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NOT JUST FOR CHILDREN

Test your knowledge of the best writing coming out of the UK – it's not just being read by children! If you need some help, all the answers can be found on the 12–18 compass.

 

Question 1.
Northern Lights is the first book in the trilogy by Philip Pullman of what name?

Her Dark Materials

His Dark Materials

His Dark Minerals

Her Dank Minimals
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Question 2.
Which writer has created a series of books featuring 14-year-old spy Alex Rider?

Philip Pullman

J. K. Rowling

Janni Howker

Anthony Horowitz
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Question 3.
What's the title of Marjorie Blackman's tale of a boy who needed a heart transplant and was offered an unusual solution?

Pig-Heart Boy

The Heart Transplant Kid

The Boy Without a Heart

Roboheart
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Question 4.
In Mark Haddon's book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, what does the narrator, Christopher, suffer from?

Colour-blindness

Asperger's Syndrome

Haddon's Syndrome

Hiccups
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Question 5.
Who wrote the book Holly Starcross, in which the heroine discovers she has a mystery e-mail correspondent and a stalker?

Melvin Burgess

Melvyn Bragg

Burly T. Docker

Berlie Docherty
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Question 6.
In which book by David Almond is a strange creature – part owl, part angel – discovered in a garage?

Kelligs

Skellig

Legliks

Giskel
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Question 7.
Who wrote the book Up on Cloud Nine, in which Stolly has, apparently accidentally, fallen out of a top-floor window?

Anne Alwright

Anne Grate

Anne Fine

Anne Fantastic
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Question 8.
How many books have been published so far in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling?

Three

Four

Five

Six
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Question 9.
Who wrote the book Pictures of the Night, part of the Definitions series, in which Bella has to find out if her stepmother is as wicked as she seems?

Adele Geras

J. K. Rowling

Madonna

Sarah Ferguson
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Question 10.
In which book by Melvin Burgess does rebellious teenager Sandra find herself transformed into a dog?

Doing It

Dog Days

Lady: my life as a bitch

A Shaggy Dog Story
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