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20-21 Battle of the Books
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09/03/2020
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In which novel is a character warned NOT to copy the accents of clients?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel does the main character swerve to miss a truck on her bike and fall over the guardrail into a river?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel does a character read when she hears gunshots outside?
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Ghost Boys
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In which novel does a character rewire the speakers to be able to talk from a different location?
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Legend
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In which novel is a fence erected during the night to the surprise of the characters?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel was there an advertisement in a newspaper for a gifted child looking for special opportunities?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel is the main character one year younger than her peers, but is ahead in intellect level?
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The Testing
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In which novel does the main character push a bag of potting soil around town?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel does the main character play a memory game in kindergarten called Husker Du?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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In which novel is the main character's father a criminal defense lawyer, but took another job with a law firm as a real estate closer?
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Force Out
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In which novel does the main character see a woman in a red cloak with black hair while walking through the graveyard?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel does a character pretend to be hurt in order to be admitted to the hospital?
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Legend
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Which novel has a character looking down on his family mourning his death, but doesn't immediately know that he is the one who died?
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Ghost Boys
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In which novel do characters scribble notes and diagrams on a thinking cloth?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel do all the women who have graduated wear red?
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The Testing
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In which novel are shops full on one side of the city, while there are shortages on the other side?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel does the main character like to read books with happy endings, because that's how he thought life should be?
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Force Out
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In which novel does the main character work at an old-timey movie theater?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel is the final test to reach a staircase, hurry up the stairs and ring the bronze bell at the top?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel does the main character find a clue in a book about a football player named Johnny Unitas?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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In which novel is there a house that has a mermaid fountain?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel does the main character drug a school teacher's dog so it would not bark at them in the night?
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Force Out
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In which novel is a virus pumped through a system of underground pipes?
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Legend
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In which novel does a girl use a handgun as a weapon for survival?
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The Testing
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In which novel does a character wield a realistic-looking plastic gun to get bullies to leave him alone?
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Ghost Boys
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In which novel is one of the main characters trapped behind large bookcases called the stacks?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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In which novel are characters going to use Morse Code so they can communicate in secret?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel are the main character's parents offered a television show contract?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel do characters live where it is dangerous to speak, to act, or even to think?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel do only young people have the psychic abilities needed to see and investigate the dead?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel does the main character have five older brothers including a set of twins?
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The Testing
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In which novel does the main characters have to go into all ten of the dewey decimal rooms to play the game?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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Which novel has a group of young ghosts that roam the area bearing witness to the unfairness of the situations that led to their premature deaths?
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Ghost Boys
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In which novel does the main character score a 99.5% on his science test and he thought he should have a 100%?
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Force Out
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In which novel does the main character meet her parents in a haunted castle dungeon?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel was a student made to take the Trial twice because the first time she got a perfect score in record time?
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Legend
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In which novel does experiencing "ghost-lock" make you helpless to a visitor's will?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel does an anonymous donor pledge to donate a dollar for every dollar people raise?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel did characters learn that freedom was overrated and individuality was bad?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel does a character have amnesia and can only remember a word that doesn't feel like his name but seems important?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel is the main character able to hear and feel the dead as well as feel emotions from items worn by the deceased?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel does the main character realize that a ghost has taken her life line?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel is a character concerned that by seventh grade, she has not learned about Emmett Till?
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Ghost Boys
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In which novel does the ground sit low against the water, so that whenever there's a storm, the lake floods the streets with dirty, sewage-contaminated water?
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Legend
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In which novel does a character see her brother and wave at him after four years' separation?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel does one of the main characters steal another character's identification card to gain access to more clues?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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In which novel do two characters crawl through a ceiling vent and lower themselves into the boys' dormitory room?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel does the main character have a symbol that has a star and a lightning bolt?
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The Testing
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In which novel does the main character spend a lot of time noticing how her bedspread clashes with the carpet?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel does the main character's mother accuse his best friend of a crime he did not commit?
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Force Out
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In which novel do 12 kids enter a game but only 5 kids leave winners?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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In which novel does someone give the main character a teddy bear named Lucas?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel is there a university that admits a maximum of 20 students each year?
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The Testing
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In which novel have memories been stolen from adults and they all think that "everything is as it should be?"
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel does a boy know he is book smart, but not people smart
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Force Out
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In which novel does a character pantomime a familiar song to convey a message?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel is a boy's brother killed instead of the boy?
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Legend
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In which novel does the main character show a new kid how to eat lunch in the bathroom to avoid being bullied?
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Ghost Boys
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Which novel is set in the city of Edinburgh?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel is DEPRAC the government organization devoted to tackling "the Problem"?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel do characters camp out on the balcony of an old library?
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Legend
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In which novel is the main character's father a self-employed handyman?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel would you find characters going through the veil?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel are picture puzzles used to help solve a mystery?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library
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In which novel is a twelve-year-old character shot and killed by a police officer?
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Ghost Boys
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In which novel does the police come and ransack a character's room while the family is out?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel are iron chains, metal filings, and lavender considered wards against the dead?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel is there a pet named Pork Chop
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Force Out
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In which novel does a character come back from the Waiting Room covered in slimy, black stinking mud?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel did one of the characters die during the "second stage"
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The Testing
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In which novel is a mom a big fan of traditional breakfasts for her family?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel does a character carry her friend on her back and drag a ladder tied to her belt?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel were a character's parents killed in a car wreck?
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Legend
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In which novel is there a girl whose best friend is invisible to everyone else and can read her mind?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel does the theme song from "Rocky" wake up the characters?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library
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In which novel does the Fittes Manual advise against the use of Greek Fire indoors?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel does a boy get upset when the girl he likes is sitting with his friend, touching his hand.
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Force Out
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In which novel would you find protestors outside of a courtroom?
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Ghost Boys
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In which novel do some characters decide to meet up at the tallest building in their line of sight?
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The Testing
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In which novel does a character leave to take care of her mother, who had broken her leg?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel do two girls get scolded for passing notes in class?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel does a character celebrate All Saints' Day and The Day of the Dead at a gravesite?
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Ghost Boys
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In which novel is a character fired from his job as a bricklayer?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel does The Problem, mass hauntings and the existence of visitors, lead to widespread panic and fear?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel do holograms talk to the characters?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library
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In which novel do characters find press releases and pamphlets that show a character intends to take over the world?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel is a girl told she should always carry something reflective, like a mirror, for protection?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel does a character say "You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time"?
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Legend
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In which novel are memories wiped clean to ensure confidentiality?
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The Testing
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In which novel is a character's little brother named after his uncle.
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Force Out
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In which novel is it the main character's job to help ghosts "crossover" to their afterlife?
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City of Ghosts
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In which novel does the main character's dog make her cry every morning?
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The Running Dream
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In which novel does the main character become the family's major breadwinner after passing the Third Grade Test?
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The Screaming Staircase
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In which novel is the main character from the Five Lakes Colony?
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The Testing
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In which novel does a character time her movements between sweeps of the searchlight so she can stay covered by darkness?
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A Night Divided
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In which novel would you find a grandmother who has dreams that she calls "premonitions"?
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Ghost Boys
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In which novel does a character have a scar from their chin to their ear?
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Legend
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In which novel is there a school with a large red banner with the word LIVE printed on it?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
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In which novel do the characters have to write an essay to be chosen for a contest?
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library
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In which novel do best friends have to compete against each other for the first time and it nearly ruins their friendship.
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Force Out
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