Coming of Age
Dystopian
Tough Stuff
Why YA?
Authors
100

This young girl has to learn to find her voice and speak out for her murdered friend in The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.

Who is Starr Carter

100

This drunken mentor/former winner of the Hunger Games, introduced in the first novel, is the main character in the prequel novel, Sunrise on the Reaping.

Who is Haymitch Abernathy?

100

This Robert Frost poem became a symbolic link between Ponyboy and Johnny during their time hiding out in the church.

What is Nothing Gold Can Stay?

100

Seventeenth Summer (1942) by Maureen Daly is the first real instance of a book in this genre (hint: it's the name of the class)

What is Young Adult Literature?

100

This author went by their first initials instead of their name when writing their first book in the Harry Potter Series

Who is J.K. Rowling

200

This character, who works as a gas station employee, was played by Rob Lowe in the 1983 adaptation of The Outsiders

Who is Sodapop Curtis

200

In Divergent by Veronica Roth, Tris leaves her family to join this faction to join, known for their bold and daring actions.

What is Dauntless?

200

The opposite of Dystopia, this term means a perfect society.

What is Utopia?

200

This short story by YA author Dhonielle Clayton, was our first piece of YA literature we read this year, exploring relationships and paranoia in romance.

What is Weight?

200

This Hunger games author was inspired to write the series by interchanging TV coverage of game shows mixed with the Iraq War in the early 2000's.

Who is Suzanne Collins?

300

This character from the Outsiders was killed by Johnny when he attempts to drown Ponyboy.

Who is Bob?

300

There are the creatures that threaten the characters in The Maze Runner.

What are Grievers?

300

This 2001 Wendelin Van Draanen novel is told from alternating perspectives, following the love story between Bryce and Lori.

What is Flipped?

300

Novels like Speak, by this author, can help young readers to navigate uncomfortable and adult topics in a safe way?

Who is Laurie Halse Anderson?
300

This author of The Maze Runner won the 
Whitney Award for Best Youth Fiction 

Who is James Dashner?

400

The phrase The Hate U Give is an acronym that comes from a short lived 90's rap group led by this famous rapper, which inspired the Title of Angie Thomas' book.

Who is Tupac Shakur?

400

This baby in The Giver, symbolizes the hope Jonas has for the future, leading to his eventual escape to Elsewhere.

Who is Gabriel?

400

This former Naked Brother Band lead singer played Issac in the 2014 adaptation of John Green's A Fault in Our Stars.

Who is Nat Wolff?

400

This series of young adult horror novels, which started with Welcome to Dead House in 1992, were written by Robert Stine, and served as many reader's first experience with horror stories.

What is Goosebumps?

400

Written by this author, Dear Martin is an exploration on the idea of non-violent protests, seeing if MLK's ideas would work in our Modern World.

Who is Nic Stone?

500

This MCU star plays King in the 2018 adaptation of The Hate U Give.

Who is Anthony Mackie?
500

This George Orwell novel which talked about the future at the time it was written in 1949, is known by many as the first famous Dystopian Novel

What is 1984?

500

The german term still frequently used for a Coming-of-Age story exploring themes of growth, self-discovery, and moral understanding through significant experiences

What is a Bildungsroman?

500

This was the woman from this Public library system, who listed all of the young adult novels in a collection called “Books for Older Boys and Girls”, which would evolve into what we know today as Young Adult Literature. (name the woman or the city her library was in)

Who is Anne Carroll Moore OR Where is New York City?
500

This author was only 15 when she wrote and published her first book, inspired by the class divides in her hometown in Oklahoma. 

Who is S.E. Hinton?