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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSTwelve-year-old Grace Greene runs away from her orphanage in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, with her crow, Windweaver, who can somehow talk to her, in search of the witch who lives deep in the woods outside Brook-by-the-Sea. Grace has magic of her own, the unsettling kind that shows people their worst memories, and she is sure the witch is the only person in the world who might want her. After a rocky start involving an oven and more than one threat, the witch strikes a bargain. If Grace can cast every spell in her private grimoire, a hundred in all plus one that was never finished, before the ancient cherry tree by the stream blooms again, she can stay and become the witch's apprentice. If she fails, she must hand over her magic for good. With a loyal best friend, a prickly fairy boy bound to her by an accidental promise, and a deadline that keeps creeping closer, Grace throws herself into the grimoire, determined to finally have a home of her own.
Free Battle of the Books questions for The Grace of Wild Things
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 The Grace of Wild Things. 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 wake inside a witch's oven beside a pile of bones and two skulls?
✓ Answer
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
Miss Puddlestone stuffs Grace full of sweets that make her sleepy, then shuts her in the big brick oven. The bones already inside are proof that the village stories about the witch are true.
- First half
In what book does a new student break her slate over a bully's head on day one?
✓ Answer
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
Poppy fires spitballs at a six year old and then mocks Grace's freckles, so Grace loses her temper in front of the whole class. Miss Gordon walks in at exactly the wrong moment, and Grace spends her first day at By-the-Sea School in the corner.
- First half
In what book do burnt petals turn a simmering potion black as a starless night?
✓ Answer
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
Grace scorches the witch's rare snow roses by accident and ruins weeks of work on a sleep potion. Deciding she cannot make it any worse, she grinds the burnt petals in anyway, and it turns out she has fixed a spell the witch could not.
- Second half
In what book are dreams tiny glowing orbs that sleeping children breathe in through their mouths?
✓ Answer
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
In the Land of Sleep, Grace watches little lights bob above a sleeping boy named Henry and float down into his mouth. She catches them by dragging a jar through the air like a net.
- Second half
In what book does a shy cloud hover outside a window to listen to a girl read poetry?
✓ Answer
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
Patrick is the witch's brother, turned into a cloud years ago, and he is far too shy to be caught eavesdropping. Grace decides she would like him if he were a person, because he clearly has a taste for poetry.
- Near the end
In what book does a girl trap the moon's reflection inside a shard of broken lake ice?
✓ Answer
The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett
The For Strength spell needs a piece of the moon, so Grace pours an old potion over the moon's reflection on a frozen lake and chips a circle in the ice around it. She is trying to save the witch, who has collapsed and is barely breathing.
