Fables, Short Stories, Poetry, and Novels

One title character of this novel runs a 19th-century munitions and machinery factory. The other title character rules a 6th-century British monarchy. Hank Morgan travels 13 centuries into the past in which Mark Twain novel?

(A) CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT

One subject of this non-fiction book is the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. Marina Raskova [ruh- SKOH-vuh] led more than 1,000 of, quote, "the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War Two." What is this YALSA Finalist book by Elizabeth Wein [ween]?

(A) THOUSAND SISTERS

This dramatist's masterpieces include All My Sons and A View from the Bridge. He is best remembered for dramas centering on John Proctor and Willy Loman. Who wrote The Crucible and Death of a Salesman?

(ARTHUR) MILLER

This author won the Golden Kite Award for her biography Amelia Lost. Two of her works — The Great and Only Barnum and The Family Romanov — were YALSA Finalists. Give the name of this author, who earned a Sibert Honor for Giant Squid.

(CANDACE) FLEMING

In one work by this poet, the speaker "heard a fly buzz when I died." The poet explored similar topics in "I Died for Beauty" and "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain." Identify the so-called "Belle of Amherst," who also wrote "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."

(EMILY) DICKINSON

According to legend, Abraham Lincoln told this author she was "the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." Name this abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.

(HARRIET BEECHER) STOWE

This poet fictionalized a love story set during the Acadian expulsion in Evangeline [ih-VAN-juh-lin]. He used poetic license with a real colonial love triangle in "The Courtship of Miles Standish." Who was this poet of The Song of Hiawatha?

(HENRY WADSWORTH) LONGFELLOW

Some of this man's poems describe fantastic creatures like the broccolion [brock-oh-LYE-un], radishark, and bananaconda. He specializes in humorous children's poems, including "Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens" and "A Pizza the Size of the Sun." Name the poet of "Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face."

(JACK) PRELUTSKY [pruh-LUT-skee]

In his twenty-five years, this Romantic poet penned works like "Endymion" [en-DIM-ee-un] and "Hyperion" [high-PEER-ee-un]. His specialty was odes, including "To Autumn" and "Ode to a Nightingale." Identify the lyric poet of "Ode on a Grecian Urn."

(JOHN) KEATS

In one of this man's novels, a German scientist believes volcanic tubes reach our planet's core. In another, he made the Nautilus a prototype for today's submarines. Name the science fiction author of Journey to the Center of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days.

(JULES) VERNE

In one of his poems, this man asserted, quote, "I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother." Another of his poems advises, quote, "Hold fast to dreams / For if dreams die / Life is a broken- winged bird / That cannot fly." Which Harlem Renaissance poet wrote "Mother to Son"?

(LANGSTON) HUGHES

This Margaret Edwards Award winner wrote both the P. C. Hawke Mysteries and The Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch series. Maggie Tobin is the protagonist of his novel My Darling, My Hamburger. Who titled his autobiography The Pigman & Me?

(PAUL) ZINDEL [zin-DELL]

This character secretly flogs himself for a sin he committed years before the novel opens. He reveals an A-shaped mark on his chest at the time he publicly acknowledges Pearl as his daughter. Identify this Puritan minister from The Scarlet Letter.

(REVEREND ARTHUR) DIMMESDALE

This poet of A Child's Garden of Verses wrote of David Balfour's abduction in Kidnapped. He explored the nature of good and evil in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Name the novelist of Treasure Island.

(ROBERT LOUIS) STEVENSON

This man wrote of a teenager's adventures after a Portuguese fisherman saves him from drowning in the novel Captains Courageous. He included "The Elephant's Child" and "How the Leopard Got His Spots" in his collection Just So Stories. Identify the creator of Baloo and Mowgli in The Jungle Book.

(RUDYARD) KIPLING

This poet earned a Grammy Award for writing the hit Johnny Cash song "A Boy Named Sue." Almost 15 years later, he won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children when he made a cassette and LP of his book Where the Sidewalk Ends. Name this poet of A Light in the Attic.

(SHEL) SILVERSTEIN

This author won a Poe Award for the short story "The Possibility of Evil." "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts" and "Charles" are two of her better-known works. Who created the character Tessie Hutchinson in "The Lottery"?

