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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSLeeva Thornblossom has spent her whole life locked inside a hedge-ringed house in the town of Nutsmore, raised by two parents who care only about money and fame and who have kept her from school, friends, and almost everything else. She cooks their meals, solves their bookkeeping problems, and watches the outside world through a hole in the hedge. When she discovers that Nutsmore has had a school all along and her parents lied to keep her from it, Leeva decides that the most important question she has ever asked herself is: what are people actually for? The answer, she suspects, is somewhere just beyond that hedge.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Leeva at Last
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 Leeva at Last. 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 is a girl accidentally named because a nurse wrote down a careless instruction?
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Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker
When Leeva was born, her mother told the fed up nurse to handle the name. The nurse snapped at her to leave a space on the form, her mother said to write that in, and so Nurse Blackberry spelled it attractively.
- First half
In what book does a boy invent a board game where players avoid disasters so nothing happens?
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Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker
Osmund's game SafetyLand lets you guide animals around dangers like tar pits and earthquakes. The whole goal is for nothing to happen, which sums up his cautious view of the world.
- First half
In what book does a girl sleep under a faded yellow checked quilt in a metal box?
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Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker
Inside the library book return, Leeva wraps herself in a soft yellow and white quilt that once belonged to Harry as a little boy. The worn satin border and the comfort it brings make her new hideout feel almost like home.
- Second half
In what book does a man explain his parents went off to study hippopotamuses in the wild?
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Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker
Harry tells Leeva that his parents died in an accident while off studying hippopotamuses in the wild. His aunt helped him understand it was not their fault, which is why Harry could grow up without staying angry at them.
- Second half
In what book does a girl realize that she herself did the accounting on the stolen town money?
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Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker
Leeva is horrified to recognize the stolen amounts as the bookkeeping problems she solved and signed every day for her father. She believes this makes her the criminal, when really her father tricked her into doing his dirty work.
- Near the end
In what book does a father admire green newspaper, thinking his daughter made a statue drape?
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Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker
Leeva fears her father will discover her money-swapping scheme, but he sees the green newspapers and assumes she made a cheap drape for the statue. He even decides he likes the color and never realizes she returned the stolen cash.
