Identifying Literary Genres

Fox tells the story of the fictional John Potter, a seasoned Union soldier who gets captured by Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Potter undergoes some of the most dreadful conditions imaginable while detained in a Confederate POW camp, but he soon makes friends with a Confederate guard who helps Potter survive as they realize that their differences are not as striking as their similarities.

• Science Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Historical Fiction

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9

Lance tells the true story of his own adventure into outer space. Legstrong was once an underachiever with a troubled past, until one day a teacher influences him positively. Lance describes how he worked hard from that point on until getting accepted into an experimental NASA space program and going to the moon. Lance shares with readers the many life lessons he has learned in this exciting text.

• Autobiography

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Myth

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Sir Gawain is King Arthur's nephew, and this is the story of how Gawain met a challenge from a giant knight dressed in all green armor. The story is very serious and is told as though it was true; many people believe that King Arthur was a real person, but this story is probably not true. If it were true, it has been greatly exaggerated.

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

• Myth

• Mystery

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

The story of a German professor who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans climb down a crater and have many wild adventures, encountering dinosaurs and prehistoric man. They eventually return to surface again in southern Italy.

• Science Fiction

• Fantasy

• Myth

• Biography

When John Carter finds gold in Arizona, he makes enemies with some Apache warriors. While attempting to escape from these warriors, Carter hides in one of their sacred caves and is mysteriously transported to Mars. He finds that he has great strength and superhuman agility in this new environment as a result of its lesser gravity. He soon falls in with a nomadic tribe of Green Martians and thanks to his strength, speed, and fighting skills, Carter rises to a high position in the tribe. When the Green Martians capture Dejah Thoris, princess of the humanoid Red Martians, Carter can't help but to be taken with her beauty. He will have to make some tough decisions in the exciting novel.

• Fantasy

• Myth

• Science Fiction

• Mystery

This book retells the epic stories of the gods, goddesses, and heroes in Ancient Greece. All of the classic stories are in this text: the adventures of Perseus, the battles of Heracles, Odysseus and the Trojan wars, and the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts.

• Fantasy

• Biography

• Myth

• Realistic Fiction

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

Kimberley Griffiths Little spins a thrilling story of one girl's race to unravel the curse that has haunted her family for generations.

When Larissa Renaud starts receiving eerie phone calls on a disconnected old phone in her family's antique shop, she knows she's in for a strange summer. A series of clues leads her to the muddy

riverbanks, where clouds of fireflies dance among the cypress knees and cattails each evening at twilight. The fireflies are beautiful and mysterious, and they take her on a magical journey through time, where Larissa learns secrets about her family's tragic past--deadly, curse-ridden secrets that could

• Fantasy

• Mystery

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction

When Sheila moves to a new school in California, she has some trouble fitting in with the other kids. She cannot afford the expensive clothing that the other kids wear and she does not have the newest cell phone, but she does have a good heart. Will a chance run-in with a celebrity whom Sheila admires give Sheila the confidence she needs to adapt to her new environment?

• Mystery

• Historical Fiction

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

Attila the Hun was the scourge of both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires in the 440s and 450s. . He invaded and conquered territory in what would now be considered France and Italy, terrorizing the countryside along the way. This text tells the story of Attila's life.

• Historical Fiction

• Myth

• Biography

• Realistic Fiction

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

In this novel, Brian is struggling. After losing both of his parents in a tragic car accident, Brian is living at his Aunt's house and sharing a room with his cousin. Basketball is his only escape. But after getting benched for low progress report grades, Brian's world shatters. Does he have it in him to improve his grades? Will Brian come to peace with his emotions? Can anyone help him?

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Mystery