Battle of the Books Questions

Clementine

By: Sara Pennypacker

1.  In what book does a character warn readers not to answer the phone in the principal’s office? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.1

2.  In what book, after getting glue stuck in her hair, does a character cut her hair? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker p.9

3.  In what book is a character disappointed that gifts aren’t given in the gifted class? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker p.10

4.  In what book does the principal tell a character to pay attention? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker p. 11.

5.  In what book does a character say, “I look like a dandelion!’ when seeing a drawing of herself? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker p. 15.

6.  In what book does a character’s mother use special markers for her work? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker, p 16

7.  In what book does a character call her brother by vegetable names? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker p.17

8.  In what book is a character stuck with a name that is also a fruit? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.17

9.  In what book does a character believe that “the most exquisite words in the world” are found on labels in bathrooms? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.20

10. In what book does a character color her friend’s hair with a Flaming Red Sunset marker? Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.22

11. In what book is a character’s father the manager of their apartment building? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.30

12. In what book does a character earn fifty cents for going to the store to buy Cheerios for a woman in her building? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p. 32

13. In what book does a character’s mother work as an artist? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p. 36

14. In what book does a character use excuses such as having cracked toes and the heartbreak of sore irises to avoid going to school? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.45

15. In what book does a character fight “The Great Pigeon War”? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.47

16. In what book does each tooth of a character have its own sparkly silver bracelet? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.52

17. In what book does a character say that she needs bracelets for her teeth? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.60

18. In what book does a character at a birthday party sit on her friend’s best present- a sparkly-glitter paint set? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.67

19. In what book does a character think she’s growing a beard? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.72

20. In what book does a character have a large photocopy made of her cat? Clemtine by Sarah Pennypacker, p.82