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LITERARY GENRE REVIEW

LITERARY GENRE REVIEW. August 13, 2009. REALISTIC FICTION RULES.

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LITERARY GENRE REVIEW

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  1. LITERARY GENRE REVIEW August 13, 2009

  2. REALISTIC FICTIONRULES 12-year-old Catherine has a brother, David, who has autism. Catherine has an endless list of rules of David to follow in order to help him function as normally as possible. This summer, Catherine is looking forward to having a new neighbor her age, Kristi, as her best friend, But in order for this to happen, Catherine feels she must hide David and his autistic behavior. Instead, she finds a friend in Jason, a wheelchair-bound boy whom she sees when taking David to occupational therapy with her mother twice a week. Jason helps Catherine in her acceptance of both his and David's needs while Catherine helps Jason break free of his mother's restrictions by showing him new experiences.

  3. After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theater, along with other Italian boys, including his Jewish friend, Roberto is forced to work in Germany. Escaping into the Ukranian winter, Roberto desperately tries to make his way back home to Venice. H I S T O R I C A L F I C T I O N STONES IN WATER

  4. SCIENCE FICTIONFEED In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

  5. Two girls have been best friends forever and one of them is about to move away. They are savoring every last minute they have of summer and with each other. A violent hurricane-like storm sweeps the Atlantic Ocean into their swim club, the girls discover a mermaid trapped in the pool and they need to devise a way of returning the mermaid to the sea. F A N T A S Y AQUAMARINE

  6. MYSTERYFRIENDS TO DIE FOR Sixteen-year-old Cristina is forced to evaluate her sophisticated world of elegant New York apartments, private schools, and rich friends when a girl she knows is murdered after a party they both attended.

  7. FANTASYMAGIC OR MADNESS • From the Sydney, Australia home of a grandmother she believes is a witch, fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino is magically transported to New York City, where she discovers that friends and foes can be hard to distinguish.

  8. AUTOBIOGRAPHYITS NOT ABOUT THE BIKE: MY JOURNEY BACK TO LIFE The personal story of Lance Armstrong's life so far, from childhood through early success, nearly fatal cancer, recovery, survivorship, more triumph (victory in the 1999 Tour de France), marriage, and first-time fatherhood. (written by Lance Armstron)

  9. Historical Fiction The Coffin Quilt In the 1880's, young Fanny McCoy witnesses the growth of a terrible and violent feud between her Kentucky family and the West Virginia Hatfields, complicated even further by her older sister Roseanna's romance with a Hatfield. The roots of the feud stem from the Civil War and seems to escalate, adding insult to injury until the reason for the conflict no longer seems to matter.

  10. When she begins receiving bizarre threatening messages from someone who seems to know her every move, teenage Ashley, after seeking help from the neighborhood to ugh guy, comes to realize that she alone can end the stalker's reign of terror. MYSTERY TIGHTROPE

  11. FantasyHAWKSONG • Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Hawksong.Nineteen-year-old Danica is a shapeshifting hawk. Her family and that of Zane Cobriana have been locked in a bloody war for centuries, but despite assassination attempts, prejudice, and other strong opposition, they are willing to marry for peace. Danica worries that Zane may strike out as the croba he is, but she yearns for an end to war between their people.

  12. AUTOBIOGRAPHYINTO THIN AIR: PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOUNT EVEREST DISASTER The author describes his spring 1996 trek to Mt. Everest, an expedition that ended in disaster, claiming the lives of eight climbers, and explains why he survived, in a definitive, firsthand account of the tragedy.

  13. REALISTIC FICTIONNO MORE DEAD DOGS • Wallace Wallace is sent to detention for his book report of "Old Shep, Old Pal" not being up to his teacher, Mr. Fogleman's standards. His detention consists of helping out on the set of the play, "Old Shep, My Pal". Wallace discovers he has a knack for adding suggestions that the actors just love. Throughout the play rehearsals, someone is trying to sabotage the play. All evidence points to Wallace. In the end, we find who the perpetrator really is and the reasoning behind his actions.

  14. MYSTERYSNATCHED • Too curious for her own good, Roni, crime reporter for her high school newspaper, teams up with Brian, freshman science geek, to investigate the beating and kidnapping of a classmate.

  15. After three teenagers steal a stop sign which results in the death of a young mother, they must come to terms with their guilt. R E A L I S T I C F I C T I O N DRIVERS’ ED

  16. SCIENCE FICTIONAMONG THE HIDDEN In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.

  17. BIOGRAPHYANDY WARHOL: PRINCE OF POP • This book tells the story of Andy Warhol’s life, from his Pittsburgh childhood to his years in New York City. It also examines how Warhol made his art and what a deep impression on American art and culture he made.

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