1. Fourth Grade Battle of the Books

2. 1…does a character think his friend is putting on another dramatic show by screaming and falling to the ground?

3. 1. ANSWER: A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith

4. 2…does a character get pushed in the Greenlawn Cemetery”?

5. 2. ANSWER: The Case of the Mummy Mystery by James Preller

6. 3…does the main character visit a place called the, “Rock of the Falling Flowers”?

7. 3. ANSWER: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

8. 4…does a boy have a nightmare that he is being crushed by big stone letters of the alphabet?

9. 4. ANSWER: My Name is Brain, Brian by Jeanne Betanourt

10. 5…do the characters get a list of things to do to comfort soldiers?

11. 5. ANSWER: Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne

12. 6…is a salad scattered all over the dining room table?

13. 6. ANSWER: Bunnicula by Debora and James Howe

14. 7…does a group of men help build a house?

15. 7. ANSWER: 26 Fairmount Avenue by TomieDePaola

16. 8…does a grandfather not pay taxes on a farm?

17. 8. ANSWER: Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

18. 9…was there a pet show?

19. 9. ANSWER: The Cybil War by Betsy Byars

20. 10…is there a boy accused of having a room like a “pig pen?”

21. 10. ANSWER: Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter

22. 11…does a girl threaten that a family will be “nesting in the trees tonight?”

23. 11. ANSWER: The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl

24. 12…does a character stand in front of her class reciting what she thinks is a poem?

25. 12. ANSWER: In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by B. Lord

26. 13…does a widowed father place an ad in the newspaper for a wife?

27. 13. ANSWER: Sarah Plain and Tall, by P. Maclaughlan

28. 14…does a character repeatedly risk her life to help others escape?

29. 14. ANSWER: Freedom Train by Dorothy Sterling

30. 15….does a girl threaten that a family will be “nesting in the trees tonight”?

31. 15. ANSWER: The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl

32. 16…does the main character think the farmer has a gun and will shoot him and his friend for taking apples from the farm?

33. 16. ANSWER: A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith

34. 17…do two characters research Egypt in the Library?

35. 17. ANSWER: The Case of the Mummy Mystery by James Preller

36. 18…does a character have Friday night feasts, when he stays up late reading and eating snacks?

37. 18. ANSWER: Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe

38. 19….does a backpack become a leather knapsack?

39. 19. ANSWER: Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne

40. 20…does a girl’s red hair make a boy think of flags, banners and bands?

41. 20. ANSWER: The Cybil War by Betsy Byars

42. 21…does a class have a bad case of “Halloween Fever”?

43. 21. ANSWER: The Case of the Mummy Mystery by James Preller

44. 22…does a main character accidentally break a plain box containing 5 smaller boxes?

45. 22. ANSWER: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

46. 23…is the motto of a club, “a joke a day brings relief”?

47. 23. ANSWER: My name is Brain, Brian.

48. 24…are kids crying like babies on the first day of school?

49. 24. ANSWER: 26 Fairmont Avenue by TomieDePaola

50. 25…Does a room have garlic strewn or scattered all around it?

51. 25. Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe

52. 26…do the characters meet Clara Barton?

53. 26. ANSWER: Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne

54. 27…does a boy write a poem about a Canadian goose?

55. 27. ANSWER: My Name is Brain, Brian by Jeanne Betancourt