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Fantasy Science Fiction
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Fantasy

• Literature rooted in world
  folklore mythology
• Includes retellings of classic
  fairy tales
• Mythological creatures
• Creatures acting as human

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Fantasy also has

• Long books
• Large cast of characters
• Elaborate Settings
• Magical Elements are Present
• Plot is intrinsically a battle between good and
  evil

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In Fantasy

• Hero or Heroine is tested
• Comes of Age through winning the Battle or
• Completing the Quest
• End often hints that Evil is only dormant and
  will arise again
• Often in the next book

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Science Fiction

• Uses science technology
• Space or time travel
• Impact on humans, society or government
• Aliens
• Main character involved in a struggle with
  overwhelming odds
• Sometimes the end of the human race

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Both Genres

• Often published in series
• Major authors may have more than one series
• Includes many books written because of movies, TV
  series tie-ins

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Lynne Reid Banks

• Indian in Cupboard
• Return of the Indian
• Secret of the Indian
• Mystery of the Cupboard
• Key to the Indian
• Also - I, Houdini

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T. A. Barron

• Lost Years of Merlin Epic
• Lost Years of Merlin
• Seven Songs of Merlin
• Fires of Merlin
• Mirror of Merlin
• Wings of Merlin
• Heartlight Trilogy
• Ancient One
• Tree Girl
• Merlin Effect

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David Clement-Davis

• Fire Bringer
• The Sight
• Telling Pool

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Andrew Clements

• Things Not Seen
• Things Hoped For
• Things That Are

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Eoin Colfer

• Artemis Fowl
• Arctic Incident 2
• Eternity Code 3
• Opal Deception 4
• Lost Colony 5
• Wish List
• Supernaturalist

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Suzanne Collins

• Not only the author of the Hunger Games
• Gregor Series
• Overlander
• Prophecy of Bane
• Curse of Warmbloods
• Marks of Secret
• Code of Claw

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Versions of Grimm

• Tale Dark and Grimm - Caudill
• Grimm Legacy SHU
• Sisters Grimm - BUC

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Arthur Trilogy

• By Kevin Crossley-Holland
• Seeing Stone
• At the Crossing Places
• King of the Middle March
• Other King Arthur Stories
• Gerald Morris

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Debi Glori

• Pure Dead Series
• Magic
• Brilliant
• Wicked
• Trouble
• Funny, like Lemony Snicket

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Shannon Hale

• Princess Academy
• Sequel Palace of Stone
• Books of Bayern
• Three in series

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Mary Hoffman

• Stravaganza City of Masks
• Stravaganza City of Stars
• Stavaganza City of Flowers

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Jean Ferris

• Once upon a Marigold
• Twice Upon a Marigold

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John Flanagan

• Rangers Apprentice
• First book
• Ruins of Gorlan
• Brotherband Chronicles

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Cornelia Funke

• Inkspell Series
• Thief Lord
• Dragon Rider

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Madelyn LEngle

• A Wrinkle in Time
• A Wind in the Door
• Swiftly Tilting Planet
• Many Waters
• Many others

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Ursula Le Guin

• Earthsea Series
• Wizard of Earthsea
• Furthest Shore
• Tombs of Atuan
• Tehanu
• Tales from Earthsea
• Many others

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Brian Jacques

• Redwall Series
• (see next slide)
• Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
• The Angels Command (sequel)

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Redwall Order

• Written in this Order
• Redwall
• Mossflower
• Mariel of Redwall
• Salamandstron
• Martin the Warrior
• Bellmaker
• Outcast of Redwall
• Pearls of Lutra

• Long Patrol
• Marlfox
• Legend of Luke
• Lord Brocktree
• Taggerung
• Triss
• Loamhedge
• Rakkety Tam
• High Rhulain

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Wynne- Jones

• Dark Lord of the Darkholm
• Year of the Griffin
• Many others

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Gail Carson Levine

• Ella Enchanted
• The Wish
• The Two Princesses of Bamarre
• Fairest

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C. S. Lewis

• Chronicles of Narnia
• Magicians Nephew
• Lion Witch Wardrobe
• Horse His Boy
• Prince Caspian
• Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• Silver Chair
• Last Battle

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Kathryn Lasky

• Guardians of GaHoole Series
• The Capture
• The Journey
• The Rescue
• Siege
• Shattering
• Burning
• new ones

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Robin McKinley

• Beauty
• The Blue Sword
• Hero the Crown
• Outlaws of Sherwood
• Rose Daughter
• Spindles End

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Anne McCaffrey

• Dragonriders of Pern Series
• Dragonflight
• Dragonquest
• Dragonsong
• Dragonsinger
• Get off the Unicorn
• White Dragon
• Dragondrums
• Moreta, Dragonlady
• Nerlikas Story

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William Nicholson

• The Wind Singer
• Slaves of the Mastery
• Firesong An Adventure

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Garth Nix

• Sabriel Series
• Seventh Tower Series
• Mister Monday Series

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Kenneth Oppel

• Silverwing
• Sunwing
• Firewing
• Airborn
• Sequels

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Christopher Paolini

• Eragon
• Author wrote at 18
• Already in movie production
• Eldest

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Philip Pullman

• His Dark Materials
• The Golden Compass
• The Subtle Knife
• The Amber Spyglass
• Clockwork
• Shadow in the North
• The Firework-makers Daughter
• I Was a Rat

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Tamara Pierce

• Circle of Magic Series
• Briars Book
• Dajas Book
• Triss Book
• Sandrys Book
• Circle Opens Series
• Magic Steps
• Street Magic
• Cold Fire

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Jonathan Stroud

• Bartimaeus Trilogy
• Amulet of Samarkand
• Golems Eye
• Ptolemys Gate

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Vivian Van Velde

• Heir Apparent
• Rumplestiltskin Problem (Straw into Gold)
• Three Good Deeds
• More

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Patricia Wrede

• Enchanted Forest Chronicles
• Calling on Dragons
• Talking to Dragons
• Searching for Dragons
• Dealing with Dragons
• Also many others

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Recent Movies

• Lord of the Rings
• 4 books
• by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Scott Westerfeld

• Uglies Series
• 4 books
• Midnighters
• Leviathian
• 3 books

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Harry Potter by Rowling

• Sorcerers Stone
• Chamber of Secrets
• Prisoner of Azkaban
• Goblet of Fire
• Order of the Phoenix
• Half-Blood Prince

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