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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSSeventeen-year-old Ross Quest comes from a famous family of thieves in the Bahamas, and her mother won't let her go anywhere without her. Ross secretly wants a normal life, so she forges her way into a summer gymnastics camp and plans to slip away during a yacht job off Paradise Island. Instead, her mother is captured by the treasure hunters who own the yacht, and the man holding her demands one billion dollars within a month. Desperate, Ross answers a mysterious invitation to the Thieves' Gambit, a secret and dangerous contest whose winner is granted a wish. Soon she is pulling off heists against teen rivals from around the world, including the childhood friend she believes betrayed her and a charming British boy she isn't sure she can trust.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Thieves' Gambit
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 Thieves' Gambit. 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 secretly accept a spot at a gymnastics summer camp using forged transcripts?
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Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Ross is lonely and dreams of a bustling college campus full of kids her age, so she applies to summer programs with faked transcripts and competition scores. When the High-Performance Gymnastics Summer Camp invites her, she secretly replies "I'd love to come!" while sitting right next to Mom in the Jeep.
- First half
In what book does a slender silver pen cut through metal at one end and weld at the other?
✓ Answer
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
At breakfast, Ross calls out Mylo for the tool she saw him cutting metal locks with at the museum. He admits one end cuts most metals and the other welds, and says a former partner left it to him after ripping him off for ten grand.
- First half
In what book does a mother buy color-flipping digital Connect Four pieces to beat her eight-year-old?
✓ Answer
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
On the train, Ross explains that her mother always cheats at games. Mom once bought pieces she could flip with a device while Ross looked away, spending hundreds of dollars to beat an eight-year-old, so now Ross only plays BS with her.
- Second half
In what book does a father's letter warn, "Don't ever let your mum catch you wearing a clip-on tie"?
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Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
One of only two photos on Devroe's phone is an old, yellowed letter his dad wrote before Devroe was born, full of advice like always dressing to impress and "Charm will get you farther than cruelty." Reading it makes Ross's eyes sting, and she can't stay angry at Devroe anymore.
- Second half
In what book does a girl in polka-dot pajamas shoot a bobby-pinned foam dart into someone's palm?
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Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Cuffed to a balcony railing, Ross asks two kids on the next balcony for a bobby pin, and the girl jams a pin into each foam dart for their bright orange toy. The little brother keeps missing, but his sister drops to one knee, adjusts for the wind, and hits Ross's palm dead center.
- Near the end
In what book does a girl brake hard so an aluminum-bodied Tesla crumples against her steel car?
✓ Answer
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
With a tire losing pressure, Ross has Nicholi google Taiyō's car and learns it has an aluminum body, while her hot-wired Hyundai is steel. She slams on the brakes so Taiyō rear-ends her, then drives off and calls Swiss emergency services for an ambulance.
