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Library Escape Room

Charlotte Mesley

Created on February 9, 2024

Find the missing library books and escape the library before the Librarian gets back from lunch.

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Escape The LibrarY

Find the missing library books before the Librarian gets back from lunch...
Graphic Novels
Sofa area
Junior Fiction

OH, NO!

Senior Fiction
24 Desk Seating Area

Someone has hidden the Librarian's favourite books and locked you in the Library.

Non-fiction

Search the library and answer the questions to find the missing books before the Librarian gets back.

Librarian's Dek
Librarian's Desk

Librarian's Desk

Question 1

Who wrote The Hunger Games trilogy?

Susan Collins

Suzie Collin

Suzanne Collins

Librarian's Desk

Question 2

What is the mysterious forest in Alice in Wonderland called?

Jabberwocky Wood

Wonder Wood

Tulgey Wood

Weird Wood

Well done! You found a book.

Librarian's Desk

Question 3

What is the name of Percy's sword in Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief?

Swasher

Riptide

Wavecutter

Well done! You have found another book.

Librarian's Desk

Question 4

In which Katharine Rundell book do Fred, Con, Lila and Max survive a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest?

The Explorer

The Survivor

The Pilot

Yay! Another book found.

Librarian's Desk

Question 5

What is magical about Onyeka in the book Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun?

Her dress

Her hair

Her eyes

Super!

Librarian's Desk

Well done. You have completed this area!

CONTINUe

Ooops! You have lost a library book!

Graphic Novels
Sofa area
Junior Fiction
Senior Fiction
24 Desk Seating Area

Well done! Keep searching to find more books and escape the library.

Non-fiction
Librarian's Desk

Two words, use initial capitals

Enter the password

Graphic Novels
Sofa area
Junior Fiction
Senior Fiction
24 Desk Seating Area

Well done! Keep searching to find more books and escape the library.

Non-fiction
Librarian's Desk

Title of the book shelved second as it appears on the spine.

Enter the password

Title of the graphic novel made from the covers. Use initial captial.

Enter the password

Graphic Novels
Sofa area
Junior Fiction
Senior Fiction
24 Desk Seating Area

Well done! Keep searching to find more books and escape the library.

Non-fiction
Librarian's Desk

Creature this book is about.

Enter the password

24 Desk Seating Area

Task 1

Which mythical creature appears in all these books in the library?

Find a non-fiction book in the physical library about these creatures. Inside the book you will find an item to help you escape the library.

Have you visited the library and collected what you need?

YES

NO

Who is your code breaking item named after? Use initial capital.

Enter the password

24 Desk Seating Area

Task 3

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is missing. Here is a list of its chapters. Can you find a fun word and a place? (7-7)

  1. The Boy Who Lived
  2. The Vanishing Glass
  3. The Letters From No One
  4. The Keeper o the Keys
  5. Diagon Alley
  6. The Journey from Platform Nine and Three Quarters
  7. The Sorting Hat
  8. The Potions Master
  9. The Midnight Duel
  10. Hallowe'en
  11. Quidditch
  12. The Mirror of Erised
  13. Nicolas Flamel
  14. Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
  15. The Forbidden Forest
  16. Through the Trapdoor
  17. The Man with Two Faces

YES

NOI need a hint

24 Desk Seating Area

Task 3

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is missing. Here is a list of the chapters. Can you find a fun word and a place? (7-7)

  1. The Boy Who Lived
  2. The Vanishing Glass
  3. The Letters From No One
  4. The Keeper o the Keys
  5. Diagon Alley
  6. The Journey from Platform Nine and Three Quarters
  7. The Sorting Hat
  8. The Potions Master
  9. The Midnight Duel
  10. Hallowe'en
  11. Quidditch
  12. The Mirror of Erised
  13. Nicolas Flamel
  14. Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
  15. The Forbidden Forest
  16. Through the Trapdoor
  17. The Man with Two Faces

YES

NO

24 Desk Seating Area

Task 3

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is missing. Here is a list of the chapters. Can you find a fun word and a place?

  1. The Boy Who Lived
  2. The Vanishing Glass
  3. The Letters From No One
  4. The Keeper o the Keys
  5. Diagon Alley
  6. The Journey from Platform Nine and Three Quarters
  7. The Sorting Hat
  8. The Potions Master
  9. The Midnight Duel
  10. Hallowe'en
  11. Quidditch
  12. The Mirror of Erised
  13. Nicolas Flamel
  14. Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
  15. The Forbidden Forest
  16. Through the Trapdoor
  17. The Man with Two Faces

YES

NOI still need help

Sofa Area

Question 1

What musical instrument does Peter Pan play?

Trumpet

Guitar

Lyre

Flute

Sofa area

Which Graphic Novel begins "It was summer, I remember. I was ten or eleven..."

Question 2

Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova

The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Maus by Art Spiegelman

Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell

Well done! You found a book.

Sofa Area

B Smith is a character in a series of books written under the pen name Darren Shan. What supernatural being is B Smith?

Question 3

Werewolf

Zombie

Vampire

Warlock

Brilliant! You found another book!

Sofa Area

In The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe what is the surname of the children who go to Narnia?

Question 4

Pevensie

Percy

Poole

Potter

Great! Anotherbook found.

Sofa Area

In From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. E. Frankvweiler, where did the pupils camp out?

Question 5

The Museum of Modern Art

The Bronx Zoo

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

American Museum of Natural History

One more book. Great job!

Sofa Area

Well done. You have completed this area!

CONTINUe

Super, you found this book too!

Ooops! You have lost a library book!

Ooops! You have lost a library book! Now go and visit the real library.

You can also search the library catalogue here:

Ooops! You have lost a library book! Now complete the jigsaw puzzle.

https://u016411.microlibrarian.net/?ad=true

Ooops! You have lost a library book! Now practice your shelving.

Ooops! You have lost a library book! Now practice your shelving.

Ooops! You won't be able to progress without your cypher. Another book lost.

Senior Fiction

Practise your fiction and non-fiction shelving skills. Fiction books are shelved by the authors first 3 initials E.g CAL comes before COL. Non-fiction books are shelved by number and then author initials. E.g. 928.5 COL comes after 910 COL but comes before 928.5 GIL. Once you have shelved 8 fiction and 8 non-fiction books correctly you are ready to continue with your next task ...

Are you ready to continue?

YES

NO

Practise your shelving here...

Senior Fiction

Which fiction books should be shelved second and second to last?

Do you know the answers? Keep a note of the titles and how they appear on the spines.

YES

NO

Graphic Novels

Which graphic novel title can you make from these ones?

Have you worked out the title?

NO

YES

Junior Fiction

Decipher the start of this famous children's book.

Do you know which famous book character this is about?

"Nyy puvyqera rkprcg bar, tebj hc."

NO

To help you decipher, work out the missing number in this book title The (something) Treasures by Michelle Harrison

YES

Name of character (4-3). Use initial capitals.

Enter the password

Remember the fiction book shelved second to last?

Enter the password

Enter the shelf code. Three numbers, space, three capital letters.

Enter the password

Practise makes perfect. Play the shelving game again.