First Lines
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
This planet is known as the “red planet.”
Mars
This novel about teenage rebellion by J.D. Salinger is often challenged for language.
The Catcher in the Rye
This comic book character is known as the Man of Steel.
Superman
Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by this river-inspired pen name.
Mark Twain
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
This organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.
The Heart
This classic about racial injustice by Harper Lee is often challenged in schools.
To Kill a Mockingbird
What is the name of the fictional African country in the movie Black Panther?
Wakanda
J.K. Rowling published crime novels featuring Cormoran Strike under this pseudonym
Robert Galbraith
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
1984 - George Orwell
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
This graphic novel is often challenged due to LGBTQIA+, self-identity, and sexually explicit content.
Gender Queer
This film about oil and ambition is loosely based on Upton Sinclair’s novel, Oil.
There Will Be Blood
This horror author has also written under the pen name Richard Bachman.
Stephen King
“124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom.”
Beloved - Toni Morrison
This meteorological phenomenon is characterized by a funnel shaped cloud.
Tornado
This novel by Junot Díaz has been challenged for language and sexual content.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The movie You've Got Mail is inspired by what 1940 romantic comedy starring Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart?
The Shop Around the Corner
Eric Arthur Blair wrote dystopian classics under this pen name.
George Orwell
“I was born twice: first, as a baby girl…”
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
What is the process by which caterpillars turn into butterflies?
Metamorphosis
This French novel by Gustave Flaubert was put on trial for obscenity in 1857.
Madame Bovary
The movie Mean Girls is loosely based on what self-help book by Rosalind Wiseman?
Queen Bees and Wannabes
Mary Ann Evans used this masculine pen name to publish works during the mid 1800's in Victorian England.
George Eliot