1. Fourth Grade Battle of the Books

2. …does a man get angry and break his crutch when he can't catch any fish?

3. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, p. 36

4. 2….is a character said to have “eyes that can pierce the distance like an eagle. Like a cat she can see on the darkest night.”

5. 2. Freedom Train By Dorothy Sterling

6. 3…does a character accuse another character of shooting all six of her children?

7. 3. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl, p. 25

8. 4…does a boy in 7th grade have a volunteer tutor who begins by having him write the alphabet?

9. 4. My Name is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt, p. 49

10. 3. …does someone bandage the main character's hand because it is badly blistered from chopping wood?

11. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, p. 21

12. 5..does a boy get a lesson in the way a man makes a bed?

13. 5. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter, p. 46

14. 6…has a main character developed a vivid imagination by reading mystery stories and tales of horror?

15. 6. Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe, p. 19

16. 7...does a character write out a plan to become famous?

17. 7. Fourth Grade Celebrity by Patricia Reilly Giff, p. 14

18. 8…is a character part of the Shoshone tribe?

19. 8. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner, p. 53

20. 9...does the main character go to the funeral of his best friend?

21. 9. A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith,p 46

22. 10...is a character told that he can draw pictures on the plasterboard but not on the walls?

23. 10. 26 Fairmount Avenue by TomieDePaola, p. 28

24. 11…does a character want to learn to drive a wagon by herself?

25. 11. Sarah, Plain and Tall By Patricia MacLaughlan

26. 12…does a character write a letter to her cousin describing her debut on stage as a turkey?

27. 12. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson By Bette Bao Lord, p. 157

28. 13...did a boy want to be "Mr. Indigestion"?

29. 13. The Cybil War By Betsy Byars

30. 14...does a boy learn that war is definitely not a game?

31. 14. Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne, p. 67

32. 15. In what book did a character eat a worm in three chews and a swallow?

33. 15. The Case of the Mummy Mystery by James Preller, p. 72

34. 16. …does a character go to school 5 miles from home?

35. 16. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner, p. 24

36. 17. …does a main character smash all his guns with a hammer?

37. 17. The Magic finger by Roald Dahl, p. 37

38. 18...does a character learn French in order to impress her class?

39. 18. Fourth Grade Celebrity by Patricia Reilly Giff, p. 42

40. 19…is a main character diagnosed with being "emotionally overwrought" and having a case of "sibling rivalry"?

41. 19. Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe, p. 93

42. 20...does a character get paid a quarter for each jarful of Japanese beetles?

43. 20. A Taste Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith, p. 13

44. 21...did a family build a house on a dirt road?

45. 21. 26 Fairmount Avenue by TomieDePaola, p. 9

46. 22…does a dad teach his daughter which berries and leaves were good to eat and which would make her sick?

47. 22. Freedom Train By Dorothy Sterling (p. 37)

48. 23. …does a boy use a tape recorder to help him take notes in social studies class?

49. 23. My Name is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt, p. 41

50. 24…does a man smash 5 melon-shaped vases because he thought they were flawed and not perfect?

51. A Sinle Shard By Linda Sue Park

52. 25...does a boy try to catch a pig instead of spitting watermelon seeds?

53. 25. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter, p. 99

54. 26...did a boy fall in love when a certain girl grinned and crossed her eyes?

55. 26. The Cybil War by Betsy Byars, p. 12

56. 27…does a character take seriously the saying; “Squeal, your skin will peel, tattle, your bones will rattle.”

57. 27.In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson By Betsy Byars, p. 74

58. 28...are wounded soldiers coming to a hospital from a battlefield near Richmond, VA?

59. 28. Civil War on Sunday by Mary pope Osborne, p. 21

60. 29...does a develop a new respect for “women’s work”?

61. 29.. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter

62. 30…does a family love to hunt more than anything else?

63. 30. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl, p. 2

64. Round 2May the Best Team Win..!

65. 31. …is the main character attacked by 2 robbers?

66. 31. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, p. 123

67. 32. …do a grandfather and his grandson have the same difficulties spelling words?

68. 32. My Name is Brain Brian by Jeannne Betancourt, p. 73

69. 33...does the main character stand still while his friends run from swarming bees?

