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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSCousins Otto and Sheed live with their grandma in Logan County, Virginia, where strange things happen all the time, and they have two Keys to the City to show for it. Otto, who writes every clue and deduction in a pocket notepad, is upset that their rivals, the Epic Ellison twins, just got a third key. On the day before school starts, he wants one more adventure, but Sheed would rather lie on Harkness Hill and watch the clouds. Then a tall man in a crooked stovepipe hat named Mr. Flux says he's a fan and gives them a heavy old camera that he promises will capture "the best time of your life." Otto snaps a picture of the town of Fry, and a stranger in goggles shoots out of a blue hole in the sky, kicks Mr. Flux, and yells at the boys to run. Back home, Grandma is frozen at the stove, though she can still talk. All of Fry has stopped, and the bickering cousins must team up with odd beings called Clock Watchers and track down Mr. Flux to get time moving again.
Free Battle of the Books questions for The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (Legendary Alston Boys)
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 Last Last-Day-of-Summer (Legendary Alston Boys). 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 mailman hang in midair above an escaped python?
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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (Legendary Alston Boys) by Lamar Giles
Riding into Fry, the cousins pass Dr. Medina's Wild Animal Hospital, where Mr. Reynolds the mailman is frozen mid-leap like he's jumping a fence. A python that slipped its cage is stuck mid-hiss inches from his toes, which the boys figure is a typical day at Dr. Medina's.
- First half
In what book does a girl who never forgets anything spot a rival's jealous and lying twitches?
✓ Answer
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (Legendary Alston Boys) by Lamar Giles
Even frozen mid-run, Wiki Ellison reads Otto's face like a book. She calls out his jealous tick, when his mouth twitches up and his eyes flick right, and his liar tick, when his eyes flick left and he frowns, so Otto steps out of her line of sight.
- First half
In what book has a frozen man been staring at the same article on grass watering ordinances?
✓ Answer
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (Legendary Alston Boys) by Lamar Giles
When Sheed shoves open the door of Mr. O'Doyle's spotless house, the cousins find the mean school janitor stuck at his kitchen table with a newspaper held open in front of his face. He can't see who is questioning him, and he says he was reading his morning paper when he suddenly couldn't move, so he has been stuck on that one article ever since.
- Second half
In what book is a teddy-bear-toting figure in striped pajamas frozen midair while tackling the villain?
✓ Answer
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (Legendary Alston Boys) by Lamar Giles
Sheed finally gets Mr. Flux in the real camera's viewfinder, but a child-size Clock Watcher named Bed Time throws herself in the way and gets frozen instead. Mr. Flux thanks her, and she yawns, 'My time for you, sir!'
- Second half
In what book does a pitmaster say, "Wanting something, and what you do about it, is two different things"?
✓ Answer
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (Legendary Alston Boys) by Lamar Giles
Upset and alone, Otto rides to Butler Park and admits to Mr. James, who is stuck at his grill, that he wanted summer to be longer. The kind pit master says wanting something isn't the same as what you do about it, then asks where Sheed is, which sends Otto off to find his cousin.
- Near the end
In what book is a mirror-shop owner who won't help zipped fifty miles to a Walmart?
✓ Answer
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (Legendary Alston Boys) by Lamar Giles
Missus Nedraw, nursing a sucker-shaped bruise from wrestling her escaped mirror monsters, refuses to give Otto anything and tells him to fix the mess himself. At Otto's signal, P.M. zips her away and drops her off at a Walmart in Richmond.
