EBOB School Competition 2023

50. IWB do characters recognize the name of a man listed on an old-fashioned book slip from 1964?

94. IWB does building a model plane give characters something to do while they listen to games on the radio?

58. IWB does a character wonder when a gap-toothed little girl turned into a sad woman in a dark bedroom?

14. IWB does a character say, "You make me do all the hard stuff, and then you leave me out of the fun"?

62. IWB does a character have to rescue his son from a tree with a rickety extension ladder?

24. IWB does something break inside a boy and he gushes: "I'm afraid my mother is going to die of an overdose"?

84. IWB does a weatherworn wooden bench in a play yard have teeth marks notched out of the legs?

16. IWB does a character always work a clever back-door shortcut into his games?

54. IWB do characters drop crumbs on the floor when eating cake and their mother doesn't seem to mind one bit?

77. IWB would characters be dead for sure without a brave little machine, made for a soldier in a long-ago war?

82. IWB does a character read letters from Israel and then share the personal war stories with his class?

31. IWB is a character told a bee sting was unfortunate and bad timing, but it wasn't his fault?

80. IWB does someone say, "I thought I was going daft. That I might wear a teacup on my head & spout limerick poems"?

11. IWB is a character basketball-player tall with glasses and a shiny bald head?

9. IWB does someone say, "Those boys outnumbered us by a dozen and they were twice our size. What were you thinking?"

53. IWB does a fire ignite a meadow, underbrush, & scrawny pines all at once, more like an explosion than a fire?

75. IWB is a volunteer permission slip shorter than a dog adoption form?

59. IWB do crumbs and pencil shavings cover the bottom of a locker, and it smells like wet shoes?

20. IWB does a character leave a final treasure hunt through some of his family's favorite places in a city?

44. IWB is someone trying to surrender an unverified dog and tries to drop the animal off without following procedure?

74. IWB does a character have a computer sitting on his desk that used to belong to his brother?

36. IWB does a character attempt to stop his slide, first by using his limbs, and then by trying to flip onto his back?

26. IWB does a character imagine taking a girl's picture and labeling it 'rage' or 'embarrassment' or 'disappointment'?

69. IWB does a character not remember what is right and what is wrong when he leaves his pet?

71. IWB does a character say that a dog is loved by an angel?

37. IWB is a character cheering for a player when the player is caught on an attempted steal?

38. IWB does a character wonder if a man travels between four apartments using the fire stairwells?

47. IWB does a principal say, "no one deserves to get punched in the face"?

52. IWB does Field Day consist of a zoo, a bus ride uptown, and a picnic in a grassy area?

60. IWB is a character on the ground sighing heavily under the burden of being misunderstood?

93. IWB does someone think she would be laughed out of 5th grade if anyone in her class heard her hum "How Far I'll Go"?

12. IWB does the scent of peanut butter rise above the commingled scents of a large metal can?

32. IWB does a character wonder if a dog will come get the food in a trap?

57. IWB does a character explain a poem can say more than a rambling conversation?

33. IWB does someone teach his son to cast a fly rod, build a campfire, whittle, read a map, & other outdoorsy stuff?

1. IWB does the top index card in a tin say, "I would have been a good teacher."?

22. IWB is a character pretty good at fielding but his friend is a better hitter?

4. IWB is a trickling fountain in a grand foyer made of brilliant white marble?

3. IWB does a character say, "I swear that dog loves you to pieces"?

87. IWB does a character recognize a famous ornithologist?

2. IWB is a character unsure whether he can proclaim victory or admit defeat or simply call it a tie?

17. IWB does a character change her profile picture from a Fibonacci spiral to a selfie of her and a dog?

40. IWB do satellite images indicate that a fire is probably arson?

73. IWB is an orchard an untended mess, but there are still some peaches hanging on?

51. IWB do characters pad into an apartment, the 'swish-swish' of their surgical booties marking their every step?

99. IWB does someone have a dream about watching his dad paddle around on a raft, acting goofy to amuse him and his mom?

42. IWB can someone hardly believe that a nap can be made even more pleasant, but a mattress definitely proves so?

100. IWB does a new heading on a website read "THIS DOG IS ON DEATH ROW"?

63. IWB is it the first time that an African American player has joined a Major League Baseball team?

34. IWB does a character hold up a bracelet and point to the words I'm Outta Here?

