Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon April 2018: Pre-Readathon scavenger hunt

[Jane]

In the weeks leading up to the readathon we have come up with a book scavenger hunt. Listed below are 24 items that can be found with reading a variety of books. Try to get as many as you can. When you find an item, let us know which book you found it in! And, yes you may use the same book, audiobook, graphic novel, or any other reading material :)

1. a pet
2. illustrations
3. snow
4. rain
5. kissing scene
6. summer setting
7. highschool/boarding school setting
8. setting set in a different country/world
9. magic
10. mixed media (texts, emails, videos)
11. love triangle
12. "the chosen one" trope
13. assassins
14. a different language spoken
15. a book about history
16. a book with fairy tales
17. fictional race (elves, dragons)
18. video games
19. a sword fight
20. a character travels by ship, plane, or train
21. unusual character names
22. a book over 100 pages
23. a book written in the last 11 years (thats how long Dewey's readathon has been)
24. a book with blue on the cover.

We hope you have fun and GOOD LUCK!

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[Jane]

Need to find



12. "the chosen one" trope
13. assassins
14. a different language spoken

[Jane]

DONE

Balls by Andie M. Long 3/25-18
1. a pet
(view spoiler)[MC has Bob the cat as pet. (hide spoiler)]
4. rain
(view spoiler)[Pg 15: The wind's direction makes the rain hit the windows with a clatter. (hide spoiler)]
5. kissing scene
(view spoiler)[Pg 87: Then soft lips touch my own. Jack. I moan and curl my hands around his neck. My mouth opens and our tongues collide. Bloody hell, he's one amazing kisser. (hide spoiler)]
6. summer setting
(view spoiler)[The book is set during summer when MC opens her business the first week in July. (hide spoiler)]
10. mixed media
(view spoiler)[Mc uses Facebook and Instagram and also texts a guy about date time) (hide spoiler)]
22. a book over 100 pages
(view spoiler)[The book is 189 pages (hide spoiler)]

Christmas Lovebirds: The Hart Family by Rachelle Ayala 3/26-18
3. snow
(view spoiler)[Loc 945> Rob walked hand in hand with Melissa through the snow/covered village (hide spoiler)]

Under Lock & Key by Sam Short 3/26-18
9. magic
(view spoiler)[Pg 250: Veronica actually came up with the most important clue, and Penny's magic extracted the full confession. (hide spoiler)]

The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd 3/31-18
11. love triangle
(view spoiler)[Juliet doesn't know if she wants Montgomery or Edward. (hide spoiler)]

The Unromantic Lady by Lucy Gordon 4/1-18
24. a book with blue on the cover.
(view spoiler)[The title and the lady on the cover are blue (hide spoiler)]

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis 4/3-18
2. illustrations
(view spoiler)[There are several illustrations in the book (hide spoiler)]
8. setting set in a different country/world
(view spoiler)[Set in Narnia (hide spoiler)]
19. a sword fight
(view spoiler)[High King Peter has a sword duel with King Miraz (hide spoiler)]
21. unusual character names
(view spoiler)[The giant Wimbleweather, the dwarf Trumkin (hide spoiler)]

Insatiable by Meg Cabot 4/4-18
17. fictional race (elves, dragons)
(view spoiler)[Vampires that can turn into bats but also one who can turn into a dragon (hide spoiler)]

One Wish in Manhattan by Mandy Baggot 4/7-18
23. a book written in the last 11 years (thats how long Dewey's readathon has been)
(view spoiler)[Published October 2nd 2015 (hide spoiler)]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 4/10-18
20. a character travels by ship, plane, or train
(view spoiler)[There are both mentioned boat and plane trips (hide spoiler)]
15. a book about history
(view spoiler)[Set just after The Second World War (hide spoiler)]

The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang 4/20-18
16. a book with fairy tales
(view spoiler)[it's a book full of fairy tales (hide spoiler)]

New England Witch Chronicles by Chelsea Luna 4/22-18
7. highschool/boarding school setting
(view spoiler)[MC is a highschool student (hide spoiler)]

The Armadillo, the Pickaxe, and the Laundry Basket by Lori Duff 4/26-18
18. video games
(view spoiler)[Someone is playing a video game with a bleepybloopy soundtrack. (hide spoiler)]

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