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Tag Archives: Reader’s Advisory
Adventure Fiction
What is Adventure Fiction? by Jennifer Brannen (NoveList Plus) Adventure fiction is all about the adrenaline rush, the vicarious thrill. It’s also about teen characters who learn the best about themselves in the worst possible circumstances. It’s about endurance, survival, … Continue reading
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Christian Fiction
What is Christian Inspirational Fiction? by Jessica Zellers (NoveList Plus) Christian inspirational fiction books are those which deliberately promote a Christian worldview. Some Christian inspirational fiction books explicitly encourage a belief in Jesus and Christian values, while others are more allegorical. Oftentimes … Continue reading
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Cli-Fi & Eco Fiction
Cli-Fi (or Climate Fiction) is a branch of literary writing that deals mainly with climate change, global warming, and/or weather-related catastrophes. Traditionally, it used to be a sub-genre of post-apocalyptic dystopian stories, however, with the issue of global warming becoming … Continue reading
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Dystopian
What is Dystopian Fiction? by Jennifer Hatch (NoveList Plus) Derived from the Greek, dystopia means “bad or hard place,” and that’s the perfect nutshell description for the all-important settings of dystopian novels. To expand, the settings are imagined, usually futuristic … Continue reading
Fantasy Fiction
What is Fantasy? by Linda Sawyer (NoveList Plus) Fantasy books feature fantastical creatures and persons who possess magical powers and exist in an imaginary world that cannot exist. One of the most important aspects of fantasy is that the plot … Continue reading
Historical Fiction
What is Historical Fiction? by Susan Fichtelberg (NoveList Plus) Historical fiction encompasses any novel specifically set in the past. While there is some debate about how far in the past, it is generally accepted that the story needs to take … Continue reading
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Horror
What is Horror? by Jennifer Brannen (NoveList Plus) It’s all about being scared. Horror, unlike many other genres, is defined by the emotional response it’s intended to evoke rather than its specific content or structure. The scariness can be subtle … Continue reading
Humor
What happens in a Humor Writing book? by Neal Wyatt (NoveList Plus) Humor books tend to be observational, situational, and story-based. The author shares his opinion or recounts an incident in a manner designed to be deliberately funny. The best authors … Continue reading
LGBTQ+
Rainbow Reading: From GLBT to QUILTBAG in YA by Robin Brenner (NoveList Plus) Since the landmark publication of David Levithan’s optimistic gay romance Boy Meets Boy in 2003, the world of literature concerning sexual and gender identities for teens has expanded and … Continue reading
Magical Realism
What is Magical Realism? by Michael Shumate (NoveList Plus) Magical realism is a genre of fiction that combines the realistic settings and character-driven richness of literary fiction with elements of traditional fantasy and fairy tale. Unlike genre fantasy, though, magical … Continue reading
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Mischief Managed 