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100

This is what Charlotte writes in the first web she makes for Wilbur.

What is Some Pig?

100

This type of popular YA fiction deals with an imagined, highly controlled, and dehumanized society characterized by misery, oppression, and fear, typically serving as a warning against totalitarianism, environmental disaster, or technological misuse.

What is dystopian?

100

This famous Shakespearean play has been retold in many ways and has at least 3 versions. It tells the story of two starc rossed teenagers in love.

What is Romeo and Juliet?

100

This was the year BT graduated from The Rivers School.

What is

100

This is the author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Who is Dr. Seuss?

200

This is Paddington's favorite food.

What is Marmalade/Marmalade sandwiches?

200

This book was written by Stephen King and tells the story of a group of boys who set off to find a body; it was made into a very popular 80's movie.

What is Stand By Me?
200

This famous book about a doctor and the monster he created started as a campfire ghost story. Just this year it was again made into a movie.

What is Frankenstein?
200

This is the name of the building that houses the MacDowell Library.

What is Carlin?

200

A few years ago the Rivers Middle School read the graphic novel New Kid. This is the name of the author.

What is Kraft?

300
This is the color of the room in Goodnight Moon.

What is green?

300

This is the author of A Good Girl's Guide to murder.

Who is Holly Jackson?
300

This famous tale involves a Lion, A Witch and a Wardrobe. This is the lion's name.

What is Aslan?

300

This is the number of years Ms. DeVore has worked at Rivers.

What is 23?

300

Last summer we all read The Eyes and the Impossible by this author.

Who is Dave Eggers?

400
This is the kind of day Alexander had.

What is terrible, horrible, no good, very bad?

400

This very popular book SE Hinton was made into a musical which won the Tony in 2024 and recently toured Boston.

What is The Outsiders?

400

"A _______ lives in a hole in the ground..not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it..."

What is a Hobbit?

400

This the the first name of Mr. Dewey, the man responsible for creating the Dewey Decimal system.

What is John?

400

This is the author of Captain Underpants and Dog Man.

Who is Dave Pilkey?

500

This book by Chris VanAllsburg has spawned 4 movies, the first tells of story of a group of kids who are find a board game that unleashes jungle perils on the world. 

What is Jumanji?

500

Percy Jackson's best friend Grover is this kind of mythical creature.

What is a satyr?

500

In the book Wrinkle in Time Louise the Larger is what kind of animal?

What is a snake?

500
April celebrates this literary form.

What is poetry?

500

The Hunger Games series was written by this author.

Who is Suzanne Collins?

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