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The Game of Book Quotes!
How to Play
Two points are awarded to each team that chooses the correct quote.
One point is awarded to each team for each instance their answer is chosen.
The team with the most points at the end wins.
The instructor reads the first half of a book quote. Then each team writes how they think the quote ends. Answers are read in random order, including the correct one. Teams vote for the entry they believe is correct.
The Ice Dragon by George R. R. Martin
"Adara was not afraid. She was a winter child, and the ice dragon was--"
Fantasy World
"--her secret."
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
"The woman was clearly some sort of vagrant, for she carried upon her shoulders a huge pack bound with twine. The pack contained--"
"a clutter of random objects—hats, blankets, and lamps—as well as more interesting things like books, birdcages, and lightning rods."
England
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
I Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora
"A book connects you to the universe like a cell phone connects you to the Internet...But it only works--"
The fellow laughs. “Look ahead. Never turn you back to the track! First rule. A sudden curve can--"
"--send you flying!”
"--if your battery's not dead.”
The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
“They all yelled in excitement. Tamara yelled because she was happy. Aaron yelled because he liked it when other people were happy, and Call yelled because . . ."
"--he was sure they were going to die.”
Ice Dogs by Terry Lynn Johnson
"The moose sways a little on the trail as if indecisive. I yell louder and stomp my feet. She looks behind her. Seems to think about it. Then she--"
"--puts her head down and charges toward us."
Robotics Club
Screaming at the Ump
by Audrey Vernick
Shadow on the Mountain
by Margi Preus
"His daydream was cut short when one of his ski poles . . . "
"Long before I was born, back when Pop was an umpire for Major League Baseball, the grounds that now belonged to Behind the Plate were used by . . ."
WWII
"--accidentally planted itself between his skis, tripping him, and he fell face-first into the snow."
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
"--a reform school."
Norway
The
End
“We’re all proud of you, Donnie. Your mother and me, Katie—” “Right,” I snorted. “She said I’m dumber than--”
The Mark of Athena
by Rick Riordan
New Jersey
“Behold!" Percy shouted. "The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before . . ."
"--the horror of Diet Coke!”
"--her bladder-challenged dog.”
Shooting Kabul
by N.H. Senzai
"If the Taliban had caught him, he would have . . ."
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
"--ended up in jail, or worse."
"Yoda, can you tell me how to use the Force to--”
“--hit a home run?”
Afghanistan
Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
“Everyone knows—or at least, was probably told as a child—that you can make a wish on a shooting star. Not everyone knows that the only way to be sure it will come true is to . . ."
"--speak it aloud before the star disappears . . .”
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