(SHIRLEY) JACKSON

This literary character owns a Louisiana plantation located near the Red River. He encourages Sambo and Quimbo, his overseers, to be cruel to his other slaves. Who is this evil final master of the title character in Uncle Tom's Cabin?

(SIMON) LEGREE

This realist and early naturalist author published Maggie: A Girl of the Streets in 1893. His best- known work was set during the Civil War, which occurred before his birth. Give the author of The Red Badge of Courage.

(STEPHEN) CRANE

The "two teenagers" this book's subtitle references are Richard and Sasha. The so-called "crime that changed their lives" occurred when Richard set fire to Sasha's skirt, causing severe burns. What is this YALSA Finalist work by Dashka [DOSH-kuh] Slater?

(THE) 57 BUS

This Aesop fable occurs in late autumn. In it, an insect who has spent the entire summer singing and playing his fiddle begs a hard-working insect for food. Identify this fable, whose moral is, "There's a time for work and a time for play."

(THE) ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

One version of this fable ends with a villager promising to help the title character search for his lost flock. It warns the reader, "No one believes a liar, even when he is telling the truth." Name this Aesop fable about a mischievous young shepherd.

(THE) BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

This novel's protagonist serves on a team with Spitz, Dave, and Curly. That St. Bernard mix learns the so-called "law of club and fang" after being kidnapped from his California home with Judge Miller. What novel about Buck's life in the Yukon was written by Jack London?

(THE) CALL OF THE WILD

The Queen of Hearts orders this character's execution because it refuses to kiss the king's hand. It assures Alice that, like the rest of the characters in Wonderland, she is mad. Identify this enigmatic Lewis Carroll feline.

(THE) CHESHIRE CAT

This verse novel's narrator is 12-year-old Josh Bell. He and his brother, Jordan, are basketball standouts at their middle school. Give the title of this Newbery winner by Kwame [KWA-mee] Alexander.

(THE) CROSSOVER

This Aesop fable illustrates how, quote, "In a pinch, a good use of our wits may help us out." The title animal drops a series of pebbles into a vessel with a high, narrow neck. Identify this Aesop fable about an intelligent bird's quest for water.

(THE) CROW AND THE PITCHER

Skills this novel's protagonist learns include Dream Walking, Fading, and Haunting. At the book's conclusion, 15-year-old Bod leaves the title location, where he grew up under the Owenses' care. What is this spooky Newbery winner by Neil Gaiman [GAY-mun]?

(THE) GRAVEYARD BOOK

This novel's title character is a 10-year-old girl whose mother had died two years earlier in an accidental electrocution. She plans to run away from her tiny town to determine if her guardian, Brigitte, really loves her. Name this Newbery Medal-winning novel by Susan Patron [puh-TROHN].

(THE) HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY

Some critics call this fantasy novel an allegory of World War One. In it, the title character helps a group of dwarves, elves, and men defeat Smaug and his minions. Name this story of Bilbo Baggins, written by J. R. R. Tolkien [TOHL-keen].

(THE) HOBBIT

At the beginning of this novel, Matthew Maule curses Colonel Pyncheon [PIN-shun] for falsely accusing him of witchcraft. The curse is broken when Mr. Holgrave and Phoebe fall in love. What is this Nathaniel Hawthorne novel named for a real Salem domicile?

(THE) HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES

This book's subtitle is The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog. The children are William, Jacob, and Jeanne [ZHAHN], while the dog is Gwenforte [gwen-FORT]. Give the title of this Newbery Honor Book by Adam Gidwitz.

(THE) INQUISITOR'S TALE

This collection ends with the story "Her Majesty's Servants." Its other characters include Toomai [TOO-my] of the elephants, a white seal named Kotick [KOH-tick], and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Shere Khan, Baloo, and Mowgli are characters in what Rudyard Kipling compilation?

(THE) JUNGLE BOOK

This novel inaugurates a series that also includes The Magician's Nephew and Prince Caspian. In it, siblings Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy encounter Aslan and an evil sorceress after traveling through a magical armoire. Name this first novel in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia.

