Newbery House Literary Scavenger Hunt
Test your knowledge of the Newbery Award winners with this quiz.
- Who is the protagonist of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman?
- In Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, Karana makes friends with which animal?
- Sounder is the name of ________.
- In Jacob Have I Loved, Sara Louise is jealous of whom?
- What are the people in Jonas's hometown unable to do in The Giver?
- Why wouldn't the yellow-spotted lizards bite Zero and Stanley at the end of Holes by Louis Sachar?
- What is Miss Hickory made of?
- In what year did The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Van Loon win the first-ever Newbery award?
- Two books of poetry have been awarded the Newbery. Titles and authors?
- In Bridge to Terabithia, what is Terabithia?
- In The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, where do Jamie and Claudia live after running away from home?
- What does kira kira mean?
- In Moon Over Manifest, where is Manifest?
- How do the Murry children travel through space and time in A Wrinkle in Time?
- Which American president was the subject of a Newbery winner?
- In what book does the main character’s name change from Brat to Beetle to Alyce?
- In Flora and Ulysses, what comic book super hero does Flora compare Ulysses to?
- What book takes place in Copenhagen during WWII?
- In what book is the main character a mail-order bride from Maine?
- In A Year Down Yonder whom does Mary Alice visit?