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The purpose of this blog is to share questions and answers about the Reading Olympics books you have read. You should write two entries for each book, either questions and answers or comments. Support your comments and answers with details from the story. (Since the purpose of this is to help you and your team remember the books, details are important.)

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Holly 4D
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Question Example for Charlotte's Web:
1. Why did Charlotte write words in her web? Ans: Charlotte was trying to show the Zuckermans that Wilbur was a clever pig so he would not be sold for slaughter. Some words she wrote were “Terrific” and “Radiant”.
Comment Example:
I think this book is about the importance of friendship and how it makes life more meaningful. Charlotte showed Wilbur that she was his friend by writing words in her web to show everyone that he was a special pig. She was very loyal and kind.

1. (C) Amelia Earhart: Legend of the Lost Aviator (Tanaka)

Ever since Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared on July 2, 1937, people have wanted to know more about this remarkable woman. This biography follows the charismatic aviator from her first sight of an airplane at the age of ten to the last radio transmission she made before she vanished. Illustrated with original artworks, contemporary photographs, quotes, and details, this is a great introduction to the famous pilot.
-From the Publisher

2. (D) Back in Time with Benjamin Franklin (Gutman)

One minute Qwerty Stevens is researching a last-minute report on the Internet, and the next minute Benjamin Franklin is sitting on his bed! Thanks to the Anytime Anywhere Machine hooked up to his computer, Qwerty has snatched Franklin from July 4, 1776, the very day the Declaration of Independence was signed. Qwerty and his best friend, Joe, realize they have to get Franklin back in time for the signing, and they can't resist seeing it with their own eyes. Can the boys make sure the Declaration gets signed like history says it should? And can they make it back home?
-From the Publisher

3. (E) Barbed Wire Baseball (Moss)

As a boy, Kenichi "Zeni" Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope. This true story!
-From the Publisher

4. Because of Winn Dixie (DiCamillo)

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

5. Becoming Babe Ruth (Taveres)

Before he is known as the Babe, George Herman Ruth is just a boy who lives in Baltimore and gets into a lot of trouble. But when he turns seven, his father brings him to the gates of Saint Mary's Industrial School for Boys, and his life is changed forever. At Saint Mary's, he's expected to study hard and follow a lot of rules. But there is one good thing about Saint Mary's: almost every day George gets to play baseball. Here, under the watchful eye of Brother Matthias, George evolves as a player and as a man. When he sets off into the wild world of big-league baseball, the school, the boys, and Brother Matthias are never far from his heart.
-From the Publisher

6. BFG (Dahl)

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!
-From the Publisher