March+12,+2008

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 * 1) Name book 5 in the __Underland Chronicles__ by Suzanne Collins. (//Gregor and the Code of Claw//)
 * 1) Name the book that won the Coretta King Scott award in 2007. This award is given annually to African American authors and illustrators for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions. (// Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis)
 * 1) Julia Golding was nominated for the Costa Children’s Book Award in 2006 for __The Diamond of Drury Lane__, the first book in the series __Cat Royal__. In 2007 she published book # 4. What is the title of the book? (//Cat o’nine tails//)
 * 1) The book, __The very ordered existence of Merilee Marvelous__ tells the story of a 13 year-old girl who has Asperger’s Syndrome. Who is the author?
 * 1) What is the title of Eoin Colfer’s latest book published in 2008?
 * 1) Amal who lives in Melbourne and attends an exclusive prep school decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith. What is the name of this book by Randa Abdel-Fattah. (//Does My Head Look Big in thi//s?)
 * 1)  This book, illustrated by Mary Grand Pré, brought to a close a  10-year series exceptional for its appeal to fans from 7 to 70. You will want to keep this sort of dead main character tethered to your school bag. (//Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows//)
 * 1)  [|THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN] was this author’s first young adult novel. It was the winner of the 2007 National Book Award for young people’s literature. Closely based on the author’s own childhood on the Spokane Reservation in Washington. Who is the author? (Sherman Alexie).
 * 1)  9.   Multicultural versions of Cinderella aren’t new, but Paul Fleischman’s text — woven together from some of the 1,000 sources of the Cinderella story — has to be one of the most artful. Here Cinderella puts on glass slippers or diamond anklets or gold sandals, and travels to the ball by breadfruit coach or galloping mare. Title please. (//Glass Slipper, Golden Sandal)//
 * 2) __ Finding Violet Park __ was Jenny Valentine’s book published in September of 2007. It is an excellent story of a young teenage boy finding himself through the memory of Violet Park. Valentine’s book of 2008 is about a mysterious boy who drops a negative in the hand of a girl named Rowan. It makes reference to soup in the title……a soup that could use some fixing! Name the title. (//Broken Soup//)
 * 1) ‘Captain Underpants’ has been included in a new book this year. [|"Captain Underpants" and the Attack of the Talking Toilets]. It proves to keep everyone on the edge of not just the toilet! Who is the author of the Captain Underpants series? (//Dav Pilkey//)
 * 1) The young girl’s detective book published in 2008 tries to replace James Bond in some ways. It was written by Jill Marshall and is quite popular in the UK at the moment. Name the complete title of the Jane Blonde book by Jill Marshall. (//Jane Blonde, the Perfect Spylet//)
 * 1) __ The Kite Runner __ needs no introduction to many young adolescents in Beijing or anywhere else. It has been made in to a feature film on location in Bejing and Xinjiang. What is the name of Khaled Hosseini’s next bookpublished in 2007? (//A Thousand Splendid Suns//)
 * 1) Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking it's 2004 and she's a twenty-five-year old with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life. But, to her disbelief, she learns it's actually 2007 - she's twenty-eight, her teeth are straight, she's the boss of her department - and she's married! To a good-looking millionaire! This book was published and released last month in the UK and is taking young adolescents by storm. It was written by Sophie Kinsella . What is the title of his book? (//Remember Me?)//
 * 1) This author received a Newbery Honor medal for the book __Getting near to Baby__. In 2007 she published __ Maude March on the run!, or, Trouble is her middle name __ . What is the name of this author? (//Audrey Couloumbis)//
 * 1) Roddy Doyle wrote about two boys who go on a dogsledding holiday in Finland. Adventure turns into danger. Name the title of this book. (//Wilderness//)
 * 1) Francis Hardinge’s first book was Fly By Night, which was published in 2005. In 2007, she published her second novel in which some boys steal coins from a well because they don’t have the bus fare. Strange things start to happen after that. Name the book. (//Verdigris// //Deep//)
 * 1) Name book # 3 in the Young James bond series by Charlie Higson. (//Double or Die//)