40 Fun Facts About Flipped

Which kind of tree does Juli Baker refuse to climb down from when workers come to fell it in Flipped?

Sycamore: Juli stays in its branches until her father comes to fetch her, and losing the tree feels to her like losing a loved one.

What does Bryce Loski secretly do with the eggs Juli Baker brings his family every week in Flipped?

Bryce throws them away, one carton after another for two years, rather than tell Juli that his family thinks her eggs are unsanitary.

Which American author, once a high school teacher, wrote the young adult romance Flipped?

Wendelin Van Draanen wrote it to nudge teenagers to look past appearances, the lesson her two narrators take six years to learn.

Which director co-wrote and directed the 2010 film of Flipped for Castle Rock Entertainment?

Rob Reiner co-wrote the script with Andrew Scheinman, and the film grew into a cult favorite on home video after a quiet run in theaters.

How is the novel Flipped narrated?

By Bryce and Juli in turn: each chapter replays the same events from the other side, so a moment she treasures is one he remembers with dread.

Juli Baker first meets Bryce Loski two weeks before the start of which school grade in Flipped?

Second grade is about to begin when the Loskis' moving truck pulls up; both children are seven, and Juli is smitten on the spot.

What does Bryce Loski do in front of everyone at the lunch after the basket boy auction in Flipped?

Bryce tries to kiss Juli, who pulls away and runs off mortified, then spends days refusing to take his calls.

How does Bryce Loski show Juli Baker he has changed at the end of Flipped?

He plants a tree in her yard, a sapling of the kind she fought to save, and watching him dig persuades Juli to give him another chance.

Which feature of seven-year-old Bryce Loski makes Juli Baker fall for him on moving day in Flipped?

His blue eyes are all it takes: from that first look Juli is certain she is in love, while Bryce spends years trying to get away from her.

Which illness does Bryce Loski's family fear catching from eggs laid in Juli Baker's messy yard?

Salmonella is the fear, so Bryce's father orders him to stop accepting the eggs, a message Bryce is too timid to pass on to Juli.

What is the first name of Bryce Loski's grandfather, who moves in and befriends Juli Baker?

Chet Duncan, the father of Bryce's mother, sees in Juli the headstrong spirit of his late wife and urges Bryce to make friends with her.

Which popular classmate does Bryce Loski date for a week in fifth grade to shake off Juli Baker?

Shelly Stalls lasts a week as his girlfriend before she and Juli come to blows and she ends it, leaving Bryce back where he started.

What does jealous Juli Baker do to the girl holding hands with Bryce Loski in fifth grade?

Juli puts her in a headlock at school and wrecks her rival's perfect styling, then takes the couple's break-up as proof she was right.

What is the name of Bryce Loski's sarcastic older sister, four years his senior, in Flipped?

Lynetta likes inviting Juli indoors just to annoy her brother, yet she is the one who stands up to their father when he mocks the Baker boys.

Which best friend of Bryce Loski does Juli Baker overhear discussing her uncle in the library?

Garrett is the friend, and hearing Bryce go along with the talk about her uncle convinces Juli to give up on him altogether.

In the novel Flipped, what is the name of Juli Baker's uncle, who lives in a group home?

David is her father's younger brother, born with the umbilical cord around his neck, and her father spends much of his free time caring for him.

What does Juli Baker's father, who works long hours as a mason, do in his spare time in Flipped?

He paints landscapes, and tells Juli that a painting is more than the sum of its parts, an idea she only grasps at the top of her tree.

Why is the upkeep of Juli Baker's overgrown yard not strictly her family's job in the novel Flipped?

They rent the house from an absentee landlord, Mr. Finnegan, whose neglect leaves the yard a tangle until Juli decides to fix it herself.

Where do Juli Baker's six backyard hens come from before she starts handing out eggs in Flipped?

Her science fair project leaves her with six laying hens, and a neighbor soon urges her to start selling what they produce.

What does Juli Baker climb the old tree by the bus stop to rescue for Bryce Loski in fifth grade?

A kite of Bryce's first sends her up; by seventh grade she climbs every morning to call down how many blocks away the school bus is.

