A genre of fiction that attempts to frighten or disturb an audience.
Horror
A genre of fiction that explores a relationship or development of a relationship between characters.
Romance
This Urban Fantasy manga follows high-school aged sorcerers who fights to protect Japan from curses. The third season of its anime adaptation is currently airing.
Jujutsu Kaisen
This Urban Fantasy follows a teenaged boy who deals with internal conflict. He is influenced by ghosts of his dead friends and family following his brother's death.
Long Way Down
A genre of non-fiction that attempts to inform an audience about current real-world events.
Journalism
A genre of fiction that explores unreal world, powers, and creatures. Often includes supernatural or magical elements.
Fantasy
A genre of fiction that explores a society that has technologically advanced beyond what exists in the real world.
This Urban Fantasy novel follows a 12-year-old boy from Chicago who is shot and killed before coming back as a ghost.
Ghost Boys
This Coming-of-Age, Romantic Drama novel trilogy follows a 16-year-old girl named "Belly" who spends her summers at a beach. Belly deals with issues such as falling in love and growing up. Recently adapted into a live-action TV series.
The Summer I Turned Pretty
A genre of non-fiction that attempts to convince the audience of something. Frequently taught as a type of writing in middle and high school.
Persuasive
A genre of fiction that explores a made-up story during a time, place, or event that really happened.
Historical Ficiton
A genre of fiction that explores the committing of a crime, or solving of a crime. Sometimes called "crime fiction" or "detective fiction."
Mystery
This famous Science-Fiction movie series follows a religious order called Jedi who fight evil across the galaxy.
Star Wars
This Fantasy Adventure series initially started as a video game, but has grown into the largest media franchise in the world. The series follows a number of 10(-13)-year-olds who travel across a region, capturing creatures and battling with them.
Pokemon
A genre of non-fiction that explores a person's lived experiences, often in the form of a memoir, biography, or diary.
Life
A genre of fiction that focuses on high-energy, fast paced events. Often, stories told in this genre include things such as fights, sports, or car chases.
Action
A genre of fiction that typically explores the development of mostly-realistic characters that deal with high-stakes emotional, moral, and social conflicts.
Drama
This Dystopian Science-Fiction novel series tells the story of a future in which the government hosts an annual event that forces 24 children to fight to the death on live television.
The Hunger Games
This Fantasy novel series features a young boy who discovers he is a famous wizard. The series follows the boy and his close friends as they encounter various evil wizards (and attempt to graduate school).
Harry Potter
A piece of writing in which the author produces a serious, logical argument. An essential skill taught in ELA and History classes. You have one due on April 16.
Essay
A genre of fiction that tells a made-up story in which everything that occurs could actually happen in the real world.
Realistic Fiction
A genre of fiction that explores one or more characters growing up, often facing challenges that are relatable to audiences.
Coming-of-Age
This Fantasy series follows a group of adventurers, notably the Hobbit Frodo, as they travel across a magical world (called Morder) to defeat the "Evil Lord." This series in widely considered the most influential piece of fantasy literature ever written.
Lord of the Rings
This Horror novel follows a series of people who stay in the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman. Told through a series of journals and letters, the guests slowly begin to realize the nobleman is actually a vampire.
Dracula
A genre of non-fiction that shares observation of the natural world. This may include things like animals, plants, and other natural constructs.
Nature Writing