1. Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (2010) tells the story of a toddler adopted by the ghosts who live in a graveyard near his house. The boy’s surname is Owens, but what is his first name?

   1. Everybody

   2. Nobody

   3. Somebody

   4. Ghosty

2. Two boys find a stash of money that seems to have fallen from the sky in Frank Cottrell Boyce’s Millions (2004). Why must they spend it all so quickly?

   1. They are greedy

   2. It’s magic money that will vanish in 24 hours

   3. The police are looking for the money

   4. England is about to change its currency

3. Which Angel does Michael help in David Almond’s Skellig (1998)?

   1. Gabriel

   2. Raphael

   3. Michael

   4. Lucifer

4. Which year did Jennifer Donnelly’s A Gathering Light win the award?

   1. 1973

   2. 1983

   3. 1993

   4. 2003

5. Philip Reeve’s Here Lies Arthur (2008) is a re-telling of the tales of King Arthur and his knights of the round table - with some changes! What does he call Arthur’s famous sword, Excalibur, given to him by the Lady of the Lake?

   1. Gwyna

   2. Myrddin

   3. Caliburn

   4. Maelwas of Dumnonia

6. Tamar (2005) is the only one of Mal Peet’s books for young adults not to be based around which sport?

   1. Football

   2. Cricket

   3. Tennis

   4. Beach volleyball

7. Melvin Burgess’s gritty story about drugs and running away from home, Junk (1996), is set in which seaside town?

   1. Plymouth

   2. Bristol

   3. Southampton

   4. Cardiff

8. Aidan Chambers’s 1999 winning tale of love, war and growing up sees Jacob Todd travel to Holland for a memorial to his grandfather who died in world war two. What is the title of the book?

   1. Memories from No Man’s Land

   2. Photographs from No Man’s Land

   3. Letters from No Man’s Land

   4. Postcards From No Man's Land

9. What inspires toddler Charlie Chase to try and fly in Meg Rosoff’s Just in Case (2007)?

   1. A fly

   2. A blackbird

   3. A plane

   4. Superman

10. The twins Florida and Dallas in Sharon Creech’s Ruby Holler (2002) are named after the contents of the box that they were found abandoned in as babies. What was in the box?

    1. Tourist leaflets

    2. Postcards

    3. Bumper stickers

    4. Maps

Solutions

1:B, 2:D, 3:A, 4:D, 5:C, 6:A, 7:B, 8:D, 9:B, 10:A

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   You’ve drawn a blank there! Perhaps you spent too long chewing your pen and not enough time using it? Don’t leave with your tale between your legs - have another go!

2. 9 and above.

   My word, that was close! Put pen to paper and get writing - there’s still time to make a happy ending.

3. 10 and above.

   Congratulations, you got them all!