Genre
A type or kind of literature
Why learn about genre?
• It is one way to classify literature.
• Knowing the characteristics of a
genre increases understanding of a
text.
• Reading across many genres
improves thinking and general
knowledge.
Caution!
Many texts are not purely one genre,
but a mix of more than one:
A historical novel could also be a
mystery.
A realistic novel may be written in the
form of a poem. (verse novel)
Realistic fiction
Characters:
everyday people doing everyday
things
Setting: modern time, realistic place
Plot: realistic events
Realistic fiction
They say his clothes blend into the
background, no matter where he stands.
They say a lot of things about the
Schwa, but one thing's for sure: no one
ever noticed him except Antsy Bonano
who realized the Schwa was
"functionally invisible" and used him to
make some big bucks.
Realistic fiction
Gianna Z. has less than one week to
collect twenty-five leaves for a
science project, or else she might
lose her spot at cross-country
sectionals. Finishing her project will
be enough of a hurdle, but with a
grandmother who keeps losing her
teeth, a father who drives her to
school in the family hearse, and an
arch-nemesis intent on stealing her
spot on the team, Gianna will need a
stroke of brilliance to make
everything fall into place
Realistic fiction
Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally
normal life: he plays drums in the AllStar Jazz band, has a crush on the
hottest girl in the school, and is
constantly annoyed by his five-year-old
brother, Jeffrey. But when Jeffrey is
diagnosed with leukemia, Steven's
world is turned upside down. He is
forced to deal with his brother's illness
and his parents' attempts to keep the
family in one piece
Realistic fiction
Ally, Bree, and Jack meet at
the one place the Great
Eclipse can be seen in totality,
each carrying the burden of
their own problems, which
become dim when compared
to the task they embark upon
and the friendship they find.
Realistic fiction
Five months ago, Valerie
Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened
fire on their school cafeteria. Shot
trying to stop him, Valerie
inadvertently saved the life of a
classmate, but was implicated in
the shootings because of the list
she helped create. A list of people
and things she and Nick hated.
The list he used to pick his
targets.Now, after a summer of
seclusion, Val is forced to confront
her guilt as she returns to school
to complete her senior year
Realistic fiction
In Caitlin's world, everything is black
or white. Things are good or bad.
Anything in between is confusing.
That's the stuff Caitlin's older
brother, Devon, has always
explained. But now Devon's dead
and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin
wants to get over it, but as an
eleven-year-old girl with Asperger's,
she doesn't know how. When she
reads the definition of closure, she
realizes that is what she needs. In
her search for it, Caitlin discovers
that not everything is black and
white the world is full of colors
messy and beautiful.
Realistic fiction
Eleven-year-old Melody has a
photographic memory. Her head is
like a video camera that is always
recording. Always. And there's no
delete button. She's the smartest kid
in her whole school but no one
knows it. Most people her teachers
and doctors included don't think
she's capable of learning, and up
until recently her school days
consisted of listening to the same
preschool-level alphabet lessons
again and again and again.
Historical fiction
Characters:
famous historical people (may
not be main characters)
Setting: pre-1970, could be
historical/important sites
Plot: authentic historical events (at
least in the background)
Historical fiction
Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest
concerns are baseball, homework,
and a local bully, until life with his
Japanese family in Hawaii changes
drastically after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Historical fiction
A twelve-year-old boy named
Moose moves to Alcatraz Island
in 1935 when guards' families
were housed there, and has to
contend with his extraordinary
new environment in addition to
life with his autistic sister.
Historical fiction
Esperanza and her mother are
forced to leave their life of wealth
and privilege in Mexico to go work
in the labor camps of Southern
California, where they must adapt
to the harsh circumstances facing
Mexican farm workers on the eve
of the Great Depression.
Historical fiction
It's late summer 1793, and the
streets of Philadelphia are abuzz
with mosquitoes and rumors of
fever. Down near the docks, many
have taken ill, and the fatalities are
mounting. Now they include Polly,
the serving girl at the Cook
Coffeehouse. But fourteen-year-old
Mattie Cook doesn't get a moment
to mourn the passing of her
childhood playmate.
