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Young Adult Literature Trivia -- Prominent WomenAuthors
compiled by Kay Bushman
Answers
The descriptors below represent books written by some of the established womenauthors in the field of young adult literature. Can you name them?
1. Her first book, written at the age of 16, promoted "staying gold."
2. One of her supernatural books set in Louisiana featured Nore's fight toconvince her father that his new wife Lisette was out to murder him.
3. Her book depicting prejudice in the South during the Great Depression tellsthe story of protagonist Cassie Logan.
4. Buddy Boyle learns that his grandfather, Frank Trenker, was a Nazi guard atAuschwitz.
5. On Rass Island Sara Louise Bradshaw struggles to establish her own identitywhile her twin sister Caroline seems to have everything going for her.
6. After her father is killed in a 7-11 Store, Davey Wexler and her familymove to New Mexico to stay with relatives.
7. In a Cinderella-type story, Marigold, an orphan, is raised by Ruby, a cruelwoman who forbids her to share her beautiful singing voice at the Great GospelConvention.
8. This sequel is the continuing story of Marcy Lewis from The DivorceExpress.
9. This is the first book in her trilogy dealing with the Orphan Train fromthe 1800s.
10. This work of historical fiction features Harriet Hemings, who is rumoredto be the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings.
