This novel ends with the line, "Over the river a golden ray of sun came through the hosts of leaden rain clouds," paralleling the opening description of fog passing "reluctantly from the earth." Henry Fleming serves with the Union Army alongside "The Tattered Soldier," Wilson, and Jim Conklin. What is this Stephen Crane novel?

This novella's supporting characters include the servant Mrs. Grose and an unnamed bachelor uncle. A governess witnesses the ghosts of Miss Jessel and Peter Quint as she cares for young siblings Miles and Flora. What is this long ghost story by Henry James?

Named after a county in the U.K., this character is the first to inform Alice that both the Hatter and the March Hare are mad. A member of the Duchess's household, it can disappear at will. What is this grinning feline from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

This winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award imagined a bus hijacking in After the First Death, while the Avenger punishes teenage vandals in We All Fall Down. Adam Farmer is the protagonist of his 1977 young adult novel I Am the Cheese. Who also wrote the frequently banned book The Chocolate War?

This short story character is initially recognized only by Peter Vanderdonk, his village's oldest man. After carousing with Henry Hudson's ghostly crew, he takes a nap and discovers a changed world upon awakening. Who is this Washington Irving character who spends two decades slumbering?

This novel's protagonist travels halfway across Nebraska with her brothers Fish and Samson, as well as acquaintances Bobbi and Will Junior. After discovering a superpower on her thirteenth birthday, Mibs Beaumont reaches a Kansas hospital where her father miraculously awakens from a coma. What is this Newbery Honor Book by Ingrid Law?

This son of Uther Pendragon is the half-brother of sorceress Morgan le Fay. After he fights the evil Mordred, he travels to Avalon to recover from his wounds. Who is this husband of Guinevere and ruler of the mythical kingdom Camelot?

This non-fiction book profiles the mentor of Bill Baird, the man who mentored Muppets creator Jim Henson. After immigrating from England, Tony Sarg designed the Wondertown. What is the title of this book?

What is this True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet?

This daughter of a Congregationalist minister lived for eighteen years in Cincinnati, just across the Ohio River from slave communities in Kentucky. After moving to Maine, she wrote a novel about sweet Little Eva, cruel Simon Legree, and a pious slave. Who was this writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

This story begins, "They said that José was born with a ring of dirt around his neck, with grime under his fingernails, and skin calloused from the grainy twist of a shovel." After Mr. Clemens falls and hits his head in an empty pool, José calls for help while his lazy cousin Arnie runs away. What is this Gary Soto story?

In this novel, sisters Isabel and Ruth work for the Locktons, Loyalists who subvert the Patriots' revolutionary efforts. After Ruth is sent to Charleston, Isabel escapes to New Jersey with her friend, fellow slave, and patriot spy Curzon. What is this Scott O'Dell Award winner, the prequel to Forge, by Laurie Halse Anderson?

This tall tale hero's birth name was Nat Love. After slavery ended, he moved west, where he won rodeo contests, survived capture by Native Americans, and drove cattle. Who was this African-American cowboy, whose nickname derived from a series of Edward Lytton Wheeler dime novels?

This diverse novel's cast includes a Japanese-American psychic, a quiet Filipino-American boy, and a deaf nature lover. After Virgil and his pet guinea pig become trapped in a well, Valencia, Kaori, Gen, and Chet must band together to save them. What is this Newbery Medal-winning Erin Entrada Kelly novel?

This character lives her final days in a room with her kittens, piano, and dolls, as well as her father's books and her younger sister's sketches. Aged thirteen at the novel's opening, she dies a few years later after a second bout of scarlet fever. Who is this shyest March sister from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women?

What is this aristocratic Kentucky family from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

This novel's title character befriends intense Beverly Tapinski and fragile Louisiana Elefante. All three girls are contestants in the Little Miss Central Florida Tire pageant, which the protagonist hopes will convince her father to come home. What is this National Book Award Finalist by Kate DiCamillo?

In this man's best-known series, gifted children from around the world are boarded and trained at Battle School. Among those children are the orphan Bean, and Andrew Wiggin, who leads humanity's defense against the Buggers. Who is the creator of Ender's Shadow and Ender's Game?

Who is the author of the novel Ender's Game?

About half of this poem's words were made up by its author, and therefore assume any meaning the reader ascribes to them. Among those nonsense words are "frumious," "vorpal," "manxome," "uffish," and "frabjous." What is this poem about an imaginary creature's slaying, which appears in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass?

