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What connection should you make with the title of the book melt

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the overall theme of the competition climate change

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Setting of Melt

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The northern Hemisphere

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Where does most of the action in Melt take place

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the Artic Circle

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What are the changes to the artic

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central to Yutu’s story

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Who is Ele fountain

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the writer of melt

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Where does Ele Fountain live

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Hampshire, England

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Does Fountain have a familiy

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Yes

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What family does Fountain have

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She has a husband and daughters

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Does Ele Fountain have pets

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Yes

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What pets does Ele Fountain have

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Ginger cat and a lot of spiders

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How does Ele Fountain describe her cat

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“a stripy ginger cat that thinks he is a tiger”

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Is there any information about Fountain’s age and childhood

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No

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What is Ele Fountain working on now

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Completing a fellowship with the University of Reading

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What did Fountain do before she was a writer

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Editor in children’s publishing

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How long did Fountain work in Children’s editing

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Twenty years

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What was Fountain’s first novel

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Boy 87

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When was Boy 87 published

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2018

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Where did Fountain write Boy 87

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Addis Abba, Ethiopia

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What was Boy 87 about

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the African refugee crisis

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Did Boy 87 win any awards

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Yes, it won multiple awards

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When was Lost published

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2020

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What was Lost in terms of books in order of publishing

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it was the second book she published

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Did Lost win an award

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It was a Guardian children’s book of the year

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What was Fountain’s 3rd novel

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Melt

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When was Melt released
2021
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Has Melt won any rewards
it has been shortlisted for several awards
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What was Fountain's fourth novel
Fake
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When was fake published
2022
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What is Fake about
your only friends are virtual and big tech companies control access to food, healthcare, and leisure.
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Has Fake won any awards
Yes it has won two awards and been nominated for several others
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What was the fifth book that Fountain published
Wild
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What is Wild about
It was a story about Jack, a guy who love to adventure and explore the relationship between humans and the natural world.
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How much has the temp risen in the Artic compared to the global average
3 times more
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Is there any place on the earth that is warming as fast as the Artic
No
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What is the most visible change in the Artic due to climate change
The loss of sea ice
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How much infrastructure in the artic is at risk when
50%, 2050
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When, who and where discovered oil in the artic
1962, Russia, and Tazovkoye Field
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when was oil discovered in Alaska
1968
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Where was oil found in Alaska
prudhoe bay
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Oil discoveries in other Artic areas occurred through
1980s
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USGS
United States geological survey
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In 2008 how many estimate barrels of oil did the USGS find the Artic to contain
90 billion
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In 2008 how much of the worlds estimated undiscovered oil reserves did the USGS find the Artic to contain
13%
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What is an issue with drilling in the Artic
the fragility of the sea ice
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Does the story talk about the fragility of sea ice
yes it was mentioned several times
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Has their been a spill in the artic
no
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What spills offer a look into what could happen in the Artic
Exxon Valdez and the BP Deepwater spills
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Exxon Valdez
Occurred in 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska and split 11 million barrels of oil into the sea
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BP Deepwater Horizon
Occurred in the Gulf of Mexico and spilt 200 million barrels of oil into the sea
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What is the berry and fat dessert called in Melt
akutaq
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What language is akutaq
Alaskan or Russian Yupik language
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Are the Yupik speaking people one of the people who live in the Artic
yes
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What does Yutu call his grandmoter
anaanatsiaq
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What does anaanatsiaq mean
grandmother
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From which language is anaanasiaq
Canadian Inuit
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Inuit people
the indigenous people from Eastern Russia, Alaska, Artic Canada, and Greenland
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Do the Inuit people share the same language
yes but the dialects vary a lot
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What challenges do the Inuit people face
the loss of their way of life which includes the loss of their indigenous languages and traditional hunting and gathering
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Yutu
A fourteen year old boy who lives in an unnamed artic village. His grandma has taken care of him since he was seven and lost his parents.
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Where does Yutu stay
in a traditional house made of driftwood
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What does Yutu prefer to do
He prefers to study so he can leave the village one day
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What does Yutu want to show
He wants to show that he understands the old ways and wants to go hunting alone
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What language does Miki prefer to speak
her native language
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How does Miki live
She lives in the traditional way of her people
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How long has Miki raised Yutu
7 years
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What is Beatrice refer as throughout the story
Bea
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Where did Bea start school
in an unknown school in the Northern Hemisphere
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How many schools has been Bea been through in how many years
5 schools in 5 years
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Why has Bea been through so many schools in such small time
because her father has to move a lot for his work
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Does Bea know languages other than English
yes
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Who are Stella, Becky, Jessica, Lauren
They are the girls that bully Bea
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Who is the leader of Stella, Becky, Jessica, Lauren
Stella
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Who introduces Bea to her school
Stella
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What is Stella jealous of Bea for
Her friendship with Will
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What does Bea's mom want Bea to be
happy
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How does Bea's mom try and connect with Bea
By doing things for her
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What is the relationship between Bea and her mother
a stereotypical teenage mother-daughter relationship
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When is the tension resolved between Bea and her mother
the end of the novel
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What does Bea's dad do for work
He is a geologist
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Who are Sami, Jack, and Adam
Yutu's friends from his village
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Who is Will
A boy in Bea's chemistry class that is nice to her
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Who has a crush on Will
Lauren
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What is akutaq called by non native people in Alaska
Eskimo Ice Cream
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What was akutaq originally made for
a survival food
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Cli fi
Climate fiction
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When was Jack London born
January 12, 1876
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Who are Jack London's parents
Flora Wellman and William Chaney
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Who did Jack London's mother marry
John London
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