This goo was worth a point in August 2025.

publication date: Sunday, August 10, 2025 (part of August 2025)

category: Literature

clue: This novelist won a Pulitzer and a Newbery for her works about historical figures both real like Paul Revere and fictional like Johnny Tremain.

explanation: Forbes was the author of Johnny Tremain and Paul Revere and the World He Lived In. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky


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