(THE) LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

English title, please. This novella's narrator is an unnamed pilot who crashes in the Sahara Desert. There he meets the title character, a rose-loving being whose home is Asteroid B-612. Give the title of this allegory by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [ahn-TWAHN duh sant eg-zoo-pair-EE].

(THE) LITTLE PRINCE

The narrator calls this story from My Life and Hard Times, quote, "the high-water mark of my youth in Columbus, Ohio." He describes a chaotic incident involving his father, and a mattress in the family's attic. Give the title of this humorous James Thurber story.

(THE) NIGHT THE BED FELL

This novel's second book, The Queen of Air and Darkness, introduces readers to the four Orkney brothers. Its other books are The Candle in the Wind, The Ill-Made Knight, and The Sword in the Stone. Identify this sprawling Arthurian novel by T. H. White.

(THE) ONCE AND FUTURE KING

This story's narrator, known only as The Correspondent, was based on its author. The other characters — The Oiler, The Captain, and The Cook — were also based on real people. What is this story, which Stephen Crane wrote after surviving a shipwreck?

(THE) OPEN BOAT

In this novel, Judge Marmaduke Temple founded Templeton, just as the author's father founded a New York town. It was the first novel in its series to be published, but is the fourth of five chronologically. What is this installment of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales?

(THE) PIONEERS

This short story opens with the line, "It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you." The title character, Johnny Dorset, forces his two abductors to play cowboys and Indians until they return him. What is this ironic O. Henry story?

(THE) RANSOM OF RED CHIEF

The poet wrote this work while his wife, Virginia Clemm, was gravely ill. As the speaker pines for his recently deceased Lenore, the title animal haunts his house and repeats a single word: "Nevermore." A talking black bird is the focus of what Edgar Allan Poe poem?

(THE) RAVEN

In this novel, Wilson is the so-called "Loud Soldier," while Jim Conklin is the "Tall Soldier." During the work's two-day span, Henry Fleming faces his cowardice and ultimately acts bravely. Identify this Civil War-set novel by Stephen Crane.

(THE) RED BADGE OF COURAGE

This Scott O'Dell Award-winning graphic novel is set in Kansas in 1937. Jack Clark, the 11-year-old protagonist, steals a satchel containing rain from the title antagonist. Identify this Matt Phelan [FAY- lun] work.

(THE) STORM IN THE BARN

This book's protagonist muses, quote, "I never thought being in seventh grade would mean so many death threats." Mrs. Baker forces Holling Hoodhood to read Shakespearean plays while his classmates receive religious instruction. Name this Newbery Honor Book by Gary D. Schmidt.

(THE) WEDNESDAY WARS

Throughout much of this novel, a snowstorm traps 16 people in the Sunset Towers apartment building. They pair up to solve clues that will make one of them an heir to a late industrialist's fortune. What is this Newbery-winning mystery novel by Ellen Raskin?

(THE) WESTING GAME

This novel's title character is Hannah Tupper, a Quaker whom the Puritans banished from their colony. She befriends Kit Tyler, a Barbados native who finds New England life challenging. Identify this Newbery Medal-winning novel by Elizabeth George Speare.

(THE) WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND

A YALSA Finalist biography of this man recounts his time at the Russian Imperial Ballet School. It mentions the other artists who helped make him the breakout star of the Ballets Russes [bal-AY ROOS]. Name this so-called "god of dance," the subject of a Lynn Curlee book.

(VASLAV) NIJINSKY [VAH-sluhf nih-ZHIN-skee]

This poet described the sounds of various laborers in "I Hear America Singing." The speaker both celebrates and contradicts himself in his "Song of Myself." Identify this eulogizer of Abraham Lincoln in "O Captain! My Captain!"

(WALT) WHITMAN

This literary category encompasses parables and fables. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and George Orwell's Animal Farm are examples. Name this type of narrative, whose literal meaning hides a symbolic one.

ALLEGORY

The subjects of this book were collectively called the "Mercury 13." They were the women who successfully completed NASA's Lovelace Woman in Space program. Give the title of this Sibert Medal winner by Tanya Lee Stone.

ALMOST ASTRONAUTS

This tall tale character used the Great Lakes as his watering holes. He also helped his master create Minnesota's 10,000 lakes. Identify this strangely colored bovine friend of Paul Bunyan.

