American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2020: Where the World Ends

by Geraldine McCaughrean

Quill and his friends fight for survival when they are stranded in the middle of the ocean.

6 lists 200 words 336 learners

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VOCABULARY LISTS IN THIS COLLECTION:

Chapters 1–4

Jump to activity:
- keel
- larder
- precariously
- molt
- cormorant
- homely
- scrupulously
- canny
- bluster
- pinion
- laconic
- succumb
- prow
- ineffable
- scrabble
- vie
- lament
- clapper
- solemn
- manse
- sumptuous
- escarpment
- plait
- bequeath
- stolid
- implacable
- brigand
- belligerent
- afield
- steward
- intone
- furtively
- mysticism
- sanctimonious
- haunch
Chapters 5–7

Jump to activity:
- placid
- bandy
- shirk
- revelation
- awry
- ponderous
- jibe
- perpetually
- cleave
- sidle
- preen
- pinafore
- ledger
- reprieve
- quell
- precipice
- lout
- inexorably
- miser
- jerkin
- purge
- frisson
- pallor
- tentatively
- inkling
- jowl
- beset
- riddle
- incessantly
- lichen
- flotsam
- doggedly
- prostrate
- declaim
- grovel
Chapters 8–11

Jump to activity:
- bleak
- haggard
- derelict
- contour
- thrall
- lewd
- rivet
- consort
- sully
- loathing
- tartan
- beleaguer
- Stygian
- covet
- rendering
- supplant
- daft
- ruse
- dub
- boon
- pious
- vigil
- decamp
- respite
- outstrip
- charlatan
- volatile
- gangrene
- shard
- privation
- hermit
- strew
- wanton
- indignation
- macerate
Chapters 12–15

Jump to activity:
- abate
- abject
- righteousness
- lye
- noisome
- cinch
- contrive
- ludicrous
- bumble
- deliverance
- dumbstruck
- scurvy
- incontrovertible
- bereft
- hue and cry
- chaff
- somberly
- errant
- carapace
- clarion
- listless
- imbue
- furlong
- gallimaufry
- sap
- plinth
- citadel
- sinewy
- leviathan
- lintel
- wizened
- reckon
- congeal
- cranny
- alcove
Chapters 16–19

Jump to activity:
- frigate
- goad
- thatch
- concatenation
- cataract
- turret
- ungainly
- perdition
- carrion
- exhort
- suffuse
- oleaginous
- derision
- implore
- wayward
- inchoate
- filch
- ostensibly
- repose
- reproach
- sleight
- pied
- engender
- affable
- blight
- wan
- suitor
- impervious
- din
- whet
- maim
- anoint
- solace
- rictus
- prodigious
Chapters 20–22

Jump to activity:
- wax
- wane
- mottled
- fester
- blatant
- malevolent
- daunt
- foreboding
- zeal
- hunker down
- flounder
- disheveled
- concoct
- kith
- bereaved
- veritable
- shrewd
- humble
- requisition
- scurrilous
- stalwart
- provocation
- contagion
- brandish
- deduce