[ISLMA-Share] Sub-genre Semi-Fiction

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I sounds like “narrative non-fiction” to me.  An example would be
“Bomb:  the race to steal …..” or “Lincoln’s Grave Robbers” by Shenkin.  Any of the Jim Murphy non-fiction (American Plague).  There are great lists out on the web.

The difference between historical fiction and narrative or creative non-fiction is that in historical fiction the event is real but the characters, actions, and other details are fictional.  In narrative non-fiction actions and events are dramatized but not fictionalized.  Characters in the story are portrayed as themselves.


Betty Klein
Librarian
Avery Coonley School
Downers Grove, IL   60515
bklein at averycoonley.org





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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!

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Sincerely,
Amy Hamernick
Media Specialist
Apple Teacher
Century Jr. High
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#CenturyWildcats


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we will get what we've always got."
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