1. Fantasy & Sci-Fi Genres

2. What is Fantasy?
A fictional story including elements that are impossible
Often includes: magical world or talking animals.

3. Popular Fantasy Authors
Roald Dahl
Chris D’Lacey
J. K. Rowling
E. B. White
Rick Riordan
Brandon Mull

4. Popular Fantasy Series
Wings of Fire: Dragonet Prophecy
The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement is determined to bring an end to the fighting.
**5th Grade Reading Level
The Familiars Three wizards-in-training are kidnapped by an evil queen. Their familiars, Aldwyn the alley cat, Skylar, a know-it-all blue jay, and Gilbert, a tree frog who can see the future, begin a quest to rescue the boys.
**6th Grade Reading Level
The Unwanteds
In a society that purges 13-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths learn magic.
**4-5th Grade Reading Level

5. Popular Fantasy Series
Artemis Fowl
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind, but even he does not know what he has taken on when he kidnaps fairy Captain Holly Short of the Leprecon Unit. These fairies are armed and they are dangerous. 
**5th Grade Reading Level
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Through the mysterious powers of a book, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic, where they come face-to-face with the fairytale characters they grew up reading about.
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
When twelve-year-old Emily is finally allowed to take swimming lessons, she discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself.
**3-4th Grade Reading Level

6. What is Science Fiction?
A fiction story that includes science & technology.
Often includes: different time period, government
Very similar to fantasy.

7. Popular Sci-Fi Books The Giver
While training to be the Receiver of Memory, Jonas experiences joy and sadness for the first time. He becomes convinced his society has given up too much, and he can no longer accept the sameness. 
**5th Grade Reading Level
City of Ember
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a messenger, to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Among the Hidden
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
**4-5th Grade Reading Level

8. Popular Sci-Fi Books A Wrinkle in Time
Meg Murry and her family receive a surprise visit from an unearthly stranger out of another dimension in time. 
**4th Grade Reading Level
The Boxes
When she opens two strange boxes left in her care by her mysterious uncle, fifteen-year-old Annie discovers a swarm of telepathic creatures and unleashes a power capable of slowing down time.
Animorphs
Jake went to sleep only to wake up to be twenty-five years old. The world Jake-the-kid went to sleep in has changed. It is ruled by the Yeerks. Are the other Animorphs and Ax still around?
**3-4th Grade Reading Level