Authors
Characters
Titles
Literary Extras
Literary Genres
100
Author of The Philosopher's Stone (1997)
Who is J.K. Rowling?
100
This character was created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. He is a fictional detective who is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
100
This series follows the tragic tale of three orphans -- Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire -- who are investigating their parents' mysterious death. The siblings are saddled with an evil guardian named Count Olaf, who will do whatever it takes to get his hands on their inheritance.
What is A Series of Unfortunate Events?
100
In Aesop's fable, which animal has a race with the tortoise?
The Hare
100
This genre of literature depicts an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.
What is a dystopian literature?
200
Author of Cat in the Hat and Oh The Places You'll Go!
Who is Dr. Seuss?
200
The main character in R.J. Palacio's Wonder
Who is Auggie?
200
This is a 1908 novel by Canadian L. M. Montgomery. The novel recounts the adventures of an 11-year-old orphan girl Anne Shirley who makes her way through life with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.
What is Anne of Green Gables?
200
The Pied Piper of Hamelin was hired to rid the town of a plague of what?
Rats
200
A genre of literature that tells a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.
What is a memoir?
300
Author of The Hunger Games
Who is Suzanne Collins?
300
Ponyboy Curtis, Darrel Curtis, Sandy, Marcia
Who are characters in The Outsiders?
300
This novel by American young adult dystopian author Lois Lowry is set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses..
What is The Giver?
300
Which Canadian cartoon turtle debuted in 1986?
Franklin
300
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.
What is a parable?
400
Author of 1989 and Animal Farm
Who is George Orwell?
400
The main character in The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan sets out on a quest across the US to reach the gates of the Underworld and prevent a war between the gods.
Who is Percy Jackson?
400
William Golding’s classic story about boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity
What is Lord of the Flies?
400
Poet during the Harlem Renaissance who wrote a book of poetry titled The Weary Blues
Langston Hughes
400
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, a highly acclaimed adventure series about two friends who are desperate to save their doomed city, is what genre of fiction?
What is science fiction?
500
Author of TFiOS, LfA, and TAtWD
Who is John Green?
500
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series follows this character as he records the daily trials and triumphs of friendship, family life and middle school where undersized weaklings have to share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving!
Who is Greg Heffley?
500
This classic opens with the line ''It was the worst of times, it was the best of times"
A Tale of Two Cities
500
To date, how many novels has Canadian author Margaret Atwood published?
18! Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction.
500
A literary genre that tells fictional stories set in the past, while capturing the time period's details as accurately as possible.
What is historical fiction?