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100

This person is Book Club President

Who is Amelia?

100

This British author created a boy wizard who lived under the stairs at 4 Privet Drive

Who is J.K. Rowling?

100

A hobbit named Frodo must destroy a powerful ring in this fantasy classic.

What is The Lord of the Rings?


100

A story that teaches a moral, often using animals as characters, is called a ___.

What is a fable?

100

A book with spaceships, futuristic tech, and aliens would belong to this genre.

What is science fiction?


200

This is the year APECHS first opened.

What is the year 2010?

200

This American author is known for Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath.

Who is John Steinbeck?

200

 In this novel, a girl named Katniss volunteers as tribute in a deadly competition.

What is The Hunger Games?

200

The central idea or underlying message of a literary work is its ___.

What is the theme?

200

A novel where the central focus is love and relationships belongs to this genre.

What is romance?

300

This is the name and author of your president's favorite book

What is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen?

300

This author wrote The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian classic often studied in schools.

Who is Margaret Atwood?

300

This novel opens with “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

What is A Tale of Two Cities?


300

A word that imitates the sound it represents, like “buzz” or “clang.”

What is onomatopoeia?


300

Stories of knights, quests, and mythical creatures are part of this genre.

What is fantasy?

400

This is the building that the library is in

What is building four?

400

 This Russian novelist is famous for Anna Karenina and War and Peace.

Who is Leo Tolstoy?

400

This book follows Offred in the oppressive Republic of Gilead.

What is The Handmaid’s Tale?

400

A brief story that begins a book and gives background information is a ___.

What is a prologue?


400

A genre that blends mystery and horror, often featuring ghosts or haunted houses.

What is gothic fiction?

500

This were the president(s) of book club last year

Who are Shira and Malak?

500

 This Nigerian author wrote Things Fall Apart, a landmark of African literature.

Who is Chinua Achebe?

500

 In this novel, Sethe is haunted by the ghost of her dead child.

What is Beloved?

500

When an author refers to another work of literature, history, or culture in their text, it’s called an ___.

What is an allusion?


500

This subgenre of fantasy is set in modern times but with hidden magical elements (think Percy Jackson or Harry Potter).

 What is urban fantasy?