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Science Fiction Genre Science Fiction Genre CharacteristicsCharacteristics

• • stories that often tell about science and technology of the future stories that often tell about science and technology of the future

• • involving partially true fictions laws or theories of science involving partially true fictions laws or theories of science

• • Settings: Settings:

in the future in the future

in space in space

on a different world on a different world

in a different universe or dimension in a different universe or dimension

Fantasy Genre Fantasy Genre CharacteristicsCharacteristics

contains elements that are not realistic contains elements that are not realistic

talking animals talking animals

magical powers magical powers

often set in a medieval universe often set in a medieval universe

possibly involving mythical beings possibly involving mythical beings

Maximum Ride Series by Maximum Ride Series by James PattersonJames Patterson

Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly.

Star Wars series – various Star Wars series – various authorsauthors

Hunger Games by Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsSuzanne Collins

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games.

Jekyl Loves Hyde by Jekyl Loves Hyde by Beth Beth FantaskeyFantaskey

When Jill Jekel’s dad is murdered and her college savings disappear, she enlists the help of gorgeous, brooding Tristen Hyde in her quest for a lucrative chemistry scholarship.

Gone Series by Gone Series by Michael GrantMichael Grant

In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. Gone.

Life as We Knew It by Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Susan Beth PfefferPfeffer

When a meteor hits When a meteor hits the moon, Miranda the moon, Miranda must learn to survive must learn to survive the unimaginable . . the unimaginable . .

Unwind by Unwind by Neal Neal ShustermanShusterman

Connor, Risa, and Lev are Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.running for their lives.

The Second Civil War was The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive fought over reproductive rights. The chilling rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of from the moment of conception until age conception until age thirteen. Between the ages thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have however, parents can have their child "unwound," their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted organs are transplanted into different donors, so life into different donors, so life doesn't technically end.doesn't technically end.

Duplicate by Duplicate by Will Will SleatorSleator

When David finds a mysterious When David finds a mysterious machine that can copy living machine that can copy living things, he thinks his problems are things, he thinks his problems are over. While the other David is in over. While the other David is in school, the real one can spend school, the real one can spend the day at the beach. The the day at the beach. The possibilities are endless...and possibilities are endless...and terrifying.terrifying.

Cassini Code by Cassini Code by Dom Dom TestaTesta

A renowned scientist A renowned scientist proposes a bold plan: proposes a bold plan: to build a ship that will to build a ship that will carry a crew of 251 carry a crew of 251 teenagers to a home teenagers to a home in a distant solar in a distant solar system. Two years system. Two years later, later, Galahad Galahad and its and its crew is launched. If crew is launched. If their mission fails, it their mission fails, it will be the end of the will be the end of the human race…human race…

Uglies Series byUglies Series byScott Scott WesterfeldWesterfeld

Tally is about to turn Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns an operation that turns you from a repellent you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty.attractive pretty.

Watership Down by Watership Down by Richard AdamsRichard Adams

Fleeing the intrusion Fleeing the intrusion of man and the of man and the certain destruction certain destruction of their ancestral of their ancestral home, a band of home, a band of rabbits encounters rabbits encounters harrowing trials harrowing trials posed by posed by predators and predators and hostile warrens.hostile warrens.

Piers AnthonyPiers Anthony

The Gap Dragon The Gap Dragon had escaped and had escaped and was ravaging across was ravaging across the land, the forget-the land, the forget-spell was causing spell was causing mass amnesia, mass amnesia, three-year old Ivy three-year old Ivy was headed right for was headed right for a hungry dragon. a hungry dragon. Could things get any Could things get any worse? Probably....worse? Probably....

Peter Pan by J.M Barrie and Peter Pan by J.M Barrie and updated variationsupdated variations

Tale of a magical Tale of a magical boy who never boy who never grows up, who grows up, who lures young lures young Wendy and her Wendy and her brothers to brothers to Neverland Neverland where they where they meet pirates, meet pirates, Indians, fairies, Indians, fairies, and the Lost and the Lost Boys. Boys.