Historical fiction
Homer's older brother has been
illegally sold to the Union Army. It is
up to Homer to find him and save
him. Along the way, he encounters
strange but real people of that era:
two tricksters who steal his money,
a snake-oil salesman, a hot-air
balloonist, and finally, the Maine
regiment who saved Little Round
Top at the Battle of Gettysburg and
won the war for the Union.
Historical fiction
Battle by battle, Gary Paulsen
shows readers one boy's war
through one boy's eyes and
one boy's heart, and gives a
voice to all the anonymous
young men who fought in the
Civil War.
Historical fiction
While all his classmates are enjoying
religious instruction, seventh-grader
Holling Hoodhood shares Wednesday
afternoons with Mrs. Baker, his Camillo
Junior High teacher. Not surprisingly,
Holling lacks enthusiasm for mid-week
appointments with an instructor who
assigns him Shakespeare as out-of-class
reading.
Historical fiction
In 1947, with her jovial stepfather
Joe back from the war and family
life returning to normal, teenage
Evie, smitten by the handsome
young ex-GI who seems to have a
secret hold on Joe, finds herself
caught in a complicated web of
lies whose devastating outcome
change her life and that of her
family forever.
Historical fiction
It's 1962, and it seems everyone
is living in fear. Twelve-year-old
Franny Chapman lives with her
family in Washington, DC, during
the days surrounding the Cuban
Missile Crisis. Amidst the
pervasive threat of nuclear war,
Franny must face the tension
between herself and her younger
brother, figure out where she fits
in with her family, and look
beyond outward appearances.
Science fiction
Characters:
mutants, robots, aliens, mad
scientists, thinking computers
Setting: advanced tech-cities,
spaceships, other solar systems,
planets, time travel, the future
Plot: alien attacks/visits, time travel,
technology gone wrong,
Science fiction
Cassia has always trusted the Society
to make the right choices for her: what
to read, what to watch, what to believe.
So when Xander's face appears onscreen at her Matching ceremony,
Cassia that he is her ideal mate . . .
until she sees Ky Markham's face flash
for an instant before the screen fades
to black.The Society tells her it's a
glitch and that she should focus on the
happy life she's destined to lead with
Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking
about Ky and begins to doubt the
Society's infallibility.
Science fiction
Who is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-yearold Jenna has been told that is her
name. She has just awoken from a
coma, they tell her, and she is still
recovering from a terrible accident in
which she was involved a year ago.
But what happened before that?
Jenna doesn't remember her life. Or
does she? And are the memories
really hers?
Science fiction
Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a
split second when a meteor knocks
the moon closer to the earth. How
should her family prepare for the
future when worldwide tsunamis
wipe out the coasts, earthquakes
rock the continents, and volcanic
ash blocks out the sun? As summer
turns to Arctic winter, Miranda, her
two brothers, and
their mother retreat to the
unexpected safe haven of their
sunroom, where they subsist on
stockpiled food and limited water in
the warmth of a wood-burning stove
Science fiction
Todd Hewitt is the last boy in
Prentisstown. But Prentisstown isn't like
other towns. Everyone can hear
everyone else's thoughts in a constant,
overwhelming, never-ending Noise.
There is no privacy. There are no secrets.
Or are there? Just one month away from
the birthday that will make him a man,
Todd unexpectedly stumbles upon a spot
of complete silence. Which is impossible.
Prentisstown has been lying to him. And
now he's going to have to run.
Science fiction
Imagine waking up in total darkness,
unsure of where you are and unable
to remember anything about yourself
except your first name. You're in a
bizarre place devoid of adults called
the Glade. The Glade is an enclosed
structure with a jail, a graveyard, a
slaughterhouse, living quarters, and
gardens. And no way out. Outside the
Glade is the Maze, and every day
some of the kids venture into the
labyrinth, trying to map the everchanging pattern of walls in an
attempt to find an exit. So far, no one
has figured it out.
Science fiction
Playing on every teen’s passionate
desire to look as good as everybody
else, Scott Westerfeld projects a
future world in which a compulsory
operation at sixteen wipes out
physical differences and makes
everyone pretty by conforming to an
ideal standard of beauty. The "New
Pretties" are then free to play and
party, while the younger "Uglies" look
on enviously and spend the time
before their own transformations in
plotting mischievous tricks against
their elders. But Tally discovers an
ugly secret behind the pretty
transformation.
