Genre Types
A story that could happen.
What is realistic fiction?
Stories with fairies or other magical creatures. Once upon a time...
What is a fairy tale?
Name that genre: Wonder by RJ Palacio. A boy, born with extreme facial abnormalities, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade. He deals with taunts from his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
What is realistic fiction?
Name that genre: Diary of a wimpy kid by Jeff Kinney. Greg Heffley records his amusing experiences with his best friend while trying to survive middle school.
What is humor?
A story that has to collect clues to solve a problem.
What is a mystery?
A factual story written about a person's life.
What is a biography?
Name that genre: The Map Trap by Andrew Clements. When Andrew's portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders that he must obey to get the maps back but, with the help of a classmate, he just might succeed before people in the school learns he has been studying and mapping things about them.
What is Mystery?
Name that genre: Swing it, Sunny! by Jennifer & Matthew Holm. Sunny Lewin faces middle school and deals with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family.
What is graphic novel?
Talking animals, magic, or other worldly events happen in this kind of fiction.
What is fantasy?
Science, the future and non-existing technology are featured in this type of story.
What is science fiction?
Name that genre: The dragonet prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland. Determined to end a generations-long war among the seven dragon tribes, a secret movement called the Talons of Peace draws on a prophecy that calls for a great sacrifice, compelling five appointed dragonets to fulfill a painful destiny against their will.
What is fantasy?
Name that genre: The watcher : Jane Goodall's life with the chimps by Jeanette Winter. A book about Jane Goodall, describing her childhood, the years she spent in the African forests to observe chimpanzees, and her efforts to protect and preserve primates and their habitats.
What is biography?
A story with characters in historical setting.
What is historical fiction?
A story featuring the struggle to stay alive.
What is adventure and survival?
Name that genre: Nine, ten : a September 11 story by Nora Raleigh Baskin. Follow the story of four middle schoolers across the country before and after the attacks on 9/11/01.
What is historical fiction?
Name that genre: Ice dogs by Terry Lynn Johnson.
Set in Alaska, fourteen year old Vicky and her dog sled team find an injured sledder in the wilderness.
What is adventure and survival?
A novel written in text and picture format.
What is a graphic novel?
A book written to entertain the reader in a funny way.
What is humor?
Name that genre: A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle. Siblings embark on a journey through space and time, assisted by three otherworldly women, when they set out to find Meg's father, a physicist who disappeared while experimenting with time travel.
What is science fiction?
Name that genre: The land of stories : the wishing spell by: Chris Colfer. Twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face to face with fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
What is fairy tale?