70. 33. A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith, p. 25

71. 34. …is there a shortcut across a lake?

72. 34. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner, p. 71

73. 35….is a character’s office a tree house in the backyard?

74. 35. The Case of the Mummy Mystery by James Preller, p. 70

75. 36...is a class president elected by having her name pulled from a hat?

76. 36. Fourth Grade Celebrity by Patricia Reilly Giff, p. 23

77. 37…does a boy say, "I've always wanted to know how it feels like to be a bird?”

78. 37. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl, p. 15

79. 38..does a list turn out to be special writing for a magic library?

80. 38.Civil war on Sunday by Mary Pope, p. 24

81. 39…does a character pound on a nice, big, juicy, raw steak?

82. 39. Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe, p. 73

83. 40...does a character go to see a Walt Disney movie?

84. 40. 26 Fairmont Avenue by TomieDePaola, p. 20

85. 41...was someone called, "Old Popsicle Legs"?

86. 41. The Cybil War by Betsy Byars, p. 16

87. 42. …is fifty dollars an entrance fee for a race?

88. 42. Stone Fox by John Reynolds, p. 47

89. 43…do the characters swim in a cow pond?

90. 43. Sarah, Plain and Tall By Patricia MacLaughlan, p. 41

92. 44…does a character run away and hide in a pig pen?

93. 44. Freedom Train By Dorothy Sterling

94. 45. …does a janitor help out with red paint? 45. The Case of the Mummy Mystery by James Prellar, p. 47

95. 46. ..does a woman grow a tail and whiskers?

96. 46. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl, p. 4

97. 47…does a man weave straw to make a very strong container for the main character to carry on his back?

98. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, p. 100

99. 48…is a character taught to weave, but she isn’t very good at it?

100. Freedom Train By Dorothy Sterling

101. 49…is there a big clock that goes all the way up to the ceiling and has a pendulum behind a glass door?

102. 49. Bunniculaby Deborah and James Howe, p. 29

103. 50…do students receive a detention for throwing pizza in the lunchroom?

104. 50. My Name is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt, p. 84

105. 51...does an extra dittomaster in the ditto machine get a character in trouble?

106. 51. Fourth Grade Celebrity by Patricia Reilly Giff, p. 109

107. 52...does the main character toss his partially eaten apple into the creek?

108. 52. A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith, p. 9

109. 53…does a teacher make a big deal over Arbor Day?

110. 53. The Cybil War by Betsy Byars, p. 16

111. 54…does a mother have to learn how to shop and cook?

112. 54. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette BaoLord

113. 55…does Sunday School and church get banned for some people?

114. 55.Freedom Train By Dorothy Sterling

115. 56…is the cure for someone in the person's own mind?

116. 56. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner, p. 10

117. The End…

118. Extra Questions:

119. 3. Were foxes dreaded animals who were thought to be fiendishly clever and might posses evil magic?

120. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, p. 82

122. 6. …does a main character give his friend a small monkey he has made?

123. A Single Shard by Linda Sue park, p. 103

124. 14. Is a note written in color word code?

125. The Case of the Mummy Mystery by James Preller, p. 34

126. 17...is the game STANDOUT brought as a birthday present?

128. Fourth Grade Celebrity by Patricia Reilly Giff, p. 57

129. 21...does an extra dittomaster in the ditto machine get a character in trouble?

130. Fourth Grade Celebrity by Patricia Reilly Giff, p. 109

131. …does a character go to a funeral in “magic shoes”?

132. The Cybil War by Betsy Byars

133. …does a character tell his mom that he played the part of “peanut butter” in a nutrition play?

134. The Cybil War by Betsy Byarsp. 47

135. ….has a character been told that “children must wait to be invited to speak?”

136. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson By Bette Bao Lord, p 2

139. …did a character have a nightmare the night before the first day of sixth grade?

140. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson By Bette Bao Lord

142. …does a character tell her brother that she would have named him “troublesome?”

143. Sarah, Plain and Tall By Patricia MacLaughlin

144. ….do two characters get a moon snail and a sea stone as gifts?

145. Sarah, Plain and Tall By Patricia MacLaughlan

146. …does the roof of a house have to be fixed before a storm comes?

147. Sarah, Plain and Tall By Patricia MacLaughlan