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Special library room for kids in 6th grade and up.
What is the YA Room?
100
Author of Hatchet, the story of a boy who survives a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.
Who is Gary Paulsen?
100
Name the main character of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book stories.
Who is Mowgli?
100
Jack and Annie travel through time in this series
What is Magic Treehouse?
100
This movie is based on J. M. Barrie's famous play. It is filled with unforgettable characters: the boy who would not grow up, the fairy, the evil pirate, and the three children-Wendy, John, and Michael-who fly off to Neverland.
What is Peter Pan?
200
The Abington Public Library's Internet Address
What is abingtonpl.org ?
200
Author of The Giver, a story where Jonas becomes the receiver of his community's memories and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Who is Lois Lowry?
200
This character is a curious brown monkey in books by H.A. and Margaret Rey.The monkey has many adventures with the man with the yellow hat.
Who is Curious George?
200
In this series Jeff Kinney is both author and illustrator of books that show the illustrated journal entries written by schoolboy Greg Heffley
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
200
This children's book was written by E. B. White. The film, like the book, is about a pig named Wilbur who befriends an intelligent spider.
What is Charlotte's Web?
300
Number of library computers reserved exclusively for teen use
What is Two?
300
Author of The Angel Experiment: A Maximum Ride Novel, the story of kids who can fly and have other unique talents. They are on the run from part-human, part-wolf predators called Erasers.
Who is James Patterson?
300
Franklin Dixon wrote about two teenage boy detectives.
Who are Joe and Frank Hardy?
300
This series tells about four clans of wild cats that have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their ancestors.
What is the Warriors?
300
Based on William Steig's picture book, this movie series is about a good-hearted ogre, who becomes a respected hero with an ever growing collection of friends and family.
What is Shrek?
400
The library online database that gives information about countries, states, and provinces.
What is CultureGrams?
400
The author of The Hunger Games tells the story of Peeta and Katniss who must participate in the annual fight to the death on live TV.
Who is Suzanne Collins?
400
Mark Twain tells the adventures of this young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Hint: famous scene is whitewashing the fence
Who is Tom Sawyer?
400
In Lemony Snicket's series things begin badly for the three Baudelaire children and then get worse.
What is A Series of Unfortunate Events?
400
This book and movie tell about a boy who wins a tour led by Willie Wonka through the most magnificent factory in the world.
What is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
500
We are a group of 25 teens who meet once a month in the Nero Young Adult Room to plan teen programs, do volunteer work for the library, eat pizza and enjoy some serious laughter as we take a break from our crazy lives of school, sports, music, art and more.
What is TAB - the Teen Advisory Board?
500
Author of the Twilight series tells the story of Bella who moves to a gloomy town in Washington state, where she is befriended by a vampire.
Who is Stephenie Meyer?
500
In the 1880s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created this fictional detective who became one of the world's best known literary characters.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
500
This series tells about a twelve-year-old boy who learns that he has unique abilities - he is a demigod - half human, half immortal.
What is Percy Jackson & The Olympians?
500
The story by Charles Dickens was made into a movie that tells of miserly Scrooge, who is changed by visits from three ghosts.
What is A Christmas Carol?
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