Among this novel's characters are Girl Scouts Mertie-Jo Kernecky and Betsy Howdi, news publisher Mr. Greene, and Mr. Huffer, who owns a funeral parlor. As punishment for firing his dad's gun, Jack spends the summer helping Miss Volker write obituaries for the local paper. What is this Newbery winner by Jack Gantos?

This play ends with one of the main characters attending the Perkins Institute, the alma mater of the other protagonist. Based on a true story, it witnesses a twenty-one-year-old teacher's attempts to help a disabled girl communicate and understand the world. What is this play about Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller by William Gibson?

This character reluctantly returns to Europe after the inhabitants of Houyhnhnmland deem him a too-intelligent Yahoo. Before that, he is shipwrecked on a flying island, and lives for a time among giants and six-inch-tall South Sea Islanders. Who is this ship's doctor, whose travels are the subject of a Jonathan Swift novel?

Characters in this novel include twelve-year-old Chaparral Brayburn, the mythical Great Uncle Banjo, and alligator wrestler Jaeger Stitch. Bingo and J'Miah gather intelligence for the benevolent, sugarcane-eating creature who rules the title location. What is this novel about heroic raccoon brothers by Kathi Appelt?

In this novel, a thirteen-year-old boy encounters porcupines, skunks, moose, and bears, and is forced to eat raw turtle eggs. Brian Robeson crash lands a small plane in the Canadian wilderness, fending for himself until another plane rescues him. What is this survival novel by Gary Paulsen?

This novel features the mushers Perrault and Francois, as well as canines Spitz and Curly. Buck shows gratitude and love toward his kind master, John Thornton, but the man's death leaves Buck free to answer the title beckoning. What is this Jack London novel?

In this book, Nana teaches her grandson, "Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt... you're a better witness for what's beautiful." C.J. accompanies his grandmother on a bus trip across town, from church to the soup kitchen where they volunteer. What is this Newbery-winning picture book by Matt de la Peña?

In this book, the protagonist's big brother died in a school shooting. Caitlin, who has Asperger's, must deal with her grief and learn how to navigate the world without Devon to guide her. What is this National Book Award winner by Kathryn Erskine?

This novella is set aboard the HMS Bellipotent. Captain Vere sentences the simple-minded title character to death for accidentally killing master-of-arms John Claggart. What is this Herman Melville work?

With the help of abolitionist Quakers, this character is reunited with her mother Cassy and husband George. Carrying her baby, she runs across an ice floe in the frozen Ohio River to escape slavery in Kentucky. Who is this woman from Uncle Tom's Cabin?

In this book, eight-year-old David learns, "If it fits in your mouth, it's food," and, "If you don't have the words you need, borrow someone else's." Catherine navigates her complicated relationship with her autistic brother as she befriends nonverbal Jason and next-door neighbor Kristi. What is this Newbery Honor Book by Cynthia Lord?

This comedy of manners counts Miss Prism, Dr. Chasuble, and Lady Bracknell among its cast of characters. Cecily, Gwendolen, Algernon, and Jack engage in misadventures that result in two engagements and the realization that the two men are brothers. What is this Oscar Wilde play?

This short story deals with medical ethics, the rights of the disabled, and the pitfalls of artificial intelligence. Charlie Gordon undergoes brain surgery that leaves him with a startlingly high--but sadly temporary--I.Q. What is this science fiction masterpiece by Daniel Keyes?

This story's opening line is, "None of them knew the color of the sky." Crashing waves drown Billie the oiler, and nearly defeat a cook, newspaper reporter, and captain trapped in the title vessel. What is this semi-autobiographical Stephen Crane story?

In this novel, a recent winner of the Scott O'Dell Award, a young adopted girl fears she may have been born in a leper colony. Crow searches for a time for her birth family, but soon accepts that Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, is her true father. What is this Lauren Wolk novel?

This man chronicled Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights in his nonfiction book The Port Chicago 50. Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers are the subject of Most Dangerous, while an American traitor is the focus of The Notorious Benedict Arnold. Who also wrote the Newbery Honor Book Bomb?

This story's title alludes to gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Della cuts her hair to get funds for her husband's watch fob, but Jim sells his watch to buy her combs for her hair. This is the ironic plot of what O. Henry story?

This nonfiction work's subject has three hearts, a parrot-like beak, thirty-foot tentacles, and eyes "as big as soccer balls." Despite being the size of a bus, it lives in the deepest parts of the ocean, making it difficult for scientists to study. What is this book about a marine cephalopod by Candace Fleming?

Which of the following is a giant sea creature featured in literature?

In an early part of this novel, the cheerful maid Martha helps two ill-tempered children get over their self-absorption. Dickon Sowerby aids Colin Craven and his cousin, Mary Lennox, in becoming healthier and happier by teaching them to tend the title location. What is this children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett?

