June+3

1. Who is recruited by Britain’s top-secret intelligence agency to investigate some of the most high profile and dangerous men in the world? (//Alex Rider//) 2. How many days did Rumpelstiltskin give the miller’s daughter have to guess his name? (//3)// 3. This Japanese superhero whose former name was Haru Glory is forever battling evil powers. What is his name? (//Rave Master//)

//4.// In Greek mythology what is the name of the river that separates the world of the living from the world of the dead? (//the Styx)//

5. Tony DiterLizzi and Holly Black co-wrote a series about Jared, Simon, and Mallory who discover fairies and other magical creatures when they go to stay at their great aunt Lucinda’s house. What is the title of the series (//The Spiderwick Chronicles//)

6. Who is the voice of Shrek in the Shrek movies? (//Mike Myers//)

7. Can you complete the following verse by Elizabeth Barrett Browning? How do I love thee? (//Let me count the ways//)
 * 1) Who is the author of the CHERUB series? (//Robert Muchamore//)
 * 2) Annemarie, who is 10 years old, has to learn to be brave when she helps to shelter her Jewish friends during World War II. What is the title of the book? Who wrote this book? (//Number the Stars// – Lois Lowry)
 * 3) In the Disney film//, The Rescuers,// the Rescue Aid Society is an international mouse organization dedicated to helping abduction victims around the world. What international organization does this mouse group shadow? (//The United Nations//)
 * 4) What kind of natural disaster destroys a village in the book //Nation// by Terry Pratchett? (//a tsunami//)
 * 5) There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it. (//The Voyage of the Dawn Treader// – C.S. Lewis)
 * 6) This book by Michael Morpurgo recounts the adventures of a horse as he moves from life on a farm into the battles of World War 1. It is the story of a friendship lasting through the toughest of tests. What is the title? (//War Horse//)
 * 7) This is a really new book that just came out this year. It is by a popular author called Suzanne Collins who also wrote the bestselling Underland series. The protagonist is called Katniss who has use her survival skills and her cleverness when she faces death. What is the title of the book? (//The Hunger Games//).
 * 8) In The Graveyard Book, an 18-month old baby escapes the massacre of his family and ends up being looked after by the ghostly inhabitants of the graveyard. What is the name these inhabitants give him? (//Nobody or Bod//)
 * 9) This book by Michael Morpurgo is the diary of a young English girl called Lily. One day the town in which she lives is forced to evacuate and her cat goes missing. What is the name of this cat? (//Adolphus Tips – The amazing story of Adolphus Tips)//
 * 10) In 2008 Marjorie Blackman wrote the fourth book in the popular series __Noughts and Crosses__. What is the title of this fourth book? (//Double Cross//)
 * 11)  This mythical place is probably the oldest and best known shrine in Greece. Important political decisions were made only after consulting the oracle who lived here. What is the name of this place? (//Delphi//)
 * 12) In __Beyond the Western Sea__, Maura and her brother leave their impoverished Irish village for a better life in America. Who wrote this book? (//Avi//)
 * 13) Who is the author of the Pagan series?(Pagan’s crusade, Pagan’s Vows, Pagan’s scribe, Pagan in exile) – //Catherine Jinks//