Young Adult Fantasy is a strong, diverse field. Do you know your stuff? Question 1: Robin McKinley's first Damar book, THE BLUE SWORD, was a Newbery Honor Book. What second Damar book went on to win the Newbery Medal? OUTLAWS OF SHERWOOD DEERSKIN HERO AND THE CROWN Question 2: What is the name of Eoin Colfer's 12-year-old, wealthy, super villian genius? Artemis Fowl Moll Flanders Abarat Question 3: In this Lois Lowry 1994 Newbery Medal winner, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be his utopian community's next Receiver of Memories. THE GIVER A PATCH OF BLUE SUMMERLAND Question 4: This writer of HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE and THE DARKLORD OF DERKHOLM started writing a series about a school for young wizards long before Harry Potter. Judy Blume Diana Wynne Jones Lloyd Alexander Question 5: What is the first book in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy? SUPERFUDGE CASTLE IN THE AIR THE GOLDEN COMPASS Question 6: In which book does Madeleine L'Engle write about Meg and Charles Wallace Murry's journey through space to find their missing father? A WRINKLE IN TIME OVER SEA, UNDER STONE THE BOOK OF THREE Question 7: What is unique about Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea, the setting for several of her books? it's a frozen wasteland it's an archipelago--a large group of islands it exists on the head of a pin Question 8: In Tamora Pierce's series Protector of the Small, what does the main character Kel seek to become? a knight the queen a unicorn Question 9: In Brian Jacques's Redwall series, what are the main characters? elves animals robots Question 10: In Gail Carson Levine's Cinderella story, ELLA ENCHANTED, what is Ella's curse? everything she wishes literally comes true gold coins drop from her mouth when she talks she must always obey

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