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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSThirteen-year-old Cody Lewis is spending another summer in Yakutat, Alaska, where her mother manages a lodge and tavern. When Cody's twelve-year-old cousin Derek visits for the first time, the two cousins sneak off without permission for a two-night kayaking trip through Russell Fjord. They borrow kayaks and gear from the lodge, planning to return well before their mothers fly back from Juneau. But after a bear encounter, a misread tide table, and the strange discovery that the fjord's water keeps rising instead of falling, Cody and Derek realize they are trapped in a wilderness emergency with no one who knows where they are.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Frozen Stiff
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 Frozen Stiff. 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 girl wash up at a waterfall and step in fresh bear scat?
✓ Answer
Frozen Stiff by Sherry Shahan
Cody hikes up to a waterfall to wash and her boot slips on something squishy. Looking down, she sees fresh bear scat just before a black bear actually appears across the stream.
- First half
In what book does a boy beg "Don't die on me" while feeding his blind cousin?
✓ Answer
Frozen Stiff by Sherry Shahan
While Cody drifts in fever from her sun-burned eyes, Derek pleads with her not to die. The role reversal shows how much he has matured during the disaster.
- First half
In what book does a wild man wear a dark mask, a white beard, and crude deerskin clothes?
✓ Answer
Frozen Stiff by Sherry Shahan
When Cody comes face to face with the stranger in her tent, she sees a dark patch tied over his nose and cheeks butting into a white beard. The mask makes her think he is hiding something.
- Second half
In what book does a girl wrap a torn T-shirt around her bleeding leg as a bandage?
✓ Answer
Frozen Stiff by Sherry Shahan
Cody snatches a shirt from the clothesline and wraps her wound. Throughout her hike, she retreats to the bandage to stop the bleeding.
- Second half
In what book does a girl mistake an eagle feather for a buzzard feather?
✓ Answer
Frozen Stiff by Sherry Shahan
Cody picks up a feather thinking it belongs to a buzzard. She realizes it's an eagle feather and admits she doesn't belong in the wilderness alone.
- Near the end
In what book does a guide lose three fingers holding a sled line on a mountain?
✓ Answer
Frozen Stiff by Sherry Shahan
Mary Jane tells Cody about Eric's expedition on Denali. He held the sled line tight in a sixty-mile-per-hour storm and lost fingers to frostbite.
