[ISLMA-Share] Sub-genre Semi-Fiction

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Wed Apr 12 11:07:48 CDT 2017


Hello,

  Although I have never used Semi-fiction, Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
comes to mind. It is the retelling of a true story.

Kris Buican
Gemini JHS
Niles, IL



On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We use the purchased Schoolwide Curriculum here for LA.  I am struggling
> with a sub-genre they call Semi-Fiction.
>
> Here is the teacher's description:
>
> "It's defined as a text that implements a great deal of nonfiction, such
> as a fictional depiction "based on a true story", or a reconstructed
> biography. I don't really understand how this would be differentiated from
> historical or realistic fiction."
>
> I agree with her.  Anyone know of any titles I could suggest to her that
> would fit this term of Semi-Fiction?  She thought Someone Named Eva, I
> thought Countdown, by Deborah Wiles.
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Amy Hamernick
> Media Specialist
> Apple Teacher
> Century Jr. High
> @AhamernickCJH
> #CenturyWildcats
>
>
> "If we always do what we've always done,
> we will get what we've always got."
> ~Adam Urbanski~
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Kris Buican
*Library/Media Specialist*
*8955 N. Greenwood Ave*
*Gemini Junior High School*
*Niles, IL 60714*

Never judge a book by its movie.
*JW Eagan*

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