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✓ 1. springtime. Seelenlos: Splitterglanz (even starts with S)
✓ 2. bloom: Oneiros: Tödlicher Fluch (phrase contains letter O)
✓ 3. sun shining: The Cousins (set during the summer at a summer resort on an island)
✓ 4. baby animals: Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed (phrase contains both BA (first word) and AS (second word))
✓ 5. eggs: Der Fluch der Sphinx (I literally just read a sentence where a character tried to convince the main character to meet them for breakfast, arguing that their hotel "does the best eggs")
✓ 6. tulips: The Last House Guest (contains L)
✓ 7. jellybeans Der letzte Engel (ignoring the article "Der", phrase contains L and E)
✓ 8. rainstorm Die 13½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär (a rainstorm gets the protagonist out of a hopeless situation)
✓ 9. sprout Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales (contains R)
✓ 10. warming Midnight's Children (contains M)
✓ 11. spring break The Feminine Touch (cover shows a woman on a beach)
✓ 12. raincoat The Craftsman (contains C)
Books mentioned in this topic
Midnight's Children (other topics)The Last House Guest (other topics)
Splitterglanz (other topics)
Die 13½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär (other topics)
The Craftsman (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Becky Albertalli (other topics)Aisha Saeed (other topics)
The Phrases:
1. springtime
2. bloom
3. sun shining
4. baby animals
5. eggs
6. tulips
7. jellybeans
8. rainstorm
9. sprout
10. warming
11. spring break
12. raincoat
How to Fill the Prompts:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, and The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)