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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSSam, Jax, Eli, and Frog Fletcher are four adopted brothers who share nothing but a house in the coastal town of Shipton and two dads, Papa and Dad. As a new school year opens, each boy heads down his own path. Sam starts sixth grade with his eye on the town's competitive soccer team, Jax works to seem cool enough for fourth grade at the Upper Elementary, Frog begs to ride the kindergarten bus so he can sit with a new friend named Ladybug Li, and Eli, the family's brain, starts at Pinnacle, a demanding private school none of his brothers attend. Add a gruff new next-door neighbor, Mr. Nelson, who keeps threatening to call the police over stray soccer balls and loud parties, plus a school project that pushes Jax to try to win the man over, and the Fletchers have a full year ahead of them. Told through rotating chapters that follow each brother in turn, the book tracks the family through soccer season, a rain-soaked Halloween party, a chaotic Thanksgiving, and a winter that tests each boy in his own way, without anyone quite telling the others what is really going on.
Free Battle of the Books questions for The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
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 Misadventures of the Family Fletcher. 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 boy punt an orange soccer ball into the new neighbor's prickly bush?
✓ Answer
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
Jax kicks Sam's favorite ball straight into Mr. Nelson's yard minutes before the first day of school. It sets up a problem that runs through the whole book, since the grouchy new neighbor keeps every ball and puck that lands in his flowers.
- First half
In what book does a lightning storm shut down an outdoor Halloween party with a black bouncy castle?
✓ Answer
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
The family throws a night before Halloween party every year, and this is the first time they move it out into the yard. The rain arrives hours ahead of the forecast, the castle has to be unplugged, and nearly sixty soaked guests crowd into the garage.
- First half
In what book can a boy vomit on command since he was three?
✓ Answer
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
Frog threatens to throw up all over Eli unless someone explains what is happening to Aunt Lucy on the phone, and the whole room goes silent. He has had the talent since he refused to try fish at age three, and nobody doubts his word.
- Second half
In what book does a father declare that this winter is officially the year of the puck?
✓ Answer
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
Papa comes in from walking Sir Puggleton, announces that a cold front is coming, and starts hauling boots and gloves out of the closet to build the backyard ice rink. He calls the whole operation Great White North, and the rink becomes the center of the family's winter.
- Second half
In what book does a student tell his teacher, "Actually, no, I don't think"?
✓ Answer
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
Ms. Gallwin keeps asking Eli whether there is something more productive he could do than talk to a classmate about bridge models. Eli finally snaps, argues that real engineers brainstorm together, and gets sent to the principal's office for the first time in his life.
- Near the end
In what book do older boys grind a muddy boot print into a tuxedo costume?
✓ Answer
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
Sam cuts through the woods behind Mr. Nelson's house on his way to the first dress rehearsal and runs into a group of smoking high schoolers. They rip open the garment bag, wreck the costume, and knock him sprawling into the leaves.
