2. 1…does the main character
think of a name for a new club
while he’s eating alphabet
soup?

3. 1. ANSWER:
The Twinkie Squad by Gordon Korman

4. 2…does someone crush 10
pieces of chocolate in a box
that a lady received as a
gift?

5. 2. ANSWER:
Pleasing the Ghost by Sharon Creech

6. 3…is there a main character
whose bed contains wood
shaving used as a mattress?

7. 3. ANSWER:
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien by Bruce Coville

8. 4…does a school gym have a
banner that says, “It takes a little
more to be champion”?

9. 4. ANSWER:
There’s a Girl in my Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli

10. 5…is there a housekeeper
named Mrs. Macready, who’s
not fond of children?

11. 5. ANSWER:
The Lion, the Witch and the Warlock by C.S. Lewis

12. 6…does a character’s mother
demonstrate how to make
Ukrainian Easter Eggs?

13. 6. ANSWER:
Smart Dog by VivanVandeVelde

14. 7…do children find out who lives
in a house by checking the
name on the envelop in the
mailbox?

15. 7. ANSWER:
Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine by Diane Stanley

16. 8…do some students become
“petrified”?

17. 8. ANSWER:
Harry Potter and the Camber of Secrets by J.K.
Rowling

18. 9…does the mother of a
family on vacation, fall and
break her ankle”?

19. 9. ANSWER:
Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehert

20. 10…does a principal’s office
resemble a trophy shop?

21. 10. ANSWER:
S.O.R. Loser by AVI

22. 11…does a boy pull a prank that
injures his neighbor?”

23. 11. ANSWER:
Doing Time Online by Jan Siebold

24. 12…save for Nothing’s Fair in
Fifth Grade?

25. 12. ANSWER:
Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade by BartheDeClements

26. 13…is an Apache boy saved
by an African American
Family?

27. 13. ANSWER:
Run Away Home by Patricia C. McKissack

28. 14
…does the main character
parrot-sit?

29. 14. ANSWER:
Tarot Says Beware by Betsy Byars

30. 15….do students get the
“stranger danger” lecture
from 3 different people?

31. 15. ANSWER:
Smart Dog by Vivian VandeVelde

32. 16…does a bodyguard
accompany a character?

33. 16. ANSWER:
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien by Bruce Coville

34. 17…do a girl and her
younger brother run away to
a museum?

35. 17. ANSWER:
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburgh

36. 18…is the washerwoman
the hero of the main
character and her little
sister?

37. 18. ANSWER:
There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli

38. 19….do mice chew through
some ropes to free another
character in the book?

39. 19. ANSWER:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

40. 20…does the main character
only go to school for three
months each year?

41. 20. ANSWER:
Run Away Home by Patrick C. McKissack

42. 21…does a character’s
grandparents service
Chinese food for dinner in
pretty bowls on linen place
mats?

43. 21. ANSWER:
The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine by Diane Stanley

44. 22…does a mean boy throw
a rock through another boy’s
bedroom window?

45. 22. ANSWER:
Pleasing the Ghost by Sharon Creech

46. 23…does the book club
money disappear?

47. 23. ANSWER:
Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade by BartheDeClements

48. 24…does a 12 year old boy
stay on an island with his
partially paralyzed younger
sister?

49. 24. ANSWER:
Earthquake Terror, by Peg Kehert

50. 25…is a diary stolen by a
huge serpent-like creature?

51. 25. ANSWER:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K.
Rowling

52. 26…are juvenile offenders
connected with nursing
home residents?

53. 26. ANSWER:
Doing Time Online

54. 27…is a fortune teller found
dead under a table?

55. 27. ANSWER:
Tarot Says Beware by Betsy Byars