what’s my genre? a book talk
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What’s My Genre? A Book Talk. Genre: A term used to classify literary works novel, short story, poetry… (format of writing) 2. mystery, historical fiction, biography… (type of novel). Romance. Read books by: David Levithan John Green The Fault in Our Stars Looking for Alaska - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
What’s My Genre?A Book Talk
Genre:A term used to classify
literary works
1. novel, short story, poetry… (format of writing)
2. mystery, historical fiction, biography… (type of novel)
RomanceRead books by:• David Levithan• John Green
– The Fault in Our Stars– Looking for Alaska
• Nicholas Sparks– The Notebook– Message in a Bottle
• Sarah Dessen• Rainbow Rowell
Classics:• Jane Eyre• Gone With the Wind• Emma• Wuthering Heights
Dystopias• The Hunger Games Series, by
Suzanne Collins• The Selection Series, by Kiera
Cass• Divergent Series, by Veronica
Roth• Shipbreaker Series, by Paulo
Bacigalupi• Matched Series, by Ally Condie• Unwind Series, by Neal
Shusterman• Maze Runner Series, by James
Dashner• The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Historic Fiction
• Between Shades of Gray and Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
• Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Supernatural
• Books by:– Neal Shusterman– Cassandra Claire– Andrea Cremer– Melissa De La Cruz– Michael Grant– Maggie Steifvater– Kami Garcia
HorrorPopular Authors:• Stephen King• L.J. Smith• Anne Rice• R. L. Stine• Amelia Atwater-
Rhodes• Ray Bradbury• Lois Duncan• P.C. Cast
FantasyIf you Liked Harry Potter Try:• Ranger’s Apprentice series
by John Flanagan• All Series by Rick Riordan• Nicolas Flamel series by
Michael Scott• The Game of Thrones
Series by George R. R. Martin
• The Eragon Series by Christopher Paolini
• The Graceling Series by Kristen Cashore
• The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Science Fiction• Ender’s Game• Halo series by Nylund• Hitchhiker’s Guide to
the Galaxy• Matched Series by Ally
Condie• Maze Runner series by
James Dashner• Isaac Asimov’s
Foundation Series• Jenna Fox Series by
Mary Pearson• The Giver• Left Behind Series
Teen Issues• Chicken Soup Books• Go Ask Alice (drugs)• Smack (drugs)• Shadow of the Dragon
(gangs)• 8-Ball Chicks (gangs)• Once a King, Always a King
(gangs)• Monster (gangs)• Too Soon for Jeff (teen
pregnancy)• Detour for Emmy (teen
pregnancy)• Rainbow High (sexuality)• Perfect Chemistry (gangs)• Wintergirls (Anorexia)
BiographyBiographies:• Always Running• Makes me Wanna
Holler• A Child Called It• I know why the caged
bird sings• Alicia: My story• In My Hands• Diary of Anne Frank• The Long Way Gone
Mystery• Books by:
• Ally Carter• Mary Higgins Clark• Agatha Christie• Caroline Cooney• Lois Duncan• Cynthia Voigt
• Thirteen reasons Why by Jay Asher
• Paper Towns by John Green
• Ms Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Action/Adventure• Books by Tom Clancy• Into Thin Air (True
Everest Story)• Within Reach: My
Everest Story• Books by Michael
Crichton: Andromeda Strain
• Books By John Grisham
• The Hot Zone or The Cobra Event by Richard Preston.
Poetry
Classics:• Walt Whitman• Emily Dickinson• Robert Frost• Shel Silverstein• Edgar Allan PoeStories in Poetry Format:• Foreign Exchange• Heartbeat by Sharron
Creech• Books by Ellen Hopkins
Some of the 100 Most Frequently Banned Books of the Last Decade
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
• Bless Me, Ultima• Blubber• Cujo• Fade • Go Ask Alice• The Giver• Forever• Harry Potter series• How to Eat Fried Worms• Killing Mr. Griffin• Lord of the Flies• Catcher in the Rye• Beloved
• Slaughterhouse-Five• Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn• The Chocolate War• The Color Purple• The Outsiders• The Terrorist• To Kill a Mockingbird• The Pigman• We All Fall Down• Running Loose• Julie of the Wolves• Bridge to Tarabithia• A Light in the Attic• A Wrinkle in Time
Top Picks By Students• Child Called It• The Fault in Our Stars• Divergent• Thirteen reasons Why• The Raven Boys• Fangirl• Ms. Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children• The Book Thief• Smoke• The Perks of Being a
Wallflower• The Secret Life of Bees• Life of Pi
So How Do You Choose a Book
• Size• Cover• Back of the book• First couple pages• Author I like• Genre I like• Topic I’m interested in• Recommendation from a friend, librarian, teacher…• Difficulty (3-5 unknown or rarely used words per page)• Book Lists (AP lists is a good place to start)
Where can I get a good book?
• Borrow from friend or family member• Borrow from Ms. Wolfe’s book shelves• Borrow from the RRHS Library • Buy a book at The Book Spot
512-942-7323 or [email protected]
• Buy a book at the Half Price Book Store• Buy a book at the Goodwill (the Hutto one
is good for books)• Last choice – buy a book at Barnes and
Noble or Borders