Science fiction
Ann Burden is sixteen years old and
completely alone. The world as she
once knew it is gone, ravaged by a
nuclear war that has taken everyone
from her. For the past year, she has
lived in a remote valley with no
evidence of any other survivors.But
the smoke from a distant campfire
shatters Ann's solitude. Someone
else is still alive and making his way
toward the valley. Who is this man?
What does he want? Can he be
trusted? Both excited and terrified,
Ann soon realizes there may be
worse things than being the last
person on Earth.
Science fiction
In a not-too-distant future, the United States
of America has collapsed, weakened by
drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced
by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol
and 12 districts. Each year, two young
representatives from each district are
selected by lottery to participate in The
Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part
brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts,
the televised games are broadcasted
throughout Panem as the 24 participants are
forced to eliminate their competitors, literally,
with all citizens required to watch. When 16year-old Katniss’s young sister, Prim, is
selected as the mining district’s female
representative, Katniss volunteers to take her
place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta,
the son of the town baker, will be pitted
against bigger, stronger representatives who
have trained for this their whole lives.
Mystery
Characters:
detectives, investigators, spies
Setting: could be crime scene,
detective agency, creepy house
Plot: crime or mysterious event and
clues that lead to a solution
Mystery
The often-tortured class
weirdo has disappeared,
leaving an enigmatic note
on the school library
computer. Is he a runaway,
a suicide, or a murder
victim?
Mystery
The sleepy Rocky Mountain town of
Silverton, Colorado hasn t seen a
murder in years according to Pat
Mahoney, the county coroner. So when
his teenage daughter, Cameryn, asks if
she can be his assistant as preparation
for a career in forensic pathology he
figures it s a safe bet. But neither of
them imagines that their first case will
involve someone Cameryn knows . . .
the fourth victim of a serial killer.
Mystery
In this art mystery, two sixth
graders are intertwined in the
story by a series of unknown
coincidences, drawing them
ever deeper into the theft of a
Johannes Vermeer painting, A
Lady Writing. The
mathematical puzzle known as
the pentomino plays a great
role in the book,as well as
emphasizing the admittedly
empty spaces in accounts of
the Vermeer's life.
Mystery
When Katarina Bishop was three,
her parents took her on a trip to the
Louvre...to case it. For her seventh
birthday, Katarina and her Uncle
Eddie traveled to Austria...to steal
the crown jewels. When Kat turned
fifteen, she planned a con of her
own--scamming her way into the
best boarding school in the country,
determined to leave the family
business behind. Unfortunately,
leaving "the life" for a normal life
proves harder than she'd expected
Mystery
Being a hefty, deaf newcomer almost
makes Will Halpin the least popular
guy at Coaler High. But when he
befriends the only guy less popular
than him, the dork-namic duo has
the smarts and guts to figure out
who knocked off the star
quarterback. Will can’t hear what’s
going on, but he is a great observer.
So, who did it? And why does that
guy talk to his fingers? And will the
beautiful girl ever notice him?
Mystery
When Ted and Kat watched
their cousin Salim get on board
the British Airways London Eye,
he turned and waved before
getting on. But after half an hour
it landed and everyone trooped
off - but no Salim. Where could
he have gone? How on earth
could he have disappeared into
thin air?
Mystery
For eighth-grade reporters Stevie
Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson,
winning the national writing contest
would have been prize enough.
When they receive their all-access
tickets to the NCAA Final Four
basketball tournament, they are
understandably gleeful. Their
euphoria comes down a few notches,
however, when they overhear a
coach pressuring a player to throw a
key game. In the March Madness
environment, the two young scribes
don't know whether they have
blundered into the biggest scoop of a
lifetime or what threatens to become
a near-death experience!
Mystery
Sixteen-year-old Steve
Harmon is on trial for
murder. As the
circumstances unfold,
readers get a chance to
think carefully about the
crime and decide his
innocence or guilt.
Mystery
You and your best friend head
out West on a cross-country
bike trek. The two of you get
into a fight and stop riding
together. You reach Seattle, go
back home, start college. You
think your former best friend
does too.
He doesn't.
Imagine your world shifting.
