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TEENAGE FICTION

A quiz to test teenage readers. How up-to-date are you with the latest books? If you need some help with the answers, you can find all the books listed on the enCompass 12-18 compass, or on our T-Books book list.

 

Question 1.
What's the title of Neil Arksey's book which recreates the Macbeth story in a tale of rivalry between football teams?

Is this a dagger?

Macbeth Rovers

MacB

Duncan Must Die
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Question 2.
Which bestselling author wrote Girls Out Late, the third instalment of 'Girls' adventures, in which Ellie and co struggle to cope with the curfews their parents impose? 

J.K. Rowling

Jacqueline Wilson

Terry Pratchett

J.R.R. Tolkien
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Question 3.
Benjamin Zephaniah's Refugee Boy tells the story of Alem, who arrives in England to claim asylum. But which continent has he come from?

Europe

Asia

South America

Africa
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Question 4.
Who is the teenage spy hero created by Anthony Horowitz, who features most recently in the book Scorpia?

Alex Rider

Alexandra Rider

Alexei Roder

Lex Luther
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Question 5.
Adele Geras' book Troy - like the recent film of the same name - is a dramatisation of an epic tale for a modern audience. But who is the original Greek creator of the story?

Homer

Hoper

Holer

Hoaxer
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Question 6.
Melvin Burgess, author of Doing It and Lady: my life as a bitch, also wrote a book imagining a futuristic London ruled by rebel gangs. What was it called?

Bloodspill

Bloodpool

Bloodbank

Bloodtide
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Question 7.
What's the title of Julia Bell's 2003 book about a fourteen-year-old girl with an eating disorder?

Huge

Massive

Big

Enormous
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Question 8.
Which of the following is not a book by David Almond?

The Fire Eaters

Skellig

Heaven Eyes

The Ropemaker
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Question 9.
Which author, who also published the novel Coraline, created the 'Sandman' stories?

Louis Sachar

Neil Gaiman

Stephen Elboz

David Gemmell
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Question 10.
Which book is not part of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy?

Northern Lights

The Subtle Knife

The Sorcerer's Stone

The Amber Spyglass
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