Characters of Young Adult Fiction Quiz

Answer: Tish

Margaret Peterson Haddix's emotional piece features 16-year old Tish Bonner, who is keeping a journal for English class. What she writes in her journal is no happy story. Her father returns home after two years, but leaves again shortly. Tish's mother leaves to find him, and Tish and her younger brother Matt are faced with one fact: they are living by themselves now.

Answer: His baby half-sister went into a coma

E.L. Konigsburg wrote this mystery about a sudden accident which leaves two 13-year old boys searching for the truth: who injured Branwell's baby half-sister? After the incident, he is so traumatized he is unable to speak. Branwell learns how to communicate with the help of his friend Connor, and they soon reveal what really happened.

Answer: Sam

Sam Krupnik comes into the world in the first book "Anastasia Krupnik". Some of the books about Sam are "All About Sam", "Atta Boy, Sam", and "See You Around, Sam." Anastasia's little brother makes small appearances in the other "Anastasia" books.

Answer: Laurie

Laurie is from "Stranger with my Face", also by Lois Duncan. In "I Know What You Did Last Summer", a group of teens is the victims of a stalker, who knows what happened.

Answer: "The Rain"

Christina moved into the sinister mainland house in "The Fog", and encountered some unusual weather. She braved the blizzard in "The Snow", and was finally leaving the house in "The Fire". But in the last book, she uncovers the secret behind the supernatural activity.

Answer: England and Ireland

Mary was born in Ireland, but lives in England. She travels with her family to visit her grandmother and other relatives in Ireland every year.

Answer: Jennie Spring

Janie Johnson's other name is Jennie Spring. She learns that the family she lives with are not her real parents in "The Face on the Milk Carton", and that they gave her the name Jennie when they kidnapped her when she was three. The other books in the series are "Whatever Happened to Janie", "The Voice on the Radio", and "What Janie Found". Christina Roomey is from "The Fog", "The Snow", and "The Fire" series.

Heidi Landseth is from "Flight 116 is Down". Danna Press is in "Flash Fire", all written by Caroline B. Cooney.

Answer: Fern

Fern raised Wilbur from the time he was born until he was weaned from the bottle. He was the runt of the litter, and Fern's father was going to kill him. Then Wilbur went to live on her Uncle Homer's farm. And it was there that Wilbur met Charlotte, the spider who saved his life.

Answer: baseball

Alex is the smallest kid on the team, and he is well known for making people laugh.

Answer: Mary

The "American Girl" books go through different time periods in America. Kirsten is a pioneer girl from Sweden who moves to 1850's America with her family. The stories of Samantha are set in 1900's America. She is an orphan who lives with her rich grandparents. Molly is growing up during World War II in the 1940's.

In the "American Girls" series, there is also Felicity, Josefina, Addy, and Kit.