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NO SPOILERSThis funny, gently spooky graphic novel follows seven-year-old Karen Brewer, who splits her time between her mom's little house and her dad's big house. Karen is sure the big house has a ghost, her great-grandfather Ben Brewer, who haunts his old room on the third floor. She also believes the old woman next door, whom she calls Morbidda Destiny, is a witch. When her second-grade class plans to tell scary stories at its Halloween party, Karen wants to tell the best one. She does not want her rival, Pamela Harding, to beat her. But Karen knows only bits and pieces of Ben's story. So she and her thirteen-year-old stepsister, Kristy, go looking for the truth, and in Ben's dusty old bedroom they find a diary kept by Ben's son, Jeremy. It says Ben's birthday was on Halloween and that every ten years he throws himself a birthday party at midnight on Halloween. This is one of those years, and Karen will be spending Halloween at the big house. Meanwhile, she and her friends plan to go trick-or-treating as characters from The Wizard of Oz.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #11)
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 Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #11). 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 notice the porch light is off and the neighbor's broom is gone?
✓ Answer
Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #11) by DK Yingst
Karen has seen a broom by the porch of the house next door, where the woman she calls Morbidda Destiny lives. After a loud creak she looks out again, sees the porch light off and the broom missing, and wonders if her neighbor is out haunting.
- First half
In what book is getting lost at Wander World the scariest thing that ever happened to a girl?
✓ Answer
Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #11) by DK Yingst
When Nancy asks about the scariest thing that ever happened to her, Karen says it was getting lost at Wander World. But that is not the story she is going to tell, because she says her ghost story is much scarier.
- First half
In what book does pressing a red button make a hidden drawer shoot out of a nightstand?
✓ Answer
Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #11) by DK Yingst
Karen opens the drawer of the nightstand beside Ben's bed and presses a button on a little wooden plate, and a hidden drawer shoots out as she screams. Inside the hidden drawer is Jeremy Brewer's diary.
- Second half
In what book is a group costume idea ruled out because a boy's neighbors did it last year?
✓ Answer
Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #11) by DK Yingst
When Karen says the friends should dress as characters from a movie, Nancy suggests the kids from Peanuts, but Ricky says his neighbors did that last year. After Hannie says "Nah" to superheroes, Karen comes up with The Wizard of Oz.
- Second half
In what book does a rival complain, "There's no bride in The Wizard of Oz"?
✓ Answer
Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #11) by DK Yingst
Pamela says it with her arms crossed while Hannie stands with the Wizard of Oz group in her bride dress. Hannie answers, "That doesn't matter, Pamela," and Karen sticks her tongue out at Pamela.
- Near the end
In what book does a girl creep down dark stairs and crash into her teenage stepbrother?
✓ Answer
Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #11) by DK Yingst
Karen creeps down the dark staircase and runs right into Charlie, screaming "Aughhh!!" He tells her he was just about to call her for dinner.
