Crime Fiction Unit
Nonfiction Tour Unit
Gothic Fiction Unit
Guess the Book
Famous Authors
100

This book genre is the most popular in the UK, selling more than 18 million books a year.

Crime Fiction

100

This type of book contains collections of (usually) short lines that rhyme

Poetry

100

The name of the most famous vampire in fiction, originally from a 1897 gothic story by Bram Stroker

Dracula

100

This category gives you three words that describe a book. The books in this category are: The Hobbit, Alice's Adventure in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol, The Hunger Games, and Lord of the Flies


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The Hunger Games

100

This author wrote the Harry Potter series and is originally from Gloucestershire

J.K. Rowling

200

This type of character is very common in crime fiction stories; their job is to investigate and solve crimes

The Detective

200

This type of books contain lots of measurements, pictures, and directions

Cook books

200

Fear of small spaces

Claustrophobia

200

Bah. Humbug. Ghosts

A Christmas Carol

200

This author is famous for books including Kensuke's Kingdom and War Horse

Michael Morpurgo

300

This author is famous for his Sherlock Holmes stories

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

300

These types of books contain stories from cultures around the world about why the world works the way it does and their gods/heroes; the most famous ones are from the Greeks and Romans

Mythology or folklore

300

Fear of water

Hydrophobia

300

Ring. Invisibility. Smaug.

The Hobbit

300

These brothers have written about almost every famous footballer in their Ultimate Football Heroes series, including Ronaldo, Maradonna, and Rashford

Matt and Tom Oldfield

400

This author is famous for her characters Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot (and for vanishing for several days and being found in Harrogate)

Agatha Christie

400

This type of book is a huge collection of maps and information about countries; named after a Greek myth about a man who held up the world

Atlas

400

Fear of cats

Felinophobia

400

Rabbit. Hole. Cheshire.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

400

This author based her How to Train Your Dragon series on childhoods spent on the isolated island of Ulva in Scotland

Cressida Cowell

500

The NARRATOR (person telling the story) of the Sherlock Holmes stories is his friend _________________.

Dr. Watson

500

The name of the "most famous sheep in the world" who was the first animal cloned from an adult cell in 1996 (this information was on the handout from the science museum activity!)

Dolly the Sheep

500

Name any of the sisters from Haworth (Yorkshire) who were famous for their gothic novels including Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre

The Brontes (Anne, Emily, and Charlotte)

500

Boys. Stranded. Piggy.

Lord of the Flies

500

This author has written over 50 books for both kids and adults, but his most famous series is Alex Rider-- a series about a teen spy

Anthony Horowitz

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