Not only the first name of a mystery novel, but also a trademark Jeopardy color
What is Blue?
100
A book that focuses on some boys that are definitely not the in-crowd.
What is The Outsiders ?
100
A young, married man who just wants to fulfill his dream of owning his own business, but can't seem to get support from the people he loves
Who is Walter Younger?
100
The city in which both A Raisin in the Sun and Chasing Vermeer were set.
What is Chicago?
100
Darry, Johnny, and Ponyboy became heroes because they did this
What is saved children from a burning building?
200
A playwright not only wrote about moving into a predominantly white neighborhood in the 1950s - she lived it.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
200
A book whose title comes from a line in a Langston Hughes Poem
What is A Raisin in the Sun?
200
The 12 year old who wields the power to transmit memories through touch
Who is Jonas?
200
The year in which the yellow fever hit its peak, and in which a fictional book about the yellow fever takes place.
What is 1793?
200
In order to continue running the coffeehouse, Maddie asked Eliza to become this
What is a business partner?
300
This author writes about tough boys from the wrong side of tracks. Other books by this author include Tex and That Was Then...This Is Now.
Who is S.E. Hinton?
300
A phrase made up of both English and Spanish, just like the book it names.
What is crazy loco?
300
The youngest of three orphaned boys who decides to do his best to "stay gold."
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
300
The fictional city where bullying drove two students to plot a school shooting
What is Middleton?
300
This is something the Younger family decides to do, which results in a visit from a not-so-welcoming white man.
What is move into a white neighborhood?
400
An author who wrote a book where the world has been covered in Sameness, and who has the same letter at the start her first and last name.
Who is Lois Lowry?
400
A book title that also names an important character within the book
What is The Giver ?
400
A high school student who, though brilliant, became depressed and violent from the pressures of the athletes at his school and his mother's divorce
Who is Gary Searle?
400
A Raisin in the Sun was first performed in this year.
What is 1959?
400
These are puzzle pieces that are fun to play with - and reveal some clues about where a stolen painting is hiding
What are pentominoes?
500
This filmmaker produced a movie that tries to figure out why America has so much school violence
Who is Michael Moore?
500
A book title that makes you think that you are running after an artist
What is Chasing Vermeer?
500
The dynamic duo that solves mysteries by making strange connections between seemingly unrelated objects
Who are Calder Pillay and Petra Andalee?
500
When trying to escape their community, Jonas and Gabriel are trying to get to this place.
What is Elsewhere?
500
The shooters in Give a Boy a Gun used this particular type of weapon, that shoots lots of bullets but has poor aim, to terrorize the students in their school