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100

Author of The Philosopher's Stone (1997)

Who is J.K. Rowling?

100

This character was created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. He is a fictional detective who is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning

Who is Sherlock Holmes?

100

This series follows the tragic tale of three orphans -- Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire -- who are investigating their parents' mysterious death. The siblings are saddled with an evil guardian named Count Olaf, who will do whatever it takes to get his hands on their inheritance.

What is A Series of Unfortunate Events?

100

In Aesop's fable, which animal has a race with the tortoise?

The Hare

100

This genre of literature depicts an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice. 

What is a dystopian literature?

200

Author of Cat in the Hat and Oh The Places You'll Go!

Who is Dr. Seuss?

200

The main character in R.J. Palacio's Wonder

Who is Auggie?

200

This is a 1908 novel by Canadian L. M. Montgomery. The novel recounts the adventures of an 11-year-old orphan girl Anne Shirley who makes her way through life with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.

What is Anne of Green Gables?

200

The Pied Piper of Hamelin was hired to rid the town of a plague of what?

Rats

200

A genre of literature that tells a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.

What is a memoir?

300

Author of The Hunger Games

Who is Suzanne Collins?

300

Ponyboy Curtis, Darrel Curtis, Sandy, Marcia

Who are characters in The Outsiders?

300

This novel by American young adult dystopian author Lois Lowry is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses..

What is The Giver?

300

Which Canadian cartoon turtle debuted in 1986?

Franklin

300

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.

What is a parable?

400

Author of 1989 and Animal Farm

Who is George Orwell?

400

The main character in The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan sets out on a quest across the US to reach the gates of the Underworld and prevent a war between the gods.

Who is Percy Jackson?

400

William Golding’s classic story about boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity

What is Lord of the Flies?

400
Poet during the Harlem Renaissance who wrote a book of poetry titled The Weary Blues

Langston Hughes

400

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, a highly acclaimed adventure series about two friends who are desperate to save their doomed city, is what genre of fiction?

What is science fiction?

500

Author of TFiOS, LfA, and TAtWD

Who is John Green?

500

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series follows this character as he records the daily trials and triumphs of friendship, family life and middle school where undersized weaklings have to share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving! 

Who is Greg Heffley?

500

This classic opens with the line ''It was the worst of times, it was the best of times"

A Tale of Two Cities

500

To date, how many novels has Canadian author Margaret Atwood published?

18! Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. 

500

A literary genre that tells fictional stories set in the past, while capturing the time period's details as accurately as possible.

What is historical fiction?

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