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1. What is the name of the most famous character created by Captain W.E. Johns?
2. All the books below are famous children's stories of the twentieth century but which one won the first ever prestigious Carnegie Medal?
3. Which author wrote the famous "William" books, a series that began with "Just William"?
4. Which author was born in South Shields and wrote the enormously popular "Chalet School" series?
5. Which of the following places was not a location for the Chalet School?
6. Which schoolboy hero attended Linbury Court Preparatory School?
7. The author Jane Shaw produced a series of books about the adventures that her heroine got into with her cousins Charlotte, Midge and Bill Carmichael. What was the name of her heroine?
8. What is the famous girls' series created by Elsie J. Oxenham?
9. Which author wrote the children's historical novel "Bows Against the Barons" which presented Robin Hood as a working-class hero for a change?
10. What is the surname of the three sisters who have each written lots of children's stories to do with horses and riding?
11. In Elfrida Vipont's "Lark" books what is the vocation of the leading female character Kit?
12. Which of the following is not a "Famous Five" book written by Enid Blyton?
13. In the "Lone Pine" books by Malcolm Saville, to whom does David finally become engaged?
14. Which author wrote a series of novels about the Marlow family including such titles as "Autumn Term" and "Peter's Room"?
15. For which sort of stories was the author Douglas V. Duff mostly renowned?
16. In Rosemary Sutcliff's "The Eagle of the Ninth" where did the hero Marcus have to go to try and reclaim the lost eagle of the ninth legion of the Roman Empire?
17. In the "Romney Marsh" series by Monica Edwards what is the name of the girl that Meryon gradually falls in love with?
18. In the famous "William" stories what is William's surname?
19. Who wrote the "Jinny" series of stories about Jennifer Manders and the wild circus-horse she rescues and looks after in the Highlands of Scotland?
20. Stephen Mogridge wrote a series about ponies and boats whose titles all were connected by the place in which the characters Patricia and Bill, Fiona and Frec lived. Where is this place?
21. Which writer from the north-east of England won the Carnegie Medal for children's literature with "Skellig" in 1998?
22. Which writer won the Carnegie Medal twice with both "The Machine-Gunners" and "The Scarecrows" coming out on top?
23. K.M. Peyton won the Carnegie Medal in 1969 but which one of her famous "Flambards" series was actually awarded the prize?
24. Ronald Welch wrote a series of historical novels for children about the fortunes of one particular family through the centuries. What was the name of the family?
25. What is the name of the story by Philippa Pearce in which a boy meets up with Hatty in a garden when he goes to stay with his aunt and uncle after his brother catches measles?
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