April+22


 * 1) In what book by Roland Smith does Jake find himself fighting to save an endangered Mexican wolf? (//The last Lobo//)
 * 2) This book features a being called the Once-ler who describes the results of a local pollution problem. What is the title and who is the author? (//The Lorax – Dr. Seuss//)
 * 3) In one of Chris D’Lacey’s books, there is a dragon called Gawain who has the potential to change the environment. What is the title of this book? This is book three in the David Rain series//.(Fire Star)//
 * 4) In what book does Roy try to save a colony of burrowing owls? Who is the author? (//Hoot// by Carl Hiaasen)
 * 5) In the book, The Case of the Missing Cutthroats by Jean Craighead George, what kind of animal is the cutthroat? (a fish)
 * 6) In //The Gorgon’s Gaze,// Julia Golding tells the story of creatures called Gorgons who live in Mallins Wood and their battle against encroaching human development. In what mythology do Gorgons first appear? (//Greek Mythology//)
 * 7) Name the author of //Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster//. (//Tim Winton//)
 * 8) In //Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things//, Sammy tries to solve a mystery involving endangered condors. Who is the author of this book? (//Wendelin Van Draanen//)
 * 9) In //Doorway to Darkness// by John Banks, the story begins with the heroes of this story being part of a protest group on a construction site where they are building a new road. One of the construction vehicles disappears and this begins their adventures. Name these children (//Luke and Lisa)//
 * 10) In this book by Brian Doyle, Hubbo Driscoll tries to save a cherished monument from two developers Ovide and Prootoo Proulx. What is the monument? It is also the name of the book. (//Covered Bridge//)
 * 11) In //Flush// by Karl Hiaasen, Noah and Abbey are gathering proof to get their father released from jail after he was protesting against an illegal act against the environment committed by a casino boat, Coral Queen. What did the boat do that was illegal? (//Dumped raw sewage in the sea//)
 * 12) Who wrote //The Golden Aquarians//? The science fiction story is about a boy, Walt Elliot who grew up in Canada and is summoned to another planet called Aqua by his father to help out with his work with plants there. (//Monica Hughes//)
 * 13) In //Blue True Dream of Sky// by Meredy Maynard, the heroine Nickie sets out on a journey. What does she hope to achieve? (//reach her brother who has been in a coma for three months, reconcile with her family//)
 * 14) In the book //Ultramarine// by Jenny Nimmo the environmental theme to the story concerns birds, What kind of birds does the book focus on and what is the issue in the book about these birds? (//seabirds who get covered in oil from tanker spills//)
 * 15) In //Canyon Winter// by Walt Morey, why does Peter (the hero in the story) find himself having to learn how to survive in the Rocky Mountains? (//his plane crashes//)