Famous quotes
“‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.’”
Charlotte's Web
A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?
The Polar Express
Aimed at an adult audience, the 1998 novel "Summer Sisters" is by what American author better known for children's and young-adult literature like "Superfudge" and "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?"
Judy Blume
Not signifying someone smart with Lincolns, but rather a sewer-dweller, what is the name of the dancing clown in Stephen King's famed horror novel "It?"
Pennywise
What "phony" and "lousy" book by J.D. Salinger was Mark David Chapman holding when he killed John Lennon?
Catcher in the Rye
“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”
The Velveteen Rabbit
In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," what magical country does the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas?
Narnia
Jack, Simon, Piggy, and Roger are four of the young characters that make up the cast in what 1954 novel?
Lord of the Flies
Widely considered the best-selling true crime book in history, what 1974 book was co-written by the prosecutor in the 1970 trial of Charles Manson? The work shares its name with a Beatles song considered influential in the evolution of heavy metal music.
Helter Skelter
First mentioned in "The Goblet of Fire," what is the name for a magically enchanted object in the Harry Potter universe that allows for the apparition-less transportation of multiple people at once upon touching the object?
Portkey
“Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.”
The Outsiders
Named after a London railway station, what fictional literary bear was originally a stowaway from "Darkest Peru?"
Paddington Bear
What famed children's author said the following? "I answer all my children's letters – sometimes very hastily – but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, 'Dear Jim: I loved your card.' Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said: 'Jim loved your card so much he ate it.' That to me was one of the highest compliments I've ever received."
Maurice Sendak
Which horror novel, released in 1971, purports to be based on a real event that occurred in 1949?
The Exorcist
Because it was the setting for many of her stories, the city of Eatonville, Florida hosts an annual festival dedicated to her. She's often considered a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
“You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain’t no matter.”
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In her novel "Bridget Jones's Diary," author Helen Fielding named love interest Mark Darcy after a character from what classic Jane Austen novel?
Pride and Prejudice
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
Peter Pan
What two animals can Dracula turn himself into in Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Bat and Wolf
Lilly “Shug” Avery is the free-spirited singer known for both her beautiful voice and scandalous lifestyle for the 1930s American South (specifically, Georgia) in what award-winning novel by writer Alice Walker?
The Color Purple
“And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
The Hunger Games
What 1995 coming-of-age comedy set in California is loosely based on Jane Austin's 1815 novel Emma?
Clueless
Which book was a result of a bet that Dr. Seuss couldn’t write a story with only 50 unique words?
Green Eggs and Ham
What is the alternative title of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
"A Modern Prometheus"
Charles and Caroline Ingalls, the parents from the “Little House on the Prairie” series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, are buried in which northern state, which also served as the setting for the last 5 books in the series?
South Dakota