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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSMaggie has waited her whole life for a dog, and on her tenth birthday she finally gets to pick one out at the animal shelter. Within minutes of holding her new puppy, her face swells up and she breaks out in hives, and her family has to leave without him. A trip to the allergist reveals that Maggie is allergic to dogs, cats, and just about anything else with fur or feathers. With a new baby on the way, a switch to a school where she barely knows anyone, and parents who suddenly seem busy all the time, Maggie feels like the one person in her family without something that belongs just to her. She sets out to find a pet that will not make her sick and to figure out where she fits as everything around her changes.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Allergic
SPOILERSEvery one of these has the same answer, and that is the point. In a real battle the question is read aloud with a dozen other books in play, and students have a few seconds to place it. Here is what a battle might ask about Allergic. Use them as a quiz, a trivia round, or BOTB practice.
Where in the book they come from
- Early in the book
In what book does a family drive to an animal shelter to pick out a birthday puppy?
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Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
After years of wishing and begging, Maggie's parents agree she can get a dog for her tenth birthday. She is certain the puppy will be hers alone, even though her parents keep calling it a family dog.
- First half
In what book is a class pet moved to another teacher's room because one student cannot be near it?
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Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
After the school nurse calls Maggie's mom, Spots the guinea pig is relocated to Mr. Rice's class. Her classmates are crushed, and Maggie is certain every one of them blames her.
- First half
In what book does a dad promise to always "say yes to the mess"?
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Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Claire explains that her dad made this deal so she would keep a good attitude about moving again. It is why the girls get to bake cupcakes and throw water balloons whenever they feel like it.
- Second half
In what book does a girl turn down half a boy's cookie and learn he cannot eat eggs?
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Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Sebastian waved hi to Maggie in the hallway once before and finally sits down at her empty lunch table. Turning down the cookie is how the two of them discover they have something big in common.
- Second half
In what book do two little brothers run yelling to their grandma that their sister has twelve mice?
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Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Liam and Noah found the key Maggie dropped on her way out the door and got into her locked room. Their tattling ends the secret and sets off the biggest fight of the whole book.
- Near the end
In what book does a nurse call a girl "braver than most of the adults who come here"?
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Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd
By November Maggie takes her shots without a fuss and even gets a high five on the way out. The compliment shows how far she has come from the girl who panicked over a simple skin test.
