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1. What book is this from? "Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the Farmer's wife." "Little House on the Prairie," Laura Ingilds Wilder "Deep Wizardry," Diane Duane "Watership Down," Richard Adams "The Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum

2. What book is this from? "The villagers of little Hangleton still called it 'the Riddle House' even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there." "The Westing Game," Ellen Raskin "Talking to Dragons," Patricia C. Wrede "Storm Troopers," Robert A. Heinlein "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," J.K. Rowling

3. What book is this from? "Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen." "The Golden Compass/Northern Lights," Philip Pullman "The Tiger in the Well," Philip Pullman "The Tin Princess," Philip Pullman "Shadow in the North," Philip Pullman

4. "When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton." "The Fellowship of the Ring," J.R.R. Tolkien "The Two Towers," J.R.R. Tolkien "The Hobbit," J.R.R. Tolkien "The Silmarillion," J.R.R. Tolkien

5. What book is this from? "Each year, at the end of March, a great fair was held in Cria, the capital of Galla." "A Sending of Dragons," Jane Yolen "Alanna: The First Adventure." Tamora Pierce "Wild Magic," Tamora Pierce "Heart's Blood," Jane Yolen

6. What book is this from? "Lessa woke, cold. Cold with more than the chill of the everlastingly clammy stone walls." "Searching for Dragons," Patricia C. Wrede "A Sending of Dragons," Jane Yolen "Dragonflight," Anne McCaffrey "Dragonwings," Laurence Yep

7. What book is this from? "Matthias cut a comical little figure as he wobbled his way along the cloisters, with his large sandals flip-flopping and his tail peeping from beneath the baggy folds of an oversized novice's habit." "The Voyage of the Frog," Gary Paulson "The Wind in the Willows," Kenneth Graham "Redwall," Brian Jaques "Watership Down," Richard Adams

8. What book is this from? "The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us." "A Handful of Time," Kit Pearson "A Time for Angels," Karen Hesse "Time and Again," Jack Finny "The Time Machine," H.G. Wells

9. What book is this from? "A small lizard perched on a brown stone. Feeling threatened by the approach of human beings along the path, it metamorphosed into a sting ray beetle, then into a stench puffer, then into a fiery salamander." "Lizard Music," Daniel Manus Pinkwater "A Spell for Chameleon," Piers Anthony "Into the Land of the Unicorns," Bruce Coville "My Father's Dragon," Ruth Stiles Gannett

10. What book is this from? "Part of the problem, Nita thought as she tore desperately down Rose Avenue, is that I can't keep my mouth shut." "So You Want to be a Wizard," Diane Duane "High Wizardry," Diane Duane "Deep Wizardry," Diane Duane "A Wizard Abroad," Diane Duane

11. What book is this from? "Apart from the one in the church tower, there were five clocks in the village that kept reasonable time, and my father owned one of them." "The White Mountains," John Christopher "The Bellmaker," Brian Jaques "The House with a Clock in its Walls," John Bellairs "Perloo," Avi

12. What book is this from? "It began one day in summer about thirty years ago, and it happened to four children." "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," C.S. Lewis "Half Magic," Edward Eager "The Two Princesses of Bamar," Gail Carson Levine "Gathering Blue," Lois Lowry

13. What book is this from? "In fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks, and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy-tale. This is about REAL WITCHES." "The Mists of Avalon," Marion Zimmer Bradley "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," C.S. Lewis "The Witches," Roald Dahl "Which Witch?" Eva Ibbotson

14. What book is this from? "'Too many', James shouted, and slammed the door behind him." "Spindle's End," Robin McKinley "The Dark is Rising," Susan Cooper "In the Hand of the Goddess," Tamora Pierce "Magic by the Lake," Edward Eager

15. What book is this from? "She could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it." "The Hero and the Crown," Robin McKinley "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," J.K. Rowling "Lioness Rampant," Tamora Pierce "The Giver," Lois Lowry