Looking Glass Wars Series by Looking Glass Wars Series by Frank Frank BeddorBeddor

The "true story" behind The "true story" behind Alice in Wonderland! Alice in Wonderland! Princess Alyss Heart Princess Alyss Heart is brutally cast out of is brutally cast out of Wonderland by her Wonderland by her vicious Aunt Redd, vicious Aunt Redd, who beheads Alyss' who beheads Alyss' mother (Off with her mother (Off with her head, she cries!) and head, she cries!) and begins to rule over begins to rule over Wonderland with an Wonderland with an iron fist. iron fist.

Brightly Woven by Brightly Woven by Alexandra BrackenAlexandra Bracken

As Sydelle As Sydelle discovers North's discovers North's dark secret and dark secret and the reason for his the reason for his interest in her, it interest in her, it becomes becomes increasingly clear increasingly clear that the fate of the that the fate of the kingdom rests in kingdom rests in her fingertips her fingertips

Dresden Files by Dresden Files by Jim ButcherJim Butcher My name is Harry My name is Harry

Blackstone Copperfield Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an wizard. I work out of an office in midtown office in midtown Chicago. As far as I Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only know, I'm the only openly practicing openly practicing professional wizard in professional wizard in the country. You can the country. You can find me in the yellow find me in the yellow pages, under Wizards. pages, under Wizards. Believe it or not, I'm the Believe it or not, I'm the only one there. only one there.

Dragon Heir Series by Dragon Heir Series by CindaCinda Williams Williams ChimaChima

Because of the Because of the stone stone implanted in his implanted in his chest during chest during infancy, Jack is infancy, Jack is a warrior a warrior expected to expected to duel to the duel to the death on behalf death on behalf of one of the of one of the wizarding wizarding houses. houses.

Mortal Instruments series by Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra ClareCassandra Clare

When fifteen-year-old When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium to the Pandemonium Club in New York Club in New York City, she hardly City, she hardly expects to witness a expects to witness a murder—much less a murder—much less a murder committed by murder committed by three teenagers three teenagers covered with strange covered with strange tattoos and tattoos and brandishing bizarre brandishing bizarre weapons. weapons.

Artemis Fowl by Eoin ColferArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer These aren't the These aren't the

fairies of fairies of bedtime stories. bedtime stories. These fairies are These fairies are armed and armed and they're they're dangerous. dangerous. Artemis thinks Artemis thinks he's got them he's got them just where he just where he wants them, but wants them, but then they stop then they stop playing by the playing by the rules . . . rules . . .

Dianne DuaneDianne Duane

As two young As two young wizards wizards embark on a embark on a mission to mission to preserve the preserve the universe they universe they encounter an encounter an eerie version of eerie version of Manhattan. Manhattan. Ages Ages

David David EddingsEddings

“Many of my explanations of how magic is supposed to work are absurdities - but my characters all accept these explanations as if there was no quibbling about them, and if the characters believe, then the readers seem also to believe. Maybe that's the "real" magic .”

Ranger Apprentice by Ranger Apprentice by John FlanaganJohn Flanagan

The exiled The exiled Morgarath, Morgarath, Lord of the Lord of the Mountains of Mountains of Rain and Night, Rain and Night, is gathering his is gathering his forces for an forces for an attack on the attack on the kingdom. This kingdom. This time, he will not time, he will not be denied . . . .be denied . . . .

Inkheart by Inkheart by Cornelia Cornelia FunkeFunke

Meggie's in the middle of Meggie's in the middle of the kind of adventure the kind of adventure she thought only took she thought only took place in fairy tales. place in fairy tales. Somehow she must Somehow she must master the magic that master the magic that has conjured up this has conjured up this nightmare. Can she nightmare. Can she change the course of change the course of the story that has the story that has changed her life changed her life forever? forever?