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We classified some of the most popular books in genres. You may find the following overview of children’s and young adult fiction genres helpful when borrowing books from our library. (1)........................ : It usually involves the main character going on a quest or journey and experiencing extreme conditions. It may or may not involve history but has plenty of action. Some of the examples could also involve elements of mystery, dystopia or fantasy. Examples include: Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and The Travelling Restaurant: Jasper’s voya ge in three parts, a novel for children by Barbara Else. Classics: The classics are ex amples of penmanship of a particular period in history. Classics are time - honoured, which is why there are 'classic' classics and modern classics. Titles by Charles Dickens or H.G.Wells would be examples of older classics whereas John Marsden's Tomorrow when the war began series would be considered a modern classic. (2).......................... : Think imaginary lands, myths and magic. Popular examples include Lord of the rings by J . R . R . Tolkien (Elves, W izard s, G oblins) , the Harry Potter series by J K Rowling (Wizards and W itches), and Rick Riordan's Percy J ackson series (Greek and Roman G ods). (3)....................... : This genre of books has been written with the intention to scare the reader with gory details of blood, ghosts, vampires, skeletons, demons and the supernatural world. Examples include the Zom - B City by Darren Shan, Derek Landy’s Skulduggery Pleasant seri es (which has a dark thread of humour so crosses genres) and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard B ook. Humorous stories: Stories that cause you to smile or laugh out loud at the quirkiness of their characters. Andy Griffith ’ s brilliant Just series and Swim the Fly by Don Calame are good examples. Mystery: These are the Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christies of the collection. Examples of this genre are the Theodore Boone series by John Grisham, H.J. Harper's Bureau of mysteries series, and the Alex Rider series by A nthony Horowitz. (4 )........................... : The Oxford dictionary defines this as: "fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets." Examples include The Cinder, the first of the Lunar chronicle s by Marissa Meyer, The Enders S aga, by O rson Scott Card and Across the U niverse by Beth Revis. Books such as the Divergent series by Veronika Roth fall into the science fiction and dystopian genres.