Which genre describes imaginary events and people, like in short stories and novels?

Which genre explains something that is actual, real life, and contains facts?

Which genre is a story of a person's life written by that person?

Which genre is a more focused type of autobiography that usually deals with a specific period of a person's life?

Which genre is a long work of fiction that includes several plots, many characters, and numerous settings?

Which story structure does the author write a factually accurate story, usually after researching the specific details of a topic?

Which genre includes stories that are set in make-believe places that do not exist, with events that could not happen?

Which genre includes fictional, futuristic, scientific and technological advancements beyond our world's capabilities?

"The Dinner Party" and "Charles" are examples of what type of story structure?

This type of fiction could actually happen.

Which genre presents facts about an individual's life and makes an attempt to interpret or explain the person's feelings?

Which genre is a short nonfiction work that makes a point about a single subject?

Which genre is a made up story but is set in the past and sometimes borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set?

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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer.

-The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.

Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement.

-Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

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A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life - and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe - a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

-Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin's orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest conditions.

-Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

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In the 2012 London Olympics, US gymnast Gabby Douglas stole hearts and flew high as the All-Around Gold Medal winner, as well as acting as a critical member of the US gold-medal-winning women gymnastics team. In this [book], Gabby tells her true story of faith, perseverance, and determination, demonstrating you can reach your dreams if you let yourself soar.

-Grace, Gold, & Glory by Gabrielle Douglas

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Whisked away from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.

-The Hobbit, Part 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America's first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible [book] introduces young readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and surprising twists, this is a gripping and true adventure tale.

-The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin

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Readers can explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in this beautifully illustrated interactive guessing book.

-What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

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Earth's fate hinges on one girl. Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is also a cyborg living in New Beijing 126 years after World War IV. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness. But when her life becomes entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the center of a violent struggle between the desires of an evil queen - and a dangerous temptation.

Cinder is caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal. Now she must uncover secrets about her mysterious past in order to protect Earth's future.

-Cinder by Marissa Meyer

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For all the ten years of her life, Hà has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reacher her home. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, Hà discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the fullness of its food... and the strength of her very own family.

-Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai

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Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Xan rescues the abandoned children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey.

-The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

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...this book weaves together the voices and stories of the real Titanic survivors and witnesses to the disaster -- from the stewardess Violet Jessop to Captain Arthur Rostron of the Carpathia, who came to the rescue of the sinking ship. Packed with heart-stopping action, devastating drama, fascinating historical details, loads of archival photographs on almost every page, and quotes from primary sources, this gripping story, which follows the Titanic and its passengers from the ship's celebrated launch at Belfast to her cataclysmic icy end, is sure to thrill and move readers.

-Titanic: Voices From the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson

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Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense [story] of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly re-creates his scabrous story, depicting what life was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, his "brothers"; to be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. This riveting [book] allows young readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.

-Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee with Susan Elizabeth McClelland

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For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys" -- orphans owned by chimney sweeps -- to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived -- and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again.

But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature -- a golem -- made form ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire.

Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life together -- saving one another in the process.

-Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier

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Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of. As her confidence grows, Ally feels free to be herself and the world starts opening up with possibilities. She discovers that there's a lot more to her - and to everyone - than a label, and that great minds don't always think alike.

-Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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In Boy, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child growing up in England. From his years as a prankster at boarding school to his envious position as a chocolate tester for Cadbury's, Roald Dahl's boyhood was full of excitement and the unexpected as are his world-famous, best-selling books. Packed with anecdotes - some funny, some painful, all interesting - this is a book that's sure to please.

-Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl