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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSEleven-year-old Ella Durand has grown up hearing stories about the Arcanum Training Institute, the sky-floating school where gifted children with marvels learn to control their magical abilities, but Conjurors like her family have always been shut out. When her father wins a historic court case, Ella becomes the first Conjuror ever admitted, stepping into a world of wonders where the other students eye her with suspicion, her twilight-dark light refuses to behave like everyone else's, and a dangerous villain called the Ace of Anarchy has just escaped from magical prison. With a grumpy new roommate who knits visions of the future and a boy guide who is hiding secrets of his own, Ella must figure out who she is in a place that has never had room for someone like her before the mystery at the heart of the school swallows everything she cares about.
Free Battle of the Books questions for The Marvellers
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 Marvellers. 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 flying ferries carry families up to a school floating in the clouds?
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The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Sky-ferries with the initials A.T.I. on their bellies arrive to carry students from the pier up to the floating school. The engines are powered by stellacity spheres, glowing balls of star-energy.
- First half
In what book do trainees keep their spices in a special tin called a dubba?
✓ Answer
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Each student receives a spice dubba, a metal tin with compartments for ingredients like coriander, turmeric, cumin, and red chilis. The teacher grades weekly tidiness, telling them to always be ready.
- First half
In what book does a girl discover her doll has been alive all along?
✓ Answer
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
When Brigit tries to escape, her clown doll Feste climbs out of her satchel and starts talking. He explains that her grandmother sent him as her protector, and a famous toymaker brought him to life to serve and watch over her.
- Second half
In what book does a family travel to New Orleans by sticking labeled pins into a magical paper map?
✓ Answer
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Mama uses a conjure map from the Red Book and gives everyone their own engraved pin. When they prick the pin into the city, they vanish from Mississippi and reappear at Congo Square.
- Second half
In what book do three kids cast a candle-and-pepper spell to trace a missing teacher's footsteps?
✓ Answer
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Ella performs a hot foot spell in Masterji Thakur's locked room. The black candle melts into ink that maps his steps and shows the trail ends near the window.
- Near the end
In what book does a hatching egg crack open into a tiny desert with five sleeping winged camels?
✓ Answer
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Brigit's malyysvit finally hatches in the infirmary. Lightning-bolt cracks spread across the shell and reveal a miniature world with a moon overhead and five tiny winged camels snoring.
