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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSHunger's Bite is a darkly funny gothic horror graphic novel set aboard the Lark, a grand ocean liner sailing from Liverpool to New York. Neeta Pandey, the captain's ward, is tired of crossing the Atlantic and spends her days planning a Grand Tour of Europe from a stack of travel books. Her childhood friend Emery, the captain's son, is training to become a captain and would be happy if nothing ever changed. This crossing feels different, though. The ship's new owner, a grinning American named Mr. Honeycutt, has been cutting costs everywhere, and Neeta's older brother Aamir, a first-class waiter, is being worked to exhaustion. Then Neeta meets Wick, a pale young man who carries an umbrella on sunny days and turns out to be a vampire and an agent of Goldfinch, a private organization that investigates inhuman activities. Wick has been sent to keep an eye on Honeycutt, and he is convinced the whole ship is in danger. As Aamir weakens and Emery keeps defending the new owner, Neeta has to decide whom to trust.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Hunger's Bite
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 Hunger's Bite. 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 owner say nothing when shaking a boy's apple-sticky hand?
✓ Answer
Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin
Emery has been eating an apple, and he tells Neeta his hand was completely apple sticky when Mr. Honeycutt shook it, yet the man didn't say a thing. Neeta's reaction is "Emery! Yuck!" and an order to wash his hands.
- First half
In what book does a girl swat a swooping bat with her copy of a famous vampire novel?
✓ Answer
Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin
Alone in her cabin at night, Neeta hears scratching in the ceiling vent and grabs her copy of Dracula. When a bat swoops out calling her name, she smacks it and it turns into Wick.
- First half
In what book is a maid who drops like a stone quickly replaced by a stranger?
✓ Answer
Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin
Pleasance says one of the girls working with her dropped like a stone, and the next time she looked, a girl she'd never seen was already in her place. Wick guesses the newcomer came from steerage.
- Second half
In what book is a boy blocked by an umbrella and told to "sling your hook"?
✓ Answer
Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin
When Emery tries to follow Neeta, Wick snaps his umbrella open right in Emery's face. Wick says he is "Politely suggesting you sling your hook," which is slang for go away.
- Second half
In what book does a young man find hanging upside down from a cabin ceiling surprisingly comfortable?
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Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin
Wick offers to stay in the cabin if Neeta would feel safer, and she screams to find him hanging from the ceiling like a bat. He says it's "surprisingly comfortable when there's no blood to rush to your head."
- Near the end
In what book does a ship's owner scold a girl as a "picky little creature"?
✓ Answer
Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin
Out on deck, Honeycutt corners Neeta and says, "You're a picky little creature, aren't you?" A moment later he sneers, "How spoiled can you get?"
