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Young Adult Fiction
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 Young Adult Fiction
| Who is not one of the characters in Lois Duncan's thriller "I Know What You Did Last Summer"? | Characters of Young Adult Fiction (LilSpikey) |
Laurie. Laurie is from "Stranger with my Face", also by Lois Duncan. In "I Know What You Did Last Summer", a group of teens is the victims of a stalker, who knows what happened.
| What is the other name of Janie Johnson in "The Face on the Milk Carton"? | Characters of Young Adult Fiction (LilSpikey) |
Jennie Spring. Janie Johnson's other name is Jennie Spring. She learns that the family she lives with are not her real parents in "The Face on the Milk Carton", and that they gave her the name Jennie when they kidnapped her when she was three. The other books in the series are "Whatever Happened to Janie", "The Voice on the Radio", and "What Janie Found". Christina Roomey is from "The Fog", "The Snow", and "The Fire" series. Heidi Landseth is from "Flight 116 is Down". Danna Press is in "Flash Fire", all written by Caroline B. Cooney.
| What is the name of Wilbur's human friend in E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web"? | Characters of Young Adult Fiction (LilSpikey) |
Fern. Fern raised Wilbur from the time he was born until he was weaned from the bottle. He was the runt of the litter, and Fern's father was going to kill him. Then Wilbur went to live on her Uncle Homer's farm. And it was there that Wilbur met Charlotte, the spider who saved his life.
| What is the name of the main character who hides her secret, painful life from her teacher in "Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey"? | Characters of Young Adult Fiction (LilSpikey) |
Tish. Margaret Peterson Haddix's emotional piece features 16-year old Tish Bonner, who is keeping a journal for English class. What she writes in her journal is no happy story. Her father returns home after two years, but leaves again shortly. Tish's mother leaves to find him, and Tish and her younger brother Matt are faced with one fact: they are living by themselves now.
| Tom Austen and his sister Liz find themselves at a castle. But this is no ordinary castle. It has a mystery to solve and a lost treasure to find. The owner of the castle has gone missing. Can Tom and Liz find him in time? | "The" Book Quiz (smart_girl123) |
The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma. "The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma" is by Canadian author Eric Wilson. Eric Wilson has written many mysteries, all set in Canadian places.
| The story "Over the Water" was written by Maude Casey, and features fourteen-year old Mary. In the book, Mary moves back and forth between two countries. Where does she travel to and from? | Characters of Young Adult Fiction (LilSpikey) |
England and Ireland. Mary was born in Ireland, but lives in England. She travels with her family to visit her grandmother and other relatives in Ireland every year.
| Lois Lowry created 12-year old Anastasia Krupnik, who was the star of many of her own books. But Ms. Lowry also writes a series of books about Anastasia's little brother. What is his name? | Characters of Young Adult Fiction (LilSpikey) |
Sam. Sam Krupnik comes into the world in the first book "Anastasia Krupnik". Some of the books about Sam are "All About Sam", "Atta Boy, Sam", and "See You Around, Sam." Anastasia's little brother makes small appearances in the other "Anastasia" books.
| In what book is John Aycliffe impaled on his own soldier's swords? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"Crispin: the Cross of Lead", by Avi. Crispin was being allowed passage out of the city with Bear, and John Aycliffe changed his mind about letting them go. Bear picked up Aycliffe and threw him onto the swords of the soldiers who were surrounding him.
| In what book is Fagin a leader of the gang of thieves that the main character gets drawn into? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"Oliver Twist", by Charles Dickens. Fagin leads a gang that Oliver is lead to when found, starving and tired, by a member of the gang. Oliver is captured by authorities when his companions steal a man's wallet. Eventually, with the help of the co-leader's girlfriend, gang members are captured and the gang ceases to exist. If the task of reading the orginal version is too daunting for you, read the abbreviated edition.
| In what book is a real baby slipped into a manger in place of a doll during the Christmas play? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"A Year Down Yonder", by Richard Peck. The baby had one green eye and one blue eye, which means it is a Burdick. Mildred Burdick is a bully at Mary Alice's school who picks on her the very first day.
