October+20

1. In the book, House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, the boy Matt is different from other people. Why? (He is a clone)

2. Who is the author of the Crispin books? (Avi)

3. Louis Sachar wrote a sequel to Holes. Name this book.(Small Steps)

4. What word is used in The Giver by Lois Lowry to refer to emotions? (Stirrings)

5. Susan Caraway’s closest friend is a rat called Cinnamon. In what book does she appear? (Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli)

6. One of this author’s books has often been censored because for its drawings of a young boy prancing naked through the story. What is the title of the book and who is the author ( In the Night Kitchen – Maurice Sendak)

7. Christopher Paul Curtis wrote about a boy who went looking for his father. The story takes place in the US during the Great Depression (1929-1939). What is the title of this book? (Bud, not Buddy)

8. In the book Tuck Everlasting what object is used as a symbol for the cycle life? (a wheel). Who is the author? (bonus point)

9. What book continues the story of Moose and his family on Alacrataz island? (Al Capone Shines My Shoes). Who is the author? (Jennifer Choldenko)

// 10. //Name any two of the books in the 'Wrinkle in Time' series by Madeleine L'Engle. (//Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters //// or //An Acceptable Time //) //

 11. In this true story called "A Long Walk to Water' by Linda Sue Park, a young boy called Salva is on the run after his school is attacked by rebels. In which country is the beginning of the book set, which is the country that Salva is from? (Sudan)

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">12. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">In this book by Katherine Paterson, a young girl called Meli draws a picture of a bird that resembles her teacher and is forced to stay after school as punishment. As the situation in Kosovo, where this book is set, is very tense, her brother is taken by the Serbian police and tortured. The family escapes, and after some time in a refugee camp, emigrates to America. What is the name of this book? (The Day of the Pelican)

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">13. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">This author has written many books such as A Year Down Yonder, A Long Way from Chicago, A Season of Gifts, Here Lies the Librarian, and On the Wings of Heroes. What is the author's name? (Richard Peck)

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">14. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The first book in the series by Gary Paulson is called Hatchet and tells of a boy's survival in the Canadian woods after a plane crash. The sequels, called Father Water and Mother Woods among others go on to tell of further adventures of the same boy. What is the boy's name? (Brian Robeson) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">15. Name the latest book for young readers by Carl Hiaasen in which there is a teacher who disappears in a swamp and a Florida panther? (Scat) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">