Where does a photo of Juli Baker appear the day after her tree-top protest in Flipped?

On the newspaper's front page, in a copy Bryce's grandfather hands him while urging him to make friends with the girl up the tree.

What does Bryce Loski's mother arrange to make amends with Juli Baker's family, to his sudden panic?

A dinner party puts both families at one table; Juli keeps her distance all evening, and afterwards Bryce's father sneers at her brothers' music.

In sixth grade, Juli Baker feeds Bryce Loski the answers during which kind of test in Flipped?

Spelling tests were the ones: the teacher kept strugglers in at lunchtime, and Juli wanted Bryce free to eat with her.

Which odd habit does Juli Baker develop when seated behind Bryce Loski in sixth grade?

Sniffing his hair is the habit that aggravates Bryce most, and it makes him hope a new junior high will finally let him escape her.

What was the name of Bryce Loski's late grandmother, whom his grandfather likens to Juli Baker?

Renée never appears, but her headstrong spirit is what her widower recognizes in Juli, and why he keeps nudging Bryce toward her.

Which quiet classmate does Juli Baker bid on at the basket boy auction, fearing nobody else will?

Jon Trulock gets all eighteen dollars of Juli's egg money, because nobody else raises a hand and she cannot bear to watch.

Which older neighbor first encourages Juli Baker to sell the eggs from her six hens in Flipped?

Mrs. Stueby gets the idea rolling, and the egg round ends up giving Juli money of her own and a new sense of pride.

Which fictional American suburb is the setting of Flipped, home to Juli Baker and Bryce Loski?

Mayfield is invented, and the whole story unfolds there over six years, from a moving truck's arrival to an eighth-grade auction.

What is the title of the opening chapter of Flipped, in which Bryce Loski recalls meeting Juli Baker?

Diving Under opens the book after six years of ducking a neighbor; the chapter that follows it shares the novel's title.

Which actress, a co-star of Kevin Costner in Swing Vote, plays Juli Baker in the 2010 film Flipped?

Madeline Carroll had her first major role in Swing Vote two years earlier, and followed Flipped with Mr. Popper's Penguins.

Which Australian actor made his American feature debut as Bryce Loski in the 2010 film Flipped?

Callan McAuliffe auditioned while on vacation in the United States and won the lead; he later played the young Jay Gatsby.

Which Frasier actor plays Bryce Loski's grandfather in the 2010 film Flipped?

John Mahoney made Flipped his final film; he died in 2018, eight years after playing the grandfather who champions Juli.

Which actor plays Juli Baker's father, opposite Penelope Ann Miller, in the 2010 film Flipped?

Aidan Quinn plays the Baker father, while Anthony Edwards and Rebecca De Mornay play the image-conscious Loskis across the street.

In which Midwestern state was the 2010 film Flipped shot, partly at a house built just for it?

Michigan hosted the shoot around Ann Arbor, Manchester and Saline, and the crew built a temporary house on the prairie of the Thurston Nature Area.

Rotten Tomatoes' consensus says the film Flipped falls short of which earlier film by its director?

Stand by Me was the yardstick: critics found the 2010 film nostalgic but awkward, and it sold few tickets before finding a cult audience at home.

The parents of the author of Flipped, both chemists, immigrated to America from which country?

The Netherlands was home to both her parents before they settled in Chicago, where she was born, and the family moved to California while she was still very young.

The author of Flipped spent years teaching high school computer science and which other subject?

Math was her subject for fifteen years, and watching her students fall for each other's looks is what prompted her to write the novel.

Which mystery series of eighteen books about a teenage sleuth did the author of Flipped also write?

Sammy Keyes made her name: the opening book, about a hotel thief, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best juvenile mystery.

Which series by the author of Flipped gives a fifth-grade boy a secret online identity to fight a bully?

Shredderman ran to four books for younger readers, and its hero's battle with Bubba Bixby was later adapted for television.

Which later novel by the author of Flipped follows a young girl's resilience after a life-altering accident?

The Running Dream arrived a decade after Flipped and won the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award.