| In what book does the main character get sent off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", by J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter, who lives with his non-magic aunt and uncle, receives many letters about his acceptance to the school, but they are all witheld from him by his aunt and uncle. A letter is finally delivered to him by Hagrid, gamekeeper of Hogwarts. Harry goes to Hogwarts and eventually saves the Sorcerer's Stone from the hands of Voldemort.
| In what book does Salamanca Tree Hiddle take a trip to Lewiston, Idaho with her grandparents? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"Walk Two Moons", by Sharon Creech. Salamanca (known as Sal) is going to Idaho to see her mother, who died in a bus accident traveling to Lewiston. Along the way, she tells a story of a girl named Phoebe and everything that happened to her while living in Euclid, Ohio.
| In what book does Lord Asriel use Roger and his daemon to open a passageway into a new world? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"The Golden Compass", by Philip Pullman. Lyra spends the whole book traveling with her friend, Roger, and the gyptians to find Lord Asriel, her father. When they finally find him on the island of Svalbard, he steals Roger and separates him from his daemon, instantly killing him. The energy released from the separation is enough to open a bridge into a parallel world.
| In what book does Jen, a third child, organize a rally to make the government to repeal the Population Law that states women can only have two children? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"Among the Hidden", by Margaret Haddix. Jen and Luke are two third children that live right next door to each other in a country where only two children are allowed. Knowing they are in danger of being killed at the rally, Luke refuses to go and tries to persuade Jen to stay home. She ends up going to the rally where she and the forty other third children are gunned down by the Population Police.
| In what book does a girl named Leslie drown when she swings across a creek on a rope and hits her head on a tree branch? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"Bridge to Terabithia", by Katherine Paterson. Leslie was trying to get to the imaginary magical kingdom (Terabithia) that she and her friend Jesse had created. Because Jesse had been away from home at the time, his family thought he had drowned, too.
| In what book do Matthias and Cluny the Scourge fight each other? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"Redwall", by Brian Jacques. Matthias, a leader mouse of Redwall Abbey, fights Cluny the Scourge, a leader of evil rats. They chase each other around until the Abbey Bell falls on Cluny, killing him.
| In what book are the three rich Baudelaire orphans sent to live with Count Olaf after their parents perished in a terrible fire? | Young Adult Battle of the Books (XxHarryxX) |
"The Bad Beginning", by Lemony Snicket. Count Olaf is a terrible guardian who makes Violet, Klaus, and Sunny do many difficult chores around his house. He then tries to seize the Baudelaire fortune by marrying Violet in a play, but is thwarted when Violet signs the paper with her left hand. It was declared that the bride did not sign in her own hand, and the marriage was invalid. Count Olaf was then placed under arrest for hanging Sunny from his tower in a cage, but escapes at the last minute.
| In "Silent to the Bone", what drastic even happened on the day Branwell Zamborska lost his ability to speak? | Characters of Young Adult Fiction (LilSpikey) |
His baby half-sister went into a coma. E.L. Konigsburg wrote this mystery about a sudden accident which leaves two 13-year old boys searching for the truth: who injured Branwell's baby half-sister? After the incident, he is so traumatized he is unable to speak. Branwell learns how to communicate with the help of his friend Connor, and they soon reveal what really happened.
| Another popular young adult book is "Skinnybones", written by Barbara Parks. What sport does Alex Frankovitch play? | Characters of Young Adult Fiction (LilSpikey) |
baseball. Alex is the smallest kid on the team, and he is well known for making people laugh.
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- Who was known as "the young lion"? ( goto )
- Who is the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction? ( goto )
- Where were all the clocks stuck in 'Pulp Fiction?' ( goto )
- What is the name of the 'adult' book by Henry Miller that contained all the 'dirty' dialogue? ( goto )
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- What religion was Alfred Hitchcock raised as, and did he continue practicing it as an adult? ( goto )
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- In 'Pulp Fiction' how did the Wolf like his coffee? ( goto )
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