fiction genres

Defines the features and characteristics of popular reading genres and subgenres, including historical fiction, westerns, crime, adventure, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, Christian fiction, and emerging genres, each with a listing of representative titles, and includes essays on the social nature of reading, and readers' advisory.

"What are fiction genres, and how are they different from other kinds of writing? Find out the elements of fiction, such as characters and plot. Then explore different genres, including historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and more!"--Publisher.

A collection of over one hundred interactive booktalks and curriculum connections for recently published young adult books.

A series of essays about books, authors, and various genres, with anecdotes, stories, and quizzes on what makes books what they are.

A motivating program for students that can be used to supplement and enhance the reading curriculum. Included are: teacher directions, ideas, contracts, graphic organizers, genre posters and bookmarks.

Defines the features and characteristics of popular reading genres and subgenres, including historical fiction, westerns, crime, adventure, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, Christian fiction, and emerging genres, each with a listing of representative titles, and includes essays on the social nature of reading, and readers' advisory.

A guide for understanding popular reading tastes, organized to define each genre and its subgenres.

Provides lists of titles that may be of interest to teens who read genre fiction, selected from the works of authors who are popular with teenagers in the 1990s or whose books fit into the frequently requested genre types of historical novels, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, adventure, contemporary, and romance.

Presents teaching activities and reproducible pages on nine genres or subgenres of literature: poetry, biography, autobiography, reports of information, realistic fiction in a modern setting, historical fiction, folk literature, mystery, modern fantasy and science fiction.

Presents descriptions of over 1,500 fiction titles that may be of interest to teens, most published since the mid-1990s, grouped in the categories of issues, contemporary life, adventure, mystery and suspense, fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, historical, multicultural, Christian, and alternative formats.