large helping of lima beans and twenty-four was a small helping. |
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| In the book by this author, girls push a character back toward the frame and into the library. |
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| There had been three clues received: a stone house, a cat, the basement. Name the book. |
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| Name the author of the book in which a cat appears to be guarding something under a trap door. |
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| In this book, the mother wonders why on earth her allergies are acting up. |
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| In this book father had always said if you want to do something well, proceed methodically, taking one step at a time. |
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| A worn leather folder holding two old black-and-white photographs is found at the back of the drawer. Name the author. |
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| There were two books a character had liked very much but wouldn't want to live in, "Little Women" and "Anne of Green Gables". Name the book. |
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| In the book by this author, presents received included sponge pellets, crayons, and a miniature flashlight. |
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| Characters in this book share a cup of tea together. |
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| Which author writes that a house had been built by a rather famous painter who wouldn't sell his paintings? |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 102) |
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| Like in the book about Narnia, a character must search everywhere to find a staircase leading to the attic. Name the book. |
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| In the book by this title, a character imagines that living in a painting would be like being sick, lying on the couch while everybody bustles around you. |
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| Which author writes about three cats (Harvey, Horatio, Leopold) protecting the basement, main floor, and attic. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 111) |
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| In this book, a necklace cannot be removed. |
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| The Shadows, (p. 110, 113) |
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| In the book by this title a character eats a bowl of Sugar-Puffy Kitten Bits for breakfast. |
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| Which author writes about plans to eat Triple Ripple ice cream out of a fancy glass bowl and spending the whole night watching movies with the lights on. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 132, 134) |
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| In which book do people come out onto their lawns wearing old fashioned nightgowns and flannel suits with nightcaps? |
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| In the book by this author, a window repairs itself after being smashed with the same rock over and over again. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 138) |
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| "Curiosity killed the cat"...but in this book the main character's mother had said that if it wasn't for curiosity we wouldn't take the risks that lead to wonderful discoveries. |
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| In the book by this author, a little niggling in a character's brain kept stuffing the truth about the necklace back into its hiding spot. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 155) |
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| In this book a murky, black lake is rocking like an overcrowded trampoline. |
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| A dog changed from a cheerful tail-wagging mutt to a gigantic dog with bared yellow fangs. Name the author. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 186-187) |
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| In which book does a character feel carvings with letters and numbers along a wall of stone? |
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| A cat is wearing an eyepatch. Name the author. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 128, 170) |
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| In the book by this title, when only a mouth and eyes were left a roar echoed inside the attic. |
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| In the book by this author, a character's parents bring home a T-shirt from the conference. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 236) |
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| A house in this book has a library with a wooden floor, giant fireplace, long shelves with rows of embossed leather volumes and ladders on wheels. |
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| A character in this book knew that leaving lights on was wasting electricity and it was a terrible thing, almost as bad as wasting water or worse throwing a recyclable bottle into the trash. |
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| In the book by this author, a father tells his daughter to test her hypothesis. |
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| "So, you've figured out a few more things?" a character in this book said in a kind of tone that said this wasn't really a question. Name the book. |
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| They were being followed and no matter how fast they ran, she couldn't see how they could get away. Name this book's title. |
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| "Follow that Cat!" is a sentence in which book? |
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| A character in this book tried to be a chameleon silently trying to observe the other children and change color until she disappeared into her new environment. |
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| A door in this book was opened using a handy official lock-picking tool. Name the author of this book. |
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| A trio of gigantic cats shot across the lawn like furry cannonballs in the book by this author. |
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| This author writes: Sepia portraits hung from the walls and glass medicine bottles stood in every bathroom cabinet. |
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| This author writes about a girl who gets a funny feeling looking at paintings in her home. |
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| This author writes that there is something that doesn't want you there and it will do its best to get rid of you. |
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| A girl in the book by this author lets out a giggle, the kind of giggle a child lets out when playing hide and seek and the other children can't find her. |
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| Dancers glared at her as she laughed while the tuba player stuck out his tongue at her in the book by this author. |
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| I'm eleven and three quarters, a character in this book states to her mother. Name the author of this book. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 132) |
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| So, who does he think he is tonight? He is Lancelot du Lac. Name the author who wrote this book. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 170) |
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| In this book, people are so afraid of Aldous McMartin they won't even call him by name. |
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| "What would Mr. & Mrs. Dunwoody say if they knew that their daughter thought she could talk to a cat and climb in and out of paintings?" Name the book. |
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| In the book by this author, cats help Morton go back INTO a painting. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 235) |
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| ITBBTA, the bathtub in the attic was a safe place because there were no paintings. |
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| Jacqueline West, (p. 170) |
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