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NO SPOILERSIt is 1995, and fifteen-year-old Dan has spent his life on the road with his mother, Rain, who drinks, never stays anywhere for long and, when he asks where they are going this time, says "Wherever the wind takes us." Dan is gay, funny and devoted to fashion and Dolly Parton, and he has never had a real home. When Rain has Dan turn down a dirt road in the Tennessee foothills at a mailbox marked 1600 Green Gables, he meets the grandparents he never knew he had. Mawmaw is a warm, churchgoing grandmother who makes jams and jellies, and Randy is a stern church deacon who does not approve of him. By morning, Rain is gone. Dan refuses to hide who he is at school, at church or at the dinner table, and that brings bullies, arguments with the pastor and a grandfather who doesn't want him there. With new friends Lana and Rudy, a classmate named Birdie who calls him Carrottop, plenty of farm chores and Mawmaw's cooking, Dan has to figure out whether this place could ever feel like home.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables
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 Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables. 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 new boy, standing on a cafeteria table, dare anyone else to take a swing?
✓ Answer
Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables by Rey Terciero and Claudia Aguirre
When one of the Pyle brothers smooshes Dan's tater tots and keeps insulting Lana, Dan knees him and splashes a lunch tray into the other brother's face. Then he climbs onto a table and announces he is not scared of any of them.
- First half
In what book does a grandmother make biscuits and gravy for the fourth time in one week?
✓ Answer
Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables by Rey Terciero and Claudia Aguirre
After a night awake on Mawmaw's coffee working on a surprise for the county fair, Dan is excited to see biscuits and gravy again. He calls them the best thing ever made, asks her secret, hears 'With love,' and falls asleep at the table.
- First half
In what book does a boy reel in an old can on his first fishing trip?
✓ Answer
Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables by Rey Terciero and Claudia Aguirre
Out on the lake with Randy, Dan feels a tug and shouts that he got something, and Randy warns him not to stand up or he will tip the boat. The catch turns out to be an old can, and Randy snorts and chuckles.
- Second half
In what book does a teenager pitch apple bobbing and a piñata to replace last year's bingo fundraiser?
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Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables by Rey Terciero and Claudia Aguirre
On the church committee, Ms. Jenkins wants to do bingo again for the fall food drive, but Dan pitches a carnival with bobbing for apples, a piñata and a guess-the-gumballs jar. Pastor Gibbons says no to the kissing booth but agrees to let Dan work out a plan.
- Second half
In what book does a boy on a roller coaster switch from "I am dying" to "I. Am. Living!"?
✓ Answer
Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables by Rey Terciero and Claudia Aguirre
At Dollywood, Dan rides a roller coaster with Rudy and Lana and chants that he is dying over and over. On the big drop he throws his arms up and shouts that he is living.
- Near the end
In what book does a flashy boy shock a friend by picking a gray shirt over yellow?
✓ Answer
Dan in Green Gables: A Modern Reimagining of Anne of Green Gables by Rey Terciero and Claudia Aguirre
Rudy votes for the yellow shirt and Lana for the gray, and Dan goes with the gray, making Rudy ask if something is wrong with him. Dan explains he used to dress loudly to get attention but now only needs to dress for himself, and variety is the spice of life.
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