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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSSixteen-year-old Bree Matthews arrives at UNC-Chapel Hill's Early College program in the aftermath of her mother's sudden death, carrying grief she has sealed behind an internal wall she calls After-Bree. On her very first night on campus, she witnesses something impossible at a party near the Eno Quarry: a flying demon, a boy who manipulates memory with a word, and a girl who shoots arrows from a hidden bow. When Bree realizes that the boy, Selwyn Kane, used magic to erase her memories and that a police officer used the same power the night her mother died in a hit-and-run, she decides she will not walk away. She cons her way into the Lodge of the Order of the Round Table, a centuries-old secret society of demon hunters descended from King Arthur's knights, determined to uncover what the Order knows about the night her mother died.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Legendborn
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 Legendborn. 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 do college first-years sprint off a cliff into a moonlit quarry as a back-to-school tradition?
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
On the night before classes begin, students trespass at the Eno Quarry to leap off the cliffs into the lake. Bree watches, drawn to the wild release of it, while Alice frets about getting caught.
- First half
In what book does a counselor explain that her people call the world's invisible energy root, not aether?
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Patricia tells Bree that practitioners who say 'aether' are not her mother's people. The Rootcrafters borrow energy from ancestors rather than binding it like the secret society does.
- First half
In what book does a girl carry weighted dummies across a power-line clearing while dodging glowing aether boars?
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
The first trial requires Pages to rescue stuffed mannequins across an arena while hellboars charge. Bree and her wary partner Sydney must work as a team to advance.
- Second half
In what book does a healer leave a patient yellow sticky notes saying "You're welcome" after fixing her wounds?
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
William heals Bree's injuries while she sleeps and leaves cheeky sticky notes describing her broken collarbone, telling her to wear a sling, stay put, and go back to sleep.
- Second half
In what book does a boy reveal that performing oaths is the only thing keeping him from losing his soul?
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
On the ridge, Sel explains that Merlins slowly lose their humanity as they age. Their sworn service to the Order is the insurance that binds the two halves of them together.
- Near the end
In what book does a man confess he deliberately opened the demon gates to manufacture a great war?
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Lord Davis admits to Bree that he has been opening the gates himself to accelerate the war and force his son to be called to the throne, telling her all wars are opportunities.