Fantasy
Characters:
talking animals, mythical
creatures, magic users
Setting: often medieval, time travel,
magical places, paranormal events
Plot: heros on a journey or quest, often
good vs. evil
Fantasy
In the blink of an eye. Everyone
disappears. GONE. Except for the
young. Teens. Middle schoolers.
Toddlers. But not one single adult. No
teachers, no cops, no doctors, no
parents. Just as suddenly, there are
no phones, no internet, no television.
No way to get help. And no way to
figure out what's happened.Hunger
threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister
creature lurks. Animals are mutating.
And the teens themselves are
changing, developing new talents,
unimaginable, dangerous, deadly
powers that grow stronger by the day.
Fantasy
Harry Potter has never been the star of a
Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a
broom far above the ground. He knows no
spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon,
and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All
he knows is a miserable life with the
Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and
their abominable son, Dudley--a great big
swollen spoiled bully. Harry's room is a tiny
closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't
had a birthday party in eleven years. But all
of that is about to change when a mysterious
letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with
an invitation to an incredible place that Harry-and anyone who reads about him--will find
unforgettable.
Fantasy
For seventeen-year-old Janie,
getting sucked into other people's
dreams is getting old. She can't
tell anybody about what she does
they'd never believe her, or
worse, they'd think she's a freak.
So Janie lives on the fringe,
cursed with an ability she doesn't
want and can’t control. Then she
falls into a gruesome nightmare,
one that chills her to the bone.
Fantasy
An unidentified airplane appears
out of nowhere. When the
aircraft is boarded, its only
occupants are babies; once they
are removed, the pilotless plane
vanishes. Jonah and Chip, now
teenagers, discover that they
were among the "airborne
orphans," who seem to be
somehow linked with missing
children from history. Rather
than forgetting the past, the two
boys decide to venture into it,
risking their survival to right the
wrongs of time.
Fantasy
Nick and Allie don't survive the car
accident...but their souls don't
exactly get where they're supposed
to get either. Instead, they're caught
halfway between life and death, in a
sort of limbo known as Everlost: a
shadow of the living world, filled
with all the things and places that
no longer exist. It's a magical yet
dangerous place where bands of
lost children run wild and anyone
who stands in the same place too
long sinks to the center of the Earth.
Fantasy
fter getting expelled from yet another
school for yet another clash with
mythological monsters only he can see,
twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is taken
to Camp Half-Blood, where he finally
learns the truth about his unique
abilities: He is a demigod, half human,
half immortal. Even more stunning: His
father is the Greek god Poseidon, ruler
of the sea, making Percy one of the
most powerful demigods alive. There's
little time to process this news. All too
soon, a cryptic prophecy from the
Oracle sends Percy on his first quest, a
mission to the Underworld to prevent a
war among the gods of Olympus.
Fantasy
A calico cat, about to have kittens,
hears the lonely howl of a chainedup hound deep in the backwaters of
the bayou. She dares to find him in
the forest, and the hound dares to
befriend this cat, this feline, this
creature he is supposed to hate.
They are an unlikely pair, about to
become an unlikely family. Ranger
urges the cat to hide underneath the
porch, to raise her kittens there
because Gar-Face, the man living
inside the house, will surely use
them as alligator bait should he find
them. But they are safe in the
Underneath...as long as they stay in
the Underneath.
Fantasy
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that
her father, who repairs and binds
books for a living, can "read" fictional
characters to life when one of those
characters abducts them and tries to
force him into service.
Traditional Literature
Definition: stories passed down for
generations by oral storytelling
Myths, legends, fairy tales, nursery
rhymes, tall tales
This is the foundation for fantasy.
Traditional Literature
A visually appealing selection of 61
fables that mixes the well known
("The Fox and the Grapes," "The
Tortoise and the Hare") with some
that have been nearly forgotten ("The
Mermaid and the Woodcutter").
Traditional Literature
Don't mess with the gods. And if they
mess with you? Run. . .
Including King Arthur, The Minotaur, Inca
legends and more!There was a time when
monsters and dragons roamed the earth
and the gods walked among us. A time of
blood, swords and furious battles. A time of
legends, heroes, darkness and death . . .
Traditional Literature
Don't mess with the gods. And if they
mess with you? Run. . .
Including Gorgons, Banshees, Dragons,
Sphinxes and more! There was a time
when monsters and dragons roamed the
earth and the gods walked among us. A
time of blood, swords and furious battles.
