Smorgasbord Tween Literature Trivia Quiz

Answer: Galworthys and Kramers

The magic of the dollhouse in Kathryn Reiss's "Time Windows" allows Miranda to peek into the Galworthy and Kramer families' lives. This is a great book, highly recommended to anyone liking a suspenseful thrilling book!

Answer: Crythe

Kira was taken to Crythe to save her mother but ends up in more danger than she expected, eventually putting her mother's and her own life on the line. A great book by my absolute favorite author and full of adventure! The "Shadow Children" series by Margaret Peterson Haddix is also recommended.

Answer: The sky was always dark.

The sky was always dark in Ember, and the dim lights that they did have were not always working due to problems with the old generators. This is the first book in the "Book of Ember" series by Jeanne DuPrau and a VERY good book.

Answer: Leggy

In the book "Stranded," Koby called her artificial leg, which she had lost in an accident while riding her bike, "leggy". She often tried to hide her "leggy" but finds a new perspective at the end of the book. A heartwarming book.

Answer: When she became poor.

Esperanza was not allowed to see Miguel when she was rich because, "they were on the other side of the river," referring to their social class. Later, she became poor and they were allowed to see each other. I personally like the romantic side to this story but it has a sort of riches to rags plot line.

Answer: Lugano

Dinnie's Aunt Sandy and Uncle Max took her to Lugano, Switzerland. There, she attended a boarding school. At the time "Bloomability" was written, Sharon Creech was teaching at an American International school in Montagnola, Switzerland near Lugano.

Answer: An ant on a string.

In "A Wrinkle in Time" a tesseract is explained using an ant on a string. For those who haven't read it, this is a very good book (the first in a series). For those not fimilar with the idea of a tesseract, it is a generalization of a cube to four dimensions.

Answer: food and money

In "Ella Enchanted," the very dreaded Olive eventually marries for food and money. Olive's sister, Hattie, never marries, and Ella lives happily ever after with Char. Also a highly recomended book. Unfortunately, they did a horrid job of the movie "Ella Enchaunted".

Answer: Zero

In Louis Sachar's book "Holes", Stanley is wrongfully prosecuted for stealing the shoes of Mr. Sweet Feet, a major leauge baseball star. In the end it is found through fate that Stanley and Zero were sent to the same correctional facility, Camp Greenlake, when Zero actually stole the shoes.

This book follows the main character of Stanley Yelnats IV and the outcast of the Tent D crew, Zero. There are many twists in this book and it is very exciting.

Answer: It was John Brown's favorite biblical hero.

In "Jayhawker", Gideon is a password on the underground railroad because it was John Brown's favorite biblical hero. This password was used in saying it was your first name with the last name of either Nelson or Hawkins. This is a pretty good book if you're into historic fiction, although it is not well known.