BABE (THE BLUE OX)

As its first four stanzas make clear, this poem is set in Frederick, Maryland. Its title character admonishes Stonewall Jackson, "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, / But spare your country's flag." Give the name of this Civil War poem by John Greenleaf Whittier.

BARBARA FRIETCHIE [FRITCH-ee]

This YALSA Finalist tackles alcoholism, gang activity, and a controversial constitutional amendment. As its subtitle states, its overarching themes include murder, moonshine, and the lawless years of Prohibition. What is this Karen Blumenthal book?

BOOTLEG

This book provides background context — namely, habitat loss and poaching — for the title animal's endangered status. It includes photos of Chinese scientists dressed as these animals, whom they raise in captivity with the aim of reintroducing them to the wild. Name this Sibert Honor Book written by Catherine Thimmesh [TIM-ish].

CAMP PANDA

A note at the beginning of this poem calls it "A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888." Statues of the title man stand in the home of the Little League World Series and at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Give the title of this humorous sports poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.

CASEY AT THE BAT

This book's subtitle characterizes it as, quote, "An Ode to the Fresh Cut." It celebrates the power and self-confidence a haircut can give young boys. Name this Derrick Barnes Newbery Honor Book.

CROWN

This novel's characters include Bunny Huffer, Mr. Spizz, and Miss Volker. Eleven-year-old Jack spends the summer of 1962 grounded for firing his dad's Japanese sniper rifle at the local drive-in movie screen. What is this Newbery Medal-winning Jack Gantos [GAN-tos] novel?

DEAD END IN NORVELT

This novel is structured as a series of letters written by Leigh Botts. Leigh tells the title author of his own hopes and fears, and later records his thoughts in a diary. Give the title of this Beverly Cleary Newbery winner.

DEAR MR. HENSHAW

In this Newbery Honor Book's frame story, Otto retrieves the spirits of three princesses and stores them in a harmonica. Over the decades, that instrument finds its way to Friedrich Schmidt, Mike Flannery, and Ivy Maria Lopez. What is this Pam Muñoz Ryan novel?

ECHO

Novels with this structure include Dracula and Dear Mr. Henshaw. Give the word for a novel that is written as a series of letters.

EPISTOLARY [uh-PIST-uh-lair-ee] (NOVEL)

This book's subjects are Robert Capa and Gerda Taro. They were pioneering photojournalists who collaborated to capture images of the Spanish Civil War. Give the title of this YALSA Finalist work by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos [BOOD-hohs].

EYES OF THE WORLD

This Newbery winner features illustrations — including comic book panels — by K. G. Campbell. The title characters are a young girl with an unhappy home life and her flying, poetry writing squirrel. Identify this second book to win a Newbery Medal for Kate DiCamillo [dee-kuh-MILL-oh].

FLORA AND ULYSSES

This YALSA Finalist book teaches the reader typeface terminology and the psychological effects of color combinations. It also includes an eight-page history of graphic design. Identify this Chip Kidd work.

GO

Lands in this work include Blefuscu [BLEF-uh-skoo] and the flying island of Laputa [lah-POOT-uh]. The title character encounters brutish Yahoos, intelligent Houyhnhnms [WIN-umz], and tiny Lilliputians [lil-uh-PYOO-shunz]. Give the title of this Jonathan Swift fantasy.

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

The protagonist of this Newbery Honor Book is 13-year-old Brian Robeson. After a plane crash, he survives alone for 54 days in the northern Canadian wilderness. Give the one-word title of this Gary Paulsen book.

HATCHET

This picture book's narrator is a 100-year-old woman. She recounts African-American history from colonial times through the civil rights movement. Give the title of this King Author Award book, written and illustrated by Kadir [kuh-DEER] Nelson.

HEART AND SOUL

This Sibert Honor Book describes water freezing, quote, "soft as a feather," end quote, and snowflakes, quote, "fancier than lace." It examines the various forms the title substance takes, from a dewdrop all the way to an ocean. Identify this Antoinette Portis book.

HEY, WATER!

