what genre? game before you read a book, it is sometimes possible to tell what genre of literature...
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What Genre? Game
Before you read a book, it is sometimes possible to tell what genre of literature it is by looking at the cover and reading the summary.
To play this game:
1. Look at the book cover, the call number, and read the summary.
2. Then decide what genre you think the book would be.
3. If you are correct, you will hear applause.
4. If you are wrong, you will hear a laser.
5. To go to the next book, click on the next button in the bottom right-hand corner.
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What Genre?
Summary:Left on their own in London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and find their father.
Call Number:
FBUL
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:Discusses the effects of some of nature's most violent phenomena.
Call Number:
551.2GRA
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Informational
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:The adventures of the Alden children as they take up residence in an old lighthouse.
Call Number:
FWAR
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?Summary:After learning that humans are headed toward his hidden home, Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven.Call Number:
FFUN
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:The life story of John F. Kennedy, America's youngest elected president.
Call Number:
921KEN
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
Next
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Poetry
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
What Genre?
Summary:Rhyming verse about the ups and downs of elementary school life
Call Number:
811DAK
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What Genre?
Summary:The adventures of Captain Nemo and his crew aboard the submarine, Nautilus. They come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above.
Call Number:
FVER
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:According to legend, when the eldest son fell in the well and almost drowned, the Chinese decided to give all their children short names.
Call Number:
398.2MOS
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:The Ingalls family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie.
Call Number:
FWIL
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:The town's ten-year-old walking encyclopedia again solves ten neighborhood mysteries.
Call Number:
F SOB
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:For his tenth birthday, Jack wants a robot so he'll have someone to play with.
Call Number:
F SLO
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
Next
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Poetry
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
What Genre?
Summary:When her kindergarten class has Job Day, Junie B. goes through much confusion and excitement before deciding on the "bestest" job of all.
Call Number:
811SIL
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What Genre?
Summary:When her kindergarten class has Job Day, Junie B. goes through much confusion and excitement before deciding on the "bestest" job of all.
Call Number:
FPAR
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:An African version of the familiar story of a man who sets off to sell his hats, only to have them stolen by a treeful of mischievous monkeys.
Call Number:
398.2DIA
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:Facts about mummies and mummification--natural and man-made--from around the world.
Call Number:
393 PUT
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Informational
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:Laurie and his family attempt to flee England when the Tripods descend from outer space and begin brainwashing everyone with their hypnotic Caps.
Call Number:
FSLO
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:The life story of the prolific inventor who had a keen interest in voice and sound and who worked tirelessly on behalf of deaf people.
Call Number:
921BEL
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:Twelve-year-old Greg is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.
Call Number:
F CLE
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia..
Call Number:
F LEW
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:Cam and her friend Eric help solve the mystery of the stolen diamonds.
Call Number:
F ADL
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:Disgusted that a family with three girls moves into the house across the river, nine-year-old Wally and his three brothers declare a practical joke war on the girls.Call Number:
FNAY
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:Mary Ellen Todd and her family move from their home in Arkansas westward over the Oregon Trail in 1852.
Call Number:
F VAN
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:Recounts the life story of the author of the "Little House" books, from her childhood in Wisconsin to her old age at Rocky Ridge Farm.
Call Number:
921WIL
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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What Genre?
Summary:A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her firstborn child.
Call Number:
398.2ZEL
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography
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Congratulations!
You know your genres.
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Folktale
Biography