WES Battle of the Books All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat

In which book does it mention MRE's? (meals ready to eat)

Many thai homes and businesses have spirit houses on their property.

The cave is called Tham Luang.

This book describes meditating by saying "Imagin[e]ing your mind as a room with two windows."

A nain is a novice monk.

Dipterocarps are straight trunked trees in Thailand.

In which book do they mention zip lines?

In which book does it mention "scooping booty?"

Cell phones work inside caves.

In which book does it talk about tugging the rope twice to get pulled back?

When asked, Major Hodges thinks the students are alive.

One of the main issues making the rescue difficult is the water at Sam Yaek junction in the cave.

In which book does it mention "Candy Land - like stalactites"?

In which book do the boys become masters of their own mind?

In which book does it mention The Cave of the Sleeping Lady?

Monks fast (refrain from eating) to practice discipline.

This book mentions bird's nest soup.

In which book do the Thai Navy Seals say that

In addition to rescue teams, Royal Thai Army Soldiers help to rescue the boys.

In which book does it talk about Karst formations?

This book mentions a sump.

In which book do the boys scoop out a ditch in the sand and huddle close?

This book mentions a war room.

The boys passed the sign that said that the caves could fill up with water during rainy season.

The coach thinks they can dig a canal for the water to flow into so they can leave the cave.

Some of the best sump divers and cavers are from the British Cave Rescue Council (BCRC)

250,000 to 500,000 years ago, Thailand sat beneath a sea.

One of the first things that Major Hodges needs to do is to establish "proof of life"

Before entering the cave, the students pay respect to "the sleeping lady."

Adul is the only non-Buddist

In which book does it mention a C130 Transport plane?

The boys in the cave are dreaming of eating Kentucky Fried Chicken

The Nang Non mountain range is featured in this book.

In which book does it mention "The Twilight Zone?"

In which book does it talk about the Wild Boars?

It took 18 days to rescue all of the children.

Lanna means land of a million potato fields

In just a few months, the country will get 90% of its rainfall.

Monsoon season starts in May.

In which book does it mention false passageways?

In which book does it talk about the World Cup?

The boys have to be sedated in order to be rescued.

The monk of the three nations visits the families of the missing students and seems to calm everyone down.

Some caves contain temples inside them.

In which book do boys scratch messages into cave walls?

All Thirteen talks about the "Hidden City"

Sandbags are not helping to stop the water, they will need to hire divers.

A Navy Seal died in the caves trying to save the boys.

The boys have no food in the cave, but they do have water.

Nong and Pi are Thai words.

An aven is a high vertical chamber that doesn't reach the surface.

In which book does it take place in Mae Sai?

In which book do the boys eat Beng-Beng candy?

In which book does it talk about stalactite and statagmites featured?

The boys live closest to the Northern border of Thailand.

Thailand's tourism slogan is "Land of frowns"

In which book does the US Air Force have to step in?

Sheck Exley created a set of rules for cave diving.

In which book does it mention "regulators"?

Thailand is in Southeast Asia.

In which book does a coach's whistle say "twee?"

The first boy to exit the cave is Note.

This book mentions a divemaster.

The boys that live the farthest away will exit the cave first.

This book mentions stateless children.

Wai is a way of greeting people in Thailand.

This book mentions "the rapture" and says it's a panic attack that seizes people deep underground.

Night had a Birthday party the night of the cave hike.

There was an issue with Mark's face mask.

The flooding is three weeks too early.

In this book, a chief cooks halal meals.

Once the boys are in the cave, Coach Ek asks the boys if they want to keep going.

In which book does it mention metabolism?

In Northern Thailand caves are sacred places.