Genres

Genres are groupings determined by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

What genre is "All American Boys", about how one white teenager and one black teenager deal with police brutality?

What genre is "The Marrow Thieves", where a corrupt government hunts Indigenous people for their special bone marrow?

Realistic Fiction is always happy and light-hearted.

What genre is "It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime", where Trevor Noah tells stories about his own childhood in South Africa?

What genre is "Girl Rising", the true stories of 9 girls being educated in the developing world?

What genre is "A Song Below Water", about teenage girls who are creatures called sirens with magical and deadly voices?

Which genre would be MOST LIKELY to involve dragons?

Which genre provides true facts and information?

What genre is "Boy21", about two teens who have hard lives coming together through basketball?

Historical Fiction books are only about wars.

Mystery/Thriller books can often contain elements of horror.

Autobiographies/Memoirs are books people write about their own lives, firsthand.

Poetry uses form, style, and figurative language to create meaning.

Which genre is a Japanese style that you read back to front, right to left?

What genre often features a crime that needs to be solved?

Graphic Novels are always easier to read than regular books.

What genre would be MOST LIKELY to have robots/artificial intelligence?

Which genre includes action, survival and usually a quest or journey?

Middle Grade Fiction is like Realistic Fiction, but with milder language and less intense situations/content.

What genre is "One Of Us Is Lying", where one of five students in detention suddenly dies and no one knows how or why?

Realistic Fiction would include a novel about a teenager's everyday life.