Fantasy Genre

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An introductory PowerPoint presentation for the 7th grade unit on Fantasy.

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Fantasy is fiction with strange or otherworldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality.

Fantasy is fiction with strange or otherworldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality.

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Dere many kind of fantasy books. We now take look at duh various styles.

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Sword & Sorcery      (Quests, Epic sagas, Heroic tales, Wizards, Sorcerers, and Enchantresses)

An unbonded knight traveling as a "free lance" meets more than his share of trouble when he signs on with Lord Big Nose to recover a crown from the Lake of Skulls.

Lake of Skulls by Paul Stewart

This story has the blood, battles, and setting for a true Middle Ages adventure

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Sword & Sorcery      (Quest, Epic, Heroic, Wizards, Sorcerers, and Enchantresses)

The Squire’s Tales Series by Gerald Morris

A fun re-telling of the adventures of the knights of King Arthur’s court from a different point of view.

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Sword & Sorcery      (Quest, Epic, Heroic, Wizards, Sorcerers, and Enchantresses)

Skellig by David Almond

Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel.

“The writing takes one's breath away”

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Sword & Sorcery      (Quest, Epic, Heroic, Wizards, Sorcerers, and Enchantresses)

The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart

Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs.

Believable, well-imagined otherworld

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Sword & Sorcery      (Quest, Epic, Heroic, Wizards, Sorcerers, and Enchantresses)

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce The mage Numair, the

knight Alanna, and Queen Thayet enlist thirteen-year-old Daine's help to battle the dreadful immortal creatures that have recently begun to attack the kingdom of Tortall.

Well-written, suspenseful fantasy

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Sword & Sorcery      (Quest, Epic, Heroic, Wizards, Sorcerers, and Enchantresses)

Poisonby Chris Wooding

When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various Realms, and Poison herself confronts a surprising destiny.

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Humorous Fantasy

Dealing with dragons by Patricia C. Wrede,

Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom.

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Humorous Fantasy

Measle and the Wrathmonk by Ian Ogilvy

Twelve-year-old orphan Measle Stubbs is

shrunk down to half an inch tall and placed

in a train set by his evil guardian, the

Wrathmonk.

Quirky characters and their bizarre adventures.

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Humorous Fantasy

The Toad Books by Morris Gleitzman

The trials and tribulations in the pursuit of peace of Limpy, the cane toad.

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Paranormal Powers          (Psionic Powers, Shapeshifters, Immortality, Supernatural Beings)

Lord Lossby Darren Shan

Presumably the only witness to the horrific and bloody murder of his entire family, a teenage boy must outwit not only the mental health professionals determined to cure his delusion, but also the demonic forces only he can see.

Not for the faint of heart

Series

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Paranormal Powers          (Psionic Powers, Shapeshifters, Immortality, Supernatural Beings)

Overweight with acne-prone skin, twelve-year-old Hannah always feels

unsure of herself, but when a wooden statue of Jesus goes missing from a

cathedral, she discovers a special connection with both the statue and a

larger force.

The theft and the miracle

by Rebecca Wade

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Fairy Tale Maggie Gabbardby Sally M. Keen

In Kentucky in 1872, when goblins capture the moon, thirteen-year-old Magpie must rise above her family's fighting legacy and put her "cussedness" to use to save the moon and her loved ones, according to "the age-old prophecy."

“Charmed by the novel's tall-tale tone”

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Fairy Tale

A Mid-Semester Night’s Dreamby Margaret Meacham

Chaos results when Morgan gets help in casting a love spell on a boy at school from Gretta, a fairy-godmother-in-training.

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Time Travel Grimore

by Brad Strickland

In London with his parents, twelve-year-old Jarvey Midion is introduced to the Grimoire, a powerful book of spells that transports him to a strange place and time where danger lurks around every corner.

Page-turning suspense

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Time Travel Lost in Cyberspaceby Richard Peck

While dealing with changes at home, sixth-grader Josh and his friend Aaron use the computer at their New York prep school to travel through time, learning some secrets from the school's past and improving Josh's home situation.

"This clever caper doesn't miss a beat."

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A Bestiary            (Unicorns, Dragons, Uncommon Common Animals,            World of Faerie)

The Kingfisher’s Giftby Susan W. Beckhorn

After the sudden death of her beloved father, twelve-year-old Franny spends the summer with her unique grandmother in Massachusetts, where she continues to care for the fairies her father knew as a boy while at the same time wrestling with her own grief.

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A Bestiary            (Unicorns, Dragons, Uncommon Common Animals,            World of Faerie)

Warriors:Into the Nightby Erin Hunter

Rusty, a bored house kitten, is apprenticed by the ThunderClan and must struggle to fit in when the group of feral cats is threatened by the enemy ShadowClan.

Series

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A Bestiary            (Unicorns, Dragons, Uncommon Common Animals,            World of Faerie)

Warriors : The New Prophecy: Midnightby Erin Hunter

Called by StarClan to fulfill a new prophecy, a group of young cats sets out on a long and dangerous journey, knowing only that trouble threatens the forest, as the adventures of the warrior clans continue.

Series

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A Bestiary            (Unicorns, Dragons, Uncommon Common Animals,            World of Faerie)

Birdwingby Rafe Martin

Prince Ardwin, known as Birdwing, the youngest of six brothers turned into swans complete the transformation back into human form, so he undertakes a journey to by their stepmother, is unable to discover whether his feathered arm will be a curse or a blessing to him.

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A Bestiary            (Unicorns, Dragons, Uncommon Common Animals,            World of Faerie)

His majesty’s dragonby Naomi Novik

After capturing a French frigate and seizing its precious cargo, Captain Will Laurence of the HMS "Reliant" befriends the dragon Temeraire and uses his new friend to help defend his country from other airborne dragon forces.

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A Bestiary            (Unicorns, Dragons, Uncommon Common Animals,            World of Faerie)

The Dark Portalby Robin Jarvis

While on a rescue mission, a few daring mice journey below to the sewers to an evil world populated by rats who peel mice before eating them and worship the Dark Lord.

The writing is strong, with vivid characters, evil villains, and steady pacing

Series

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Dark Fantasy            (Weird Tales, Fantasy Featuring Detection)

The Seventh Towerby Garth Nix

Tal falls into a strange and unknown world of warriors, iceships, and magic.

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Dark Fantasy            (Weird Tales, Fantasy Featuring Detection)

Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

The golden compass by Philip Pullman.

Series

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Alternate & Parallel Worlds            (Alternate History, Parallel Worlds, Alternate Worlds)

Having learned from a talking cat that he and his sisters are the half-elfin royalty of a parallel world called Eidolon, twelve-year old Ben Arnold attempts to stop his evil uncle from smuggling magical creatures between the two worlds to sell on the black market.

A secret country by Jane Johnson

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Romantic/ Sentimental Fantasy   

The miraculous journey of Edward Tulaneby Kate DiCamillo

Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.

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Romantic/ Sentimental Fantasy   

Twilight Childby Sally Warner

Taken from eighteenth-century Finland by her father, teenager Eleni eventually finds a home in Scotland, receiving help along the way from brounies, fairies, and other creatures with whom she has the ability to see and talk.

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