Authors
Dystopian Novels
First Lines
Book Club 2012
Genres
100
Author of the HARRY POTTER series.
Who is J.K. ROWLING?
100
MOCKINGJAY is the final book in this popular dystopian series.
What is THE HUNGER GAMES?
100
“Where’s Papa going with that ax?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”
What is CHARLOTTE'S WEB?
100
After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, he must learn to survive in the modern world.
What is THE TRIALS OF APOLLO?
100
The HARRY POTTER series, the DRAGON SLIPPERS series, and the FABLEHAVEN series are examples of this genre.
What is FANTASY?
200
Author of HUNGER GAMES and GREGOR THE OVERLANDER series.
Who is SUZANNE COLLINS?
200
Three teens named Connor, Risa, and Lev embark on a journey in order to hide and escape from a society that salvages body parts from unwanted children.
What is UNWIND?
200
"Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood."
What is THE LIGHTNING THIEF?
200
Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica.
What is ECHO?
200
The NANCY DREW series, the HARDY BOYS series, and the 39 CLUES series are examples of this genre.
What is MYSTERY?
300
Author of PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS series.
Who is RICK RIORDAN?
300
The latest book in Utah author James Dashner's dystopian MAZE RUNNER series, which will be released at the end of September.
What is THE FEVER CODE?
300
"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of #4 Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
What is HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE?
300
Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him.
What is THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE?
300
ENDER'S GAME, LIFE AS WE KNEW IT, and 2001, A SPACE ODYSSEY are examples of this genre.
What is SCIENCE FICTION?
400
Author of ERAGON, ELDEST, BRISINGR, and INHERITANCE.
Who is Christopher Paolini?
400
In this series Cassia has always trusted the Society to make decisions for her, but when she is being paired with her ideal mate, a second face flashes on the screen, and Cassia begins to doubt the Society as she tries to decide who she truly loves.
What is MATCHED?
400
"There are places you can go, and a guy as smart as you has a decent chance of surviving to eighteen."
What is UNWIND?
400
For Steve, summer is just another season of worries. Worries about his sick newborn brother, worries about his parents who are struggling to cope, even worries about the wasp’s nest looming from the eaves. So when a mysterious wasp queen invades his dreams, offering to “fix” the baby, Steve thinks his prayers have been answered.
What is NEST?
400
HATCHET, DOWNRIVER, NIGHT OF THE TWISTER, and SIGN OF THE BEAVER are examples of this genre.
What is ADVENTURE or SURVIVAL?
500
This popular series about a boy who has who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop his Legacies was written by an author with the fictional name of Piccatus Lore.
What is I AM NUMBER FOUR?
500
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
What is AMONG THE HIDDEN?
500
"He began his new life standing up, surrounded by cold darkness and stale, dusty air."
What is THE MAZE RUNNER?
500
This group of rag-tag boys shocked the world by challenging one of the greatest teams at the Olympics and by so doing, challenged Hitler himself
What is THE BOYS IN THE BOAT?
500
NUMBER THE STARS, JOHNNY TREMAIN, CHAINS, and THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS are examples of this genre.
What is HISTORICAL FICTION?