September+8

1. In this book a character is told to leave school because he has taught others to drink, swear, smoke, and play poker. What is the title of this book? (Little Men – Louisa May Alcott)

2. Who is the author of the Pagan series? The titles in the series are: Pagan’s crusade, Pagan’s Vows, Pagan’s scribe, Pagan in exile. (Catherine Jinks)

3. Through the eyes of a war horse, Michael Morpurgo tells a moving and powerful story of survival on the Western Front (World War I). What is the name of the horse? (Joey)

4. Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy who lives behind a wire fence. What is the title of this book? (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas)

5. In this book, Moose Flanagan who lives with his family on Alcatraz island, discovers that a famous gangster wants a favor in return for help that he secretly gave Moose. Who is this gangster? (Al Capone)

6. This book by Katherine Paterson tells the story of a girl called Meli who has to flee Kosovo because of persecution. What is the title of this Panda book? (The Day of the Pelican)

7. In what city did Anne Frank write her famous diary? (Amsterdam)

8. Naomi, in Naomi’s Road by Joy Kogawa, is a child growing up in Canada during the Second World War. Why is she put in an internment camp? (Her family is Japanese)

9. In this book Crispin, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England, is falsely accused of theft and murder. He flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret. Who wrote this book? (Avi)

10. In her book, Revolution is not a Dinner Party, Yin Chang Compestine, whose parents are both doctors in China, attempts to make sense of a revolution tat is sweeping through her country. What revolution is this? (The Cultural Revolution)

11. In this book, a boy goes looking for his father. The novel is set during the Great Depression in the USA. The boy believes his father is the well-known bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. What is the title of this book? (Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis)

12. This book by Karen Hesse is about another girl who has to flee her country. The time is 1919 and the country is Russia. The book is a collection of letters of the girl to her cousin. What is the title of this book? (Letters from Rifka)

13. Who is the author of the Roman Mysteries series? (Caroline Lawrence)

14. In The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCuaghran twelve-year-old Haoyou meets a famous Mogol ruler. What is the name of this ruler? This story takes place in the thirteenth century. (Kublai Khan)

15. Rebecca MacKenzie and her brother Doug become involved in dangerous dangerous activities of a mysterious secret society called the Honourable Guild of Specialists. This story takes place in China in the 1920. What is the title of this book? (Operation Red Jericho) Bonus point for author (Joshua Mowll)

16. In the book ‘Molly Bannaky’ by Alice McGill, Molly emigrated from Europe in the late 17th century. She worked as an indentured servant, married a freed slave and began a farm of her own. To which state did she travel in America? (Maryland)

17. In the book ‘Cheyenne Again’ by Eve Bunting, what is the name of the boy who goes to a boarding school to learn ‘white man’s’ ways? (Small Bull)

18. The setting for this book by Eric Kimmel is the coast of North Carolina in 1718. In the title and content of this book, the last fight of a pirate is described. What is the name of the pirate? (Blackbeard)

19. The title of this book by Marissa Moss is ‘Galen: my life in Imperial Rome’. What was Galen’s working position in life? (a slave)

20. Hana, in the book ‘Hana in the time of Tulips’ by Deborah Noyes, tried to attract her father’s attention during a time of tulip mania in the 17th century. Which country did she live in? (Holland)