This dramatist earned a Pulitzer Prize for his examination of the American dream in Death of a Salesman. During the McCarthyist Red Scare of the 1950s, he wrote an allegory set during the Salem Witch Trials. Who is this playwright of The Crucible?

Among this novel's chapters are "Julian Narrates When Ginger Played Annie's Sandy" and "Ethan Explains the B and B Inn." Earlier in the book, "Nadia Tells of Turtle Love" and "Noah Writes a B&B Letter." What is this Newbery-winning novel about Epiphany Middle School's sixth grade academic team by E.L. Konigsburg?

This novel's characters include Big Ma, Ma Charles, and Miss Trotter. Eleven-year-old Delphine travels with her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, to visit their Southern family. What is this third and last novel in Rita Williams-Garcia's Gaither Sisters Trilogy?

Roles in her appreciation of verse, which she recounts in fifty poems. What is this King Honor Book by Marilyn Nelson?

This founder of Cincinnati's first Black Arts festival published her first poetry volume--Black Feeling, Black Talk--in 1968. For children, she created Jimmy Grasshopper Versus the Ants and Rosa, and examined African-American history through spirituals in the nonfiction book On My Journey Now. Who wrote of her childhood visits to her grandmother in the poem "Knoxville, Tennessee"?

Some critics view this book's weasels, ferrets, and stoats as the working class, or as women agitating for the vote in Edwardian England. Friends Badger, Ratty, Mole, and Toad work together to reclaim Toad's ancestral home from other residents of the Wild Wood. What is this Kenneth Grahame story?

Lesser-known works by this early science fiction author include Five Weeks in a Balloon and The Mysterious Island. From the Earth to the Moon reveals his fascination with space travel, while exploration of our own planet informs Journey to the Center of the Earth. Who also penned 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days?

This character washes up on the island of Busy Bees, and sees a fox and cat steal the gold coins he buried in the Field of Wonders. He accidentally burns his feet off, kills a cricket, and runs away to the Land of Toys, but eventually settles down to study with his father and creator. Who is this Carlo Collodi creation, a wooden puppet who morphs into a real boy?

This tall tale man saved the village of Eel River Landing from a devastating flood. He accomplished this using barrels of molasses and giant peanuts, which combined to create a peanut brittle dam. Who is this West Virginia cousin of Paul Bunyan?

This legendary figure may have been born to a human mother and a demon father. He advised Uther Pendragon, as well as Uther's son, who succeeded him by pulling a sword from a stone. Who is this magician mentor to King Arthur?

This character -- a 10-year-old boy from Summit, Alabama, whose actual name is Johnny -- is the son of wealthy Ebenezer Dorset. He aims slingshots at, kicks, and shoves a potato down the back of Bill, one of his two captors. What is the nickname of this character, whose ransom inspired an O. Henry story?

This author wrote the dark fantasy novel that inspired the film Coraline. He also penned a novel featuring the werewolf Miss Lupescu, the vampire Silas, and the murderous man Jack Frost. Who is the author of The Graveyard Book?

In his Farewell Address, this president exhorted listeners, "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all." He also warned against political parties, calling them "potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people." Who was this Revolutionary War general dubbed the "father of our country"?

A biography of this 19th-century man recounts how he once single-handedly rescued a steer that was stuck in mud up to its neck. He arrested over three thousand outlaws in his thirty-year career as a deputy U.S. marshal. Who is this subject of Vaunda Micheaux Nelson's Bad News for Outlaws?

Because this character has "murdered time," he continuously lives at six o'clock--tea time. He asks the unanswerable riddle, "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" and probably exhibits odd behavior because of his exposure to mercury. Who is this insane milliner in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

In this Edgar Award-winning story, seventeen-year-old Billy Weaver makes his way from London to Bath, England. He calls on the title figure, a bed and breakfast proprietor who presumably poisons him with cyanide. What is this Roald Dahl story?

This author earned a Sibert Honor for his World War Two book The Boys Who Challenged Hitler. He charted the migration pattern of "Great Survivor B95" in another Sibert Honor Book, Moonbird. Who used the subtitle Twice Toward Justice for his biography of Claudette Colvin?

A Christian feast day's traditions inspired this poet to write "The Eve of St. Agnes." He claimed, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," in "Endymion," but his masterpiece was inspired by a piece of ancient pottery. Who is this Romantic poet of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?

