End of Year Literary Quiz: 2021
Which of these celebrities authored a children’s book published in 2021?
Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his "compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism." What country is he from?
Author/illustrator Eric Carle died in 2021. Which one of these foods is NOT eaten by The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Carle’s best-selling book?
The audiobook of 'The Autobiography of Malcom X: As Told to Alex Haley' won the Audie award for autobiography/ memoir. Who narrated the book?
Gary Paulsen (1939-2021) authored over 200 books, most of them for young adults. What is the primary setting of his most famous book, 'Hatchet'?
Which author refused to let Amazon sell the hardcover edition of their 2021 book in a move to highlight the importance of independent bookstores?
Which of the words below was NOT declared a “Word of the Year” by a prominent dictionary in 2021?
Complete the title of Tae Keller’s middle grade novel which took home the 2021 Newbery Medal for children’s literature: 'When You Trap A...'
Anne Rice (1941-2021) is best known for her Vampire Chronicles series. She also wrote under two pen names—what genre were these books?
True or False: Publishers pushed back some release dates in 2021 due to supply chain problems.
The books below were all finalists in the fiction category for the 2021 National Book Awards. Which book won?
Beverly Cleary died in 2021. Which of these things is NOT true?