February+20,+2008

> >  15.   Garth Nix is the author of the fantasy book, Sir Thursday, wrote this as his fourth book in a series. What is the name of the series? (Key to the Kingdom)
 * 1) Tim Winton is well known for his books for adults, but he also wrote for a younger audience. In his book, Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster, what is Lockie’s mission? (//To clean up the pollution in his town//).
 * 2) Which Australian author has just been nominated for **The Astrid Lindgren Award** - the world's largest children's and youth literature award, and the second largest literature prize in the world? (//John Marsden//)
 * 3) Witi Ihimaera wrote a story about young Kahu who developed special relationships with whales, in particular with an ancient bull who according to Maori legend carried the ancestor of Kahu’s tribe on his back. What is the title of the book? (//Whale Rider//)
 * 4) This author and former children’s librarian won the Carnegie Medal twice with her books The Haunting (1982) and The Changeover (1984). In 2006, she also won the Hans Christian Andersen award. Her work includes picture books for children and novels for young adults. Who is she? (//Margaret Mahy//)
 * 5) One day, Spike and Bubba, two Australian teenagers, go swimming in an old water tower in their home town. After this, things are not the same anymore. What is the title of this graphic novel/picture book by Gary Crew? (//The Watertower//)
 * 6) This book by Elizabeth Fensham is about a boy and his dad who are on the run, because the dad thinks he is being persecuted by a secret organization. In reality he is mentally ill and needs treatment. What is the title of the book? (//Helicopter Man//)
 * 7) In his book Girl Underground, Morris Gleitzman wrote about refugees from Afgahnistan. He wrote another book, also about refugees from Afghanistan, but this time its is about a. Do you know the title? (//Boy Overboard//)
 * 8) Listen to this title. **How Hedley Hopkins did a dare, robbed a grave, made a new friend who might not have really been there at all, and while he was at it committed a terrible sin which everyone was doing even though he didn't know it.** Do you know the author? This author also wrote stories of the supernatural and weird in titles such as Unbelievable! Uncanny! Undone! Uncovered! (//Paul Jennings//)
 * 1) In //A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove//, Carl Matt and his younger brother are abandoned by their older sister and move in with their abusive aunt. Who wrote this book? (//James Moloney//)
 * 2) Bryce Courtenay is a prolific Australian writer. Maybe his most famous book is about a South-African boy called Peekay who dreams of becoming a champion. What is the title of this book? (//The Power of One//)
 * 3) This author has written a lot of books for younger children. Here are some of her titles: Boot to a Goose, Hattie and the Fox, Koala Lou, and Possum Magic). She has received numerous awards for her contribution to children’s literature. A couple of years ago she visited ISB and the students and teachers just loved her presentation. What is the name of this author? (//Mem Fox//)
 * 4) This brave mouse, whose last name is also the name of a rather smelly (but delicious!) English cheese, faces all kinds of dangers in his many books. What is his name? (//Geronimo Stilton//)
 * 5) This author grew up in a second-hand bookshop in Brisbane, an ideal place for a budding writer. Our latest addition to our ISB library is //Millie and the Night Heron//, but she has published a more recent book called //Being Bee//. What is this author’s name? (//Catherine Bateson//)
 * 6) Randa Abdel-Fatta, a celebrated Australian author of “Does my Head Look Big in This” wrote of many things that she hated about herself. She chose a number of things that she hated about herself and entitled her book ‘The (how many) Things I Hate About Me”. (Ten)

16.  The __Goat that Sailed the World,__ by Jackie French is about a goat – a goat that had already sailed around the world before it went on its first voyage with a very famous captain, and helped save everyone on board the ship from scurvy. Who is the very famous captain that the goat belonged to? (Captain Cook)


 * 17.  **This book by Conn and Hal Iggulden contains all the information which made it such a hit in Australia --such as how to make the perfect water bomb, how to read codes, what are the rules of cricket, and how to deal with girls. What is the title of this book for boys? (Dangerous Book for Boys)

18.  From this very famous Australian author, here is a world where a witch decrees eternal winter; where there are more talking animals than people; and where battles are fought by centaurs, giants and fauns. (Chronicles of Narnia)

> She's never heard of the world's most fashionable magazine, or its feared and fawned–over editor, Miranda Priestly. But she's going to be Miranda's assistant, a job millions of girls would die for. She confronts what she refers to at the corporate fashion devil. Name the title of this current and well-known book that was also made into a blockbuster movie. (The Devil Wears Prada) > >   21.   Josephine is a kangaroo – who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don't dance, they hop – but Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through the air. Josephine Wants to Dance was written by Jackie French who also wrote this diary of a famous Australian animal. What is the name of the book that (Diary of a Wombat)
 * 1) This is the title of the first book illustrated by Brett Helquist and written by Daniel Handler. Handler uses a very well-known pseudonym and continues to write A Series of Unfortunate Events. What is the name of the first book of his series? (Bad Beginnings)


 * 1) Octavius O'Malley is the main character of this fun and hilarious book of mystery and an exploding food. It was written by Alan Sunderland. Title please……… (Octavius O'Malley And The Mystery Of The Exploding Cheese.)
 * 1) __ Letters from the Inside __, a disturbing but realistic book relating girls, prisons and lots of letter writing. It was written by a famous award-winning Australian author known to many students here at ISB. Who is the author? (John Marsden)