This poet touched on Abraham Lincoln, whom he later profiled in a two-part biography subtitled The Prairie Years and The War Years. He collected folk songs in The American Songbag, and paid homage to his Illinois upbringing with the collection Cornhuskers. Who called a Midwestern metropolis "Stormy, husky, brawling, / City of the Big Shoulders" in his poem "Chicago"?

This long-time contributor to The New Yorker co-wrote The Elements of Style with William Strunk, Junior. He created a musical bird in The Trumpet of the Swan, and a humanized mouse in Stuart Little. Who is this author of Charlotte's Web?

This short story's title character declares himself emperor after escaping from government custody and interrupting a broadcast ballet. He declares one of the dancers his empress, but Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, shoots both of them dead with a shotgun. What is this dystopian story set in the year 2081 by Kurt Vonnegut?

In "A Psalm of Life," this poet writes, "Lives of great men all remind us / We can make our lives sublime, / And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sands of time." He depicts the title character as "a mighty man... / With large and sinewy hands" in "The Village Blacksmith." Who fictionalized the life of a real Native American chief in The Song of Hiawatha?

This literary character shares his name with the biblical king who was married to Jezebel. He dies after catching his neck in a harpoon's rope, which he attempts to use on the novel's title creature. Who is this leader of the Pequod in Herman Melville's Moby Dick?

This novel's title character incorrectly states that David and Goliath were Jesus's first two disciples, and once pretended to be engaged to Amy Lawrence. He discovers an escape from McDougal's Cave, where he was trapped with Becky Thatcher after a school picnic, and stumbles upon Injun Joe's hidden box of gold. What is this comic Mark Twain novel?

This would-be fiancé laments, "The course of true love never did run smooth." He elopes with Hermia, but falls temporarily in love with Helena after Puck squeezes love juice in his eyes. Who is this rival of Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

After returning to England, this literary protagonist earns wealth from his sugar plantations. He escapes African captivity, only to be shipwrecked on an island of cannibals, including a reformed young man he names Friday. Who is this hero of a Daniel Defoe adventure novel?

This novel's title character transitions from drawing pictures with crayons to painting on a wall with mud. He fulfills his promise to the dying Stella that he will help Ruby, a baby elephant, escape from the Big Top Mall and move into a zoo. What novel about an extraordinary silverback gorilla was written by Katherine Applegate?

This character rescues his father, as well as a Spaniard, from cannibals who almost ate him earlier in the novel. He helps his "master" quell a ship's mutiny, returning to Europe with him after converting to Christianity. Who is this servant from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe?

This young boy is the only named child to appear in a Frederick Gaines adaptation of a Victorian novel. He hopes that other churchgoers will see him, so they remember that God "made lame beggars walk, and blind men see." Who is this sickly, angelic son of Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol?

This man is the focus of a YALSA Finalist book by Nancy Plain. He illustrated a large percentage of American wildlife, particularly birds. Who is this author-illustrator of The Birds of America and subject of This Strange Wilderness?

In one of his poems, he laments, "Once I spoke the language of the flowers... / How did it go? / How did it go?" He imagines being squeezed by a boa constrictor, and having a polar bear in the family Frigidaire. Who is this poet also responsible for "A Boy Named Sue" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends"?

This creator of Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza won a Sibert Honor for his autobiography Hole in My Life. He incorporated childhood memories into his novel about a boy's extraordinary summer in a Pennsylvania town. Who earned a Newbery Medal for Dead End in Norvelt?

This novel's title character shares his name with an ancient Samarian city mentioned in the Bible, and with a Civil War battle. He is a beagle who runs away from abusive Judd Travers and finds a loving home with Marty Preston. What is this Newbery Medal-winning novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor?

This character worships the god Yojo, and dies clinging to the mast of the ship whose crew he has joined. He is a former cannibal who is covered in tattoos, and is the son of a South Sea island king. Who is the Pequod's harpooner in Melville's Moby Dick?

Like Stubb and Flask, this literary character is a ship's mate. He is also a Nantucket Quaker who believes his captain's vengeful quest violates God's will. Who is this first mate of the Pequod in Moby Dick, who lends his name to a coffee company?

One of this story's main characters is a choirmaster and teacher who, by the tale's conclusion, may have left to become a judge. He is last seen at Katrina Van Tassel's party, after which a figure with a pumpkin head chases him on horseback. What is this story about Ichabod Crane by Washington Irving?

This character illustrates the fact that words' meanings can be manipulated, but they can't be forced. He is obsessed with reciting and explaining poetry, but continually breaks after falling off a wall at regular intervals. Who is this nursery rhyme character, whom Lewis Carroll adapts in Through the Looking-Glass?