23. IWB was someone distracted by a hand mirror long before someone else wanted him to listen and pay attention?

78. IWB does someone want to trust a boy more than anything, but the ball of worry in her stomach just won't go away?

19. IWB does a character remember an old lady came to the Waffle House in a limo driven by a chauffeur?

25. IWB does a character suck the syrup off a stick and pitch it over her shoulder, saying, "Lord. Cinnamon. Eat"?

83. IWB does a character's dad let her walk to school after 11 years of being taken by a parent or babysitter?

96. IWB does a character wonder whether he can coax another into continuing on as one half of their exploring team?

81. IWB does a character exclaim, "Stop the car! There's something I have to show you"?

29. IWB does a character's father always hire tutors for him whenever he has to do a major paper or report?

45. IWB do characters go out on a porch to eat peaches with vanilla ice cream?

91. IWB does a little girl stroke feathers at a woman's neck as the woman pats the girl's yellow pop-beads?

49. IWB is a character the runt - small, but tough?

39. IWB does a card have two book covers --- "I Love You, Stinky Face" and "The Napping House" --- on the back?

8. IWB does a character admit her dad feels more like an uncle than an actual parent?

15. IWB is it unclear whether a character's inexperience causes discomfort in social situations?

6. IWB does a character not remember the moment that changed her life 4 years ago?

56. IWB does an injured fox allow a character to brush his neck for an instant before hurrying back to safety?

88. IWB does someone fall asleep praying that the wind will change & blow out a fire like a candle on a birthday cake?

92. IWB are falcons not birds, but F-16 Falcon Fighter Jets?

70. IWB does a character say, "I do not like to be touched"?

61. IWB does a character come out of the kitchen, where he's been mashing guacamole and steaming rice?

30. IWB is there a rumor that someone found a family's fortune and kept it?

48. IWB does classical music turned on by a teacher remind a character of a jewelry-store commercial?

90. IWB does a man lift a tent flap and kick his boot through the opening, signaling for an animal to go through?

7. IWB is an older lady on the shorter side, light-skinned, twinkly-eyed, and fine boned?

68. IWB is a character's favorite vehicle of all time an Army Jeep?

89. IWB is someone told that a man may depict an ocean on a blank canvas, but it doesn't actually affect the ocean?

72. IWB does it dawn on a character that keeping a friendship is far more important than keeping a tree?

95. IWB does a character tell someone, "You are nothing to me...A big fat 0. So stop trying so hard to ruin my life"?

35. IWB does someone not say formula or equation or math, & a character knows he's trying to keep her secret?

55. IWB does a character start singing, "Lemon Pledge, very pretty. Put the shine down, lemon good …"?

65. IWB is someone about to say she hopes a classmate drops her new phone in the toilet when the teacher rings the bell?

21. IWB do characters go shopping for a fifth-grade graduation dress?

66. IWB does a character start sifting through a sea of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters?

98. IWB does a character say, "Yellow railroad cars aren't too plentiful"?

5. IWB does a character climb a tree branch to branch, and high enough to get a clear view over the top of a forest?

28. IWB do crows hulk their shoulders, spike their feathers, and jerk and dip their shrieking beaks?

67. IWB does a character's manicure look like someone put the polish on with an old toothbrush?

13. IWB can characters only pick up 1 radio station because they are in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by mountains?

18. IWB does a kitchen phone ring while characters are out on the porch eating egg salad sandwiches for lunch?

86. IWB are characters busy calling out sins for a teacher to write on a blackboard?

46. IWB do eight sled dogs sit attentively beside a character?

76. IWB is weather the one thing a character finds even more exciting than geography and history?

85. IWB does a plan include someone sitting outside in his car to confirm that a man leaves for his Sat. morning walk?

41. IWB does a character pull so hard at the rubber band on her wrist that it breaks and falls onto the pavement?

27. IWB does a character not need to shatter any glass to win a game?

97. IWB are characters too old for playdates?

43. IWB does a peach chunk taste as bright and golden as it looks?

79. IWB does a character wonder if it's possible for a boy to have a famous man as a friend?

64. IWB is rolling his eyes all the encouragement someone's brother needs to lunge at him in a wrestling move?

10. IWB does a character say, "I have a feeling 1949 will be our best season ever"?