A time of legends, heroes, darkness and
death . . .
Traditional Literature
It is here that we find such figures as Little
Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Sleeping
Beauty, Hansel and Gretle, Tom Thumb,
Rapunzel, and the Bremen Town
Musicians--to name but a few. But be
forewarned: these are not the tales as
presented in The Little Golden Book series
or on the big screen by Walt Disney. True
enough, there is magic, wonder, and a
world in which good triumphs... but there is
also savage retribution, revenge, brutality,
and torture.
Traditional Literature
The earth breeds giants and ogres of
indescribable horror -- the heavens hold
omnipotent gods and goddesses, full of
courage, strength and wisdom. Zeus, the
almighty king of the gods, who cannot resist
feminine beauty -- mortal or divine, and his
jealous and vengeful wife, Hera. Perseus,
takes on an impossible challenge: slaying the
monstrous Medusa, whose glance turns men
to stone.The Minotaur, half-man and half-bull,
destroys the young victims sacrificed to his
terrifying power. A fantastic world of spells and
curses, magic and mystery, forces that create
and destroy.
Poetry
Definition: shortened form of writing
Figurative language (metaphors, similes,
personification)
Author’s expression of feelings, opinions
May follow a form or structure
Poetry
From an acclaimed anthologist
comes this unforgettable
collection of one hundred poems
by teenagers, capturing the
vertigo-inducing realm of romantic
love.
Poetry
The companion volume to If
You're Not Here, Please Raise
Your Hand celebrates the world
of education and all the
poignant, whimsical, and
wondrous moments that occur
in the classroom.
Poetry
In this companion to The New Kid
on the Block, an early worm
frightens the early bird, four vain
and ancient tortoises race to see
who can get to the finish line last,
and outrageous imaginary
characters such as the "KnowNothing Neebies" pop up as
magically as any creature from
The Phantom or The Wizard of Oz
ever did. Other subjects make
fabulous fodder for fun, including
sibling rivalry, bad table manners,
meatloaf, and bats.
Poetry
A collection of poems,
stories, and essays written
by girls twelve to eighteen
years of age and revealing
the secrets which enabled
them to overcome the
challenges they faced.
Poetry
Pssst...reader!I've got something
to tell you. I'm not just another
book of poetry. I'm full of voices
you've never heard before. Have
you ever wondered what it would
be like to be a turtle, a
snowflake, or a pile of dirty
laundry? All sorts of objects and
animals speak up in these
poems that are just shouting to
be read. So what are you waiting
for? Check me out!
Verse Novel
Like the Oklahoma dust bowl from
which she came, 14-year-old
narrator Billie Jo writes in sparse,
free-floating verse. In this
compelling, immediate journal, Billie
Jo reveals the grim domestic
realities of living during the years of
constant dust storms: That hopes-like the crops--blow away in the
night like skittering tumbleweeds.
That trucks, tractors, even Billie Jo's
beloved piano, can suddenly be
buried beneath drifts of dust.
Verse Novel
LaVaughn needed a part-time job,
something she could do after school to
help earn money for college. Jolly
needed a babysitter, someone she
could trust with two kids while she
worked the evening shift.It didn't matter
that LaVaughn was fourteen, only three
years younger than Jolly. It didn't
matter that Jolly didn't have a husband
or a mom and dad, because LaVaughn
gives Jolly and her two babies more
love and understanding than should be
possible for a fourteen-year-old,
because if she doesn't no one else will.
Verse Novel
A funny, sweet, original short novel
written in free verse, introduces us to
a boy who discovers the powers and
pleasures of poetry. Against his will.
After all, "boys don't write poetry.
Girls do." What does he say of the
famous poem "Stopping by Woods
on a Snowy Evening"? "I think Mr.
Robert Frost / has a little / too / much
/ time / on his / hands." As his
teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, introduces
the canon to the class, however, he
starts to see the light. Poetry is not
so bad, it's not just for girls, and it's
not even that hard to write.
Verse Novel
Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken
leaves her best friend, her
boyfriend, her aunt, and her
mother's grave in Boston and
reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to
live with her father, a famous movie
star who divorced her mother
before Ruby was born.
