September+30


 * 1) This book is about a 13-year-old Inuit girl who has to decide between an arranged marriage and running away. She decides to leave and cross the tundra on her way to visit her pen pal in San Francisco. What is the title of the book? (//Julie of the Wolves// by Jean Craighead George)

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 * 1) What is the title of this year’s Newbery Award? Who is the author? (//The Graveyard Book// – //Neil Gaiman)//
 * 2) What book stars with the following line: It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. (//The Giver// by Lois Lowry)
 * 1) Noah, Nadi, Ethan and Julian were chosen by Mrs. Olinski to be on her 6th grade Academic Bowl team. They win the 6th grade Academic Bowl at Epiphany Middle School and then they go on to beat the 7th and 8th grade teams as well. Which book is it? (//The View from Saturday by E. L. Koningsburg)//
 * 2) It is 1943 Copenhagen and the Nazis are coming. Ellen Rosen moves in with her best friend Annemarie Johansen's family and pretends to be part of their family. Annemarie must show great courage to protect her friend. Which book am I? (//Number the Stars// //by Lois Lowry//)
 * 3) In The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss a Jewish girl describes her experiences of hiding in the upstairs bedroom of a farmhouse for two and a half years during WWII. Which country did she live in? (//Holland, she was Dutch//)
 * 4) Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun by Rhonda Blumberg describes Perry’s role in the opening of closed society in a country to world trade in the 1850s. Which country is the book about? //(Japan//)
 * 5) What is the name of the pig in Charlotte’s Web by E B White? (//Wilbur//)
 * 6) In Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mary goes to college and Laura studies to become certified. What is she certified to do? (//a school teacher//)
 * 7) In The Great Fire by Jim Murphy, a city was damaged by fire in 1871. Where was this fire? (//Chicago//)
 * 8) In this book a 10 year old girl tells the story of her first summer in Florida where good things happen because of Winn Dixie. The book is called Because of Winn Dixie and is written by Kate DiCamillo. Who or what is Winn Dixie? (//a dog//)
 * 9) Who or what is Minn in Minn of the Mississippi by Holling Clancy Holling? (//a turtle//)
 * 10) The book Rascal by Sterling North depicts the physical and emotional adventures of a boy and his pet, Rascal. What kind of animal is his pet? (//a raccoon//)
 * 11) Who is Mr. Henshaw in the book Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary? //(Leigh’s favorite author//)
 * 12) Kathi Appelt won a Newbery Honor in 2009 with this book about a dog and a couple of cats. What is the title? (//The Underneath//)
 * 13) What is Prince Horace’s nickname in the book The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman? (//King Brat//)