This novel includes stories of Kissin' Kate Barlow and Elya Yelnats. Elya's great-great grandson Stanley spends a summer at Camp Green Lake, where he breaks his family's ancestral curse. Give the title of this Louis Sachar [SACK-er] Newbery winner.

HOLES

Include at least a first name in your answer. This character survives being kidnapped by his drunken, violent father. He meets the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords, as well as con men claiming to be a duke and a dauphin [doh-FAN]. Name this traveling companion of Jim in a Mark Twain novel.

HUCK(LEBERRY FINN)

This novel's protagonist has three older brothers named Khoi [koy], Vu [voo], and Quang [kwang]. Hà moves to Alabama with her family after narrowly escaping the chaos of Saigon. Give the title of this Newbery Honor Book, written by Thanhhà Lại [TANG-ha LIE].

INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN

This novel's protagonist ends up as a nurse-midwife in a small Appalachian town. Sara Louise Bradshaw grows up on Rass Island, where she lives in the shadow of her twin sister, Caroline. This is the plot of what Katherine Paterson Newbery Medal winner?

JACOB HAVE I LOVED

In this novel, the protagonist's family moves from Iowa to Georgia to work in a hatchery. Katie learns about life's shining qualities from her older sister Lynn, who eventually dies of lymphoma. Name this Newbery-winning novel, written by Cynthia Kadohata [kah-doh-HAH-tah].

KIRA-KIRA

An example of this poetic style is, "There was a Young Lady whose chin / Resembled the point of a pin; / So she had it made sharp / And purchased a harp, / And played several tunes with her chin." That poem was written by Edward Lear, a master of this style. Give the name of a five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme and a humorous subject.

LIMERICK

This novel opens in Concord, Massachusetts, a few days before Christmas in 1860. It concludes with the establishment of Plumfield School and the celebration of Marmee's 60th birthday. Identify this first novel about the March sisters, written by Louisa May Alcott.

LITTLE WOMEN

Among this novel's minor characters are Father Mapple, Fedallah the harpooner, and Captain Boomer. Flask, Stubb, Queequeg [KWEE-kweg], and Starbuck are all crewmembers of the Pequod [PEE-kwahd]. Give the title of Captain Ahab's pursuit of the title white whale, written by Herman Melville.

MOBY-DICK(; OR, THE WHALE)

In this novel, Lettie and Ruthanne help the protagonist investigate the mystery of the Rattler. Abilene Tucker learns of her father's early years while she spends the summer in the title Kansas town. Identify this novel, which earned a Newbery Medal for Clare Vanderpool.

MOON OVER MANIFEST

This biography opens with its subject's Boston childhood and ends with his conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic. Its subject conducted many televised Young People's Concerts and composed such musicals as West Side Story. What YALSA Finalist biography of Leonard Bernstein was written by Susan Goldman Rubin?

MUSIC WAS IT

A character who serves this literary purpose may be unreliable. They can have a limited or omniscient point of view. Give the word for the person who tells a story.

NARRATOR

This part of speech is either abstract or concrete. It also might be collective, common, or proper. What part of speech names an idea, thing, place, or person?

NOUN

Most critics agree that the first work in this genre was Japan's The Tale of Genji [GEN-jee]. However, the Western world first encountered the form in Don Quixote [kee-HO-tay]. What word names a long, fictional prose work?

NOVEL

This novel focuses on the Jewish exodus from Nazi-occupied Denmark. Annemarie Johansen's family helps Ellen Rosen and her parents escape to Sweden. Name this Newbery winner by Lois Lowry.

NUMBER THE STARS

This poem is an extended metaphor in which a ship represents the post-Civil War United States. The speaker mourns the death of the title character, whose body lies, quote, "fallen cold and dead." Name this elegy of Abraham Lincoln by Walt Whitman.

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!

The characters in one of this man's best-known stories are Sam, Bill, and Johnny. His other masterpiece examines how financial pressures affect the marriage of Della and Jim Young. Identify the author of "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "The Gift of the Magi."

O. HENRY

The Latin name for this mythological hero was Ulysses. The king of Ithaca, he spent a decade trying to return home after the Trojan War. Give the name of this hero of Homer's second great epic poem.

