1. What type of books make up this GENRE?

2. Fantastic elements such as magic, aliens, talking animals, or ridiculous exaggerations.

3. Biographies or true stories written is a novel format?

4.  You actually connect to the characters  What happens to them in the story  And how they feel  SEEMS TRUE TO REAL LIFE

5.  Historical Fiction  Contemporary Realistic Fiction Recent Past Faraway Past

6.  1975  Is this recent past?  Based on true events,  But some characters are made up.

7.  Problems  Death- grief  Divorce  War  Bullying  Foster Care  Popularity  Friendships  Family Life  School stories  Self- reliance  Survival  disasters  Coming of Age- growing up  Romance

8. Book Trailer Site How to use the catalog to find realistic fiction Go to the online catalog Change the search to visual search Click on the realistic fiction button Then click it again