This poet addresses clouds, water, and future readers in "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." He likens his soul flinging a "gossamer thread" to an arachnid excreting "filament, filament, filament, out of itself" in "A Noiseless Patient Spider." Which poet sounded a "barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world" in "Song of Myself"?

Short stories starring this man include "A Case of Identity," "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," and "The Five Orange Pips." He matches wits with Irene Adler and Moriarty, and is often aided by his friend Dr. Watson. Who is this resident of 221B Baker Street, a cunning detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

This legendary man was the father of Galahad, who achieved the vision of God through the Holy Grail. He may have been raised in a lake by a fairy, and was the model of chivalry. Who was this Knight of the Round Table, known for his forbidden love for Queen Guinevere?

Among this poet's Harlem Renaissance works is a poem in which he claims, "I, too, sing America. / I am the darker brother." He mentions the Euphrates, Congo, Nile, and Mississippi in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." Who asked, "What happens to a dream deferred?" in "Harlem"?

A major figure in this Sibert Honor Book is Japanese cartoonist Noro Shinpei. He mentored the book's author-illustrator, who learned his craft before immigrating to the U.S. after World War Two. What is this Allen Say autobiography?

This man, the subject of a YALSA Finalist work, has a museum dedicated to him in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He partnered with James A. Bailey to popularize the three-ring circus. Who is this "great and only" showman, whose "tremendous, stupendous life" was chronicled by Candace Fleming?

This character's guilt drives him to flog himself, and possibly to brand his chest. He performs a last-minute cleansing of his conscience by claiming Pearl as his daughter immediately before dying. Who is this Puritan minister, who has an adulterous affair with Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter?

This man's only public address mentioned managers Joe McCarthy, Miller Huggins, and Ed Barrow. He recalled seventeen happy years in ballparks, and thanked fans, teammates, and family for their support during his health crisis. Who was this man, whose ALS forced him to retire from the New York Yankees in 1939?

Although he is the novel's title character, he only appears in only three of its 135 chapters. He represents mysterious, omnipresent God to most sailors, but is the target of the Pequod captain's rage and hatred. Who is this white whale from a Herman Melville novel?

This character uses his job herding buffalo as an excuse to trample Shere Khan, whose skin he triumphantly wears. He returns to the wolf pack that raised him, but only long enough to notify them of the tiger's death, before heading off to live alone. Who is this feral hero of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book?

Who is the main character in The Jungle Book?

After building a fire, this man caused all of a lake's water to evaporate, settling a dense fog over the Great Plains. He rid his home of a plague of grasshoppers, and rid his farmland of drought. Who is this legendary Swedish immigrant to Nebraska?

This novel's title character refuses to help bounty hunters find runaway slaves hiding in Jebediah Brewster's house. He runs away from his evil uncle Squint to find his brother Harold, who has been sold into the Union Army. What is this historical novel by Rodman Philbrick?

In this poem, the speaker spends a "bleak December" evening reading, in hopes of distracting himself from his grief. He then meets the title character, whom he calls both "prophet" and "thing of evil" because it answers all his questions with a single word. What is this Gothic masterpiece by Edgar Allan Poe?

This poet reacted to World War One by writing "A Prayer in Time of War" in 1917. He told of a humorous childhood incident in "Daddy Fell into the Pond," but employed a spookier tone in "The Admiral's Ghost." Who is this creator of Bess the landlord's daughter in "The Highwayman"?

This character somewhat redeems himself by leaving his considerable fortune to Pearl. He torments the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, who had an affair with the man's wife. Who is this vengeful husband of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter?

Who is the character in The Scarlet Letter who is obsessed with revenge and is Hester Prynne's estranged husband?

This character uses a hairball to tell fortunes, and believes that killing and eating a rattlesnake will cure that snake's bite. He travels down the Mississippi River with an adolescent boy, discovering at the end of the journey that Miss Watson has freed him in her will. Who is this runaway slave in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

This character, whose name means "good will," convinces Romeo to crash the Capulets' party, the scene of his first meeting with Juliet. He urges both families to keep the peace, but witnesses the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt. Who is this member of the Montagues, making him both a friend and relative of Romeo?

This man, the husband of Polly Ann and employee of Captain Tommy, was an employee for the C&O Railroad. He used his strength to help create the Big Bend Tunnel in a West Virginia mountain. Who was this tall tale figure, who died in a competition against a steam drill?

This poetic character sobs as he holds "his pocket-handkerchief / Before his streaming eyes." He walks along a briny beach with a group of oysters, whom he eventually eats. Who is this hefty companion of the Carpenter in a Lewis Carroll poem?