ODYSSEUS

In this verse novel, a preteen girl and her pregnant mother move in with relatives in Cincinnati. Jude struggles with the transition to American life, and also with leaving behind her father and her brother, Issa. Name this Newbery Honor Book set partially amid the Syrian civil war, written by Jasmine Warga.

OTHER WORDS FOR HOME

This novel includes a sixth-grade teacher from Zambia and an anticipated concert by the Jackson Five. The title is Cecile's repeated advice to Delphine, her preteen daughter and the novel's narrator. Identify this second Rita Williams-Garcia Gaither Sisters book.

P. S. BE ELEVEN

This novel is set in New Jersey in the summer of 1953. The title character is a preteen who splits her time between her mother's WASP and her father's Italian families. Give the name of this Newbery Honor Book, written by Jennifer Holm.

PENNY FROM HEAVEN

In this novel, Catherine befriends Kristi, a popular girl who lives next door. She also makes friends with Jason, a nonverbal boy who attends the same occupational therapy as Catherine's autistic brother, David. Identify this Newbery Honor Book written by Cynthia Lord.

RULES

TV shows that employ this literary technique include The Colbert [kohl-BEAR] Report and Saturday Night Live. A noted literary example is Gulliver's Travels. What genre may use sarcasm or irony to ridicule human vices and follies?

SATIRE

This Newbery Honor Book is structured as a series of campfire stories told to small animals. The intertwined stories focus on Mia and Uly, two young kits who face danger as they attempt to reunite with their families. What is this book by Christian McKay Heidicker [HIGH-duh-ker]?

SCARY STORIES FOR YOUNG FOXES

This book's title refers to the quilts slaves made as maps to freedom. Based on the author's own family history, it traces Soonie's family from her great-grandmother to her daughter. What is this Newbery Honor Book written by Jacqueline Woodson?

SHOW WAY

In some stories, this tall tale woman is rescued from a perilous situation and lives happily ever after with her new husband. In others, that husband is forced to shoot her to stop her bouncing to the moon and back to Earth. Give the name of Pecos Bill's sweetheart.

SLUE-FOOT SUE

This story's protagonist is Terry, a boy who is ashamed when his father's eyes, quote, "go away." He later understands that his father suffers from PTSD after serving in the Vietnam War. What is this Gary Paulsen short story?

STOP THE SUN

This story describes one of its two characters as, quote, "a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails." Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones gives Roger, a would-be pickpocket, a meal and $10 to buy blue suede shoes. Give the title of this short story by Langston Hughes.

THANK YOU M'AM

In this novel, the protagonist meets Humpty Dumpty and encounters the poem "Jabberwocky." She reaches a world in which everything is backwards by traveling through the mirror in her living room. What is this sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS

This character raises an orphaned Indian boy whose mother was a friend of hers. She temporarily falls in love with Bottom, despite the latter's donkey ears. Name this queen of the fairies and wife of Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

TITANIA [tih-TAHN-ee-ah, tie-TAY-nee-uh]

In this story, the protagonist faces nine hours of hiking in minus 75 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. His canine companion survives, but the man dies of hypothermia because he cannot perform the title activity. Name this examination of Yukon harshness, which was written by Jack London.

TO BUILD A FIRE

First and last name, please. This St. Petersburg, Missouri, native lives with his relatives, Mary and Sid. A charge of Aunt Polly, he has a crush on Becky Thatcher. Give the name of this Mark Twain creation, whose best friend is Huck Finn.

TOM SAWYER

Ancient Greek plays in this genre included Prometheus Bound and Oedipus [ED-uh-pus] Rex. Shakespeare wrote at least ten of them, including King Lear and Othello. Give the word for a play whose protagonist experiences a downfall.

TRAGEDY

Fittingly, this Sibert Honor Book was published 75 years after Pearl Harbor's bombing. It details how the U.S. government held Americans of a certain ancestry in concentration camps for nearly four years. What story of imprisoned Japanese-Americans was written by Albert Marrin?

UPROOTED

In this novel, Betty, the local teenage bully, dies after falling in a well. World War One veteran Toby is blamed for her death and is shot to death. Give the title of this Newbery Honor Book by Lauren Wolk.

WOLF HOLLOW