Books, baby, Books! Created by Mr. Sam Bundy 50,000 Titles published each year Less than 10,000 are fiction.

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Books, baby, Books! Created by Mr. Sam Bundy 50,000 Titles published each year Less than 10,000 are fiction

Types Fiction –Genre Fiction –Popular fiction Non fiction

Literature Tests The test of time Seriousness of purpose or theme Critical acclaim

Terms Advance Royalty Self-publishing – Literary agent

1.Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling, for its focus on wizardry and magic. 2.Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, for using offensive language and being unsuited to age group. 3.The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (the "Most Challenged" fiction book of 1998), for using offensive language and being unsuited to age group. 4.I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, for sexual content, racism, offensive language, violence and being unsuited to age group. 5.Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene for racism, offensive language and being sexually explicit. 6.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger for offensive language and being unsuited to age group. 7.Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, for being sexually explicit, using offensive language and being unsuited to age group. 8.Go Ask Alice by Anonymous for being sexually explicit, for offensive language and drug use. 9.Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, for offensive language and being unsuited to age group. 10.Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause for being sexually explicit and unsuited to age group. Challenged Books