[ISLMA-Share] Sub-genre Semi-Fiction

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Maybe "The Paris Wife"? Since it's fiction but heavily based on Hadley
Richardson & Hemingway's accounts? That's tough!

On 12 April 2017 at 10:07, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media
Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
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Douglas County Public Schools
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