Verse Novel
Free verse poems describe the
reactions of students, colleagues,
and others when a high school
teacher is shot to death as the
school day begins.
Biography, autobiography
and memoir
Biography: story of someone’s life writeen
by someone else
Autobiography: story of someone’s life
written by him/herself
Memoir: a short account of an an author’s
experiences written by him/herself (slife of
life)
Biography
As a young boy growing up in the
hills of central Vietnam, Nhuong’s
companion was Tank, the family
water buffalo. When bullies harassed
Nhuong, Tank sent them packing.
When a wild tiger threatened the
entire village, Tank defeated it. He
led the herd and adopted a lonely
puppy. Tank was Nhuong’s best
friend.
Nhuong gives readers a glimpse of
himself when he was their age, and
tells a thrilling story of how he and
Tank together faced the dangers of
life in the Vietnamese jungle which
was their home
Biography
Into a memoir that is gripping, funny,
heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter
Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his
Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s: a
loving home life with his adopted parents,
Bible school, street games, and the vitality of
his neighborhood. Although Walter spent
much of his time either getting into trouble or
on the basketball court, secretly he was a
voracious reader and an aspiring writer. But
as his prospects for a successful future
diminished, the values he had been taught
at home, in school, and in his community
seemed worthless, and he turned to the
streets and his books for comfort. Here in his
own words is the story of one of the
strongest voices in children's and young
adult literature today.
Biography
Humorous, heart-warming, and just
plain entertaining, these stories by
Newbery Medalist Jean Craighead
George recall what life was like as she
raised three children and 173 wild
pets. On any given day there might be
a bat in the refrigerator, an owl in the
shower, or a crow at the kitchen table.
Jean Craighead George’s respect for
nature and its many creatures is
evident in all of her writing. Here, she
offers a personal, firsthand account of
the many animals that made their way
into her life and her books.
Biography
In l949, there were 42,000
cases reported in the U.S.; the
author was the only one
stricken in her hometown that
year. The author details her
diagnosis, treatment,
frustration, and pain. Perhaps
the most startling part of the
book is her description of the
sudden onset of the illness,
coming with no warning and
leaving her paralyzed.
Biography
When you grow up in a small town in
the north woods, you have to make your
own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and
showing off for the girls inspire Gary
Paulsen and his friends to attempt:
shooting waterfalls in a barrel, the first
skateboarding, jumping three barrels
like motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel
except they only have bikes, hangliding
with an Army surplus target kite, bungee
jumping, wrestling . . . a bear? Extreme
sports lead to extreme fun in new tales
from Gary's boyhood.
Informational
Purpose: provides information on a wide
range of topics
Non-fiction (it’s true!)
Science, crafts, sports, news, current events,
social issues
Informs you on things you want to be
informed on
Informational
The Spies of Mississippi is a
compelling story of how state
spies tried to block voting rights for
African Americans during the Civil
Rights era. This book sheds new
light on one of the most
momentous periods in American
history.
Informational
When veteran journalist John
Schwartz took a close look at
famous height studies, he made a
surprising discovery: being short
doesn’t have to be a disadvantage!
Part advice book, part memoir, and
part science primer, this fascinating
book explores the marketing,
psychology, and mythology behind
our obsession with height and
delivers a reassuring message to
kids of all types that they can walk
tall-- whatever it is that makes them
different.
Informational
Biography of a man who floated
above the action in the Civil War,
counting rebel soldiers, detecting
troop movement, and directing
artillery fire against enemy
positions.
Informational
Antarctica is a land of
frozen secrets, with
scarcely a handful that have
been completely divulged.
Join Sally M. Walker as she
explores both historical and
modern-day scientific
expeditions to the continent
and examines what secrets
might still be locked in the
continent's icy cloak secrets
that might help scientists
understand what the future
holds for Earth and its
changing climate
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But Kimeu couldn't relax. Frustration
prickled his normally even nature.
After two weeks of staring at the
ground hour after hour, day after day,
they had found nothing hominin. Not
even a tooth. Why hadn't they found
even a sliver of hominin bone?
Heading sough from camp, he
shuffled down the pebbled bank of
the Nariokotome, scanning the
ground for fossils. He was 300 yards
south of camp when he spotted
it.Almost anyone else would have
walked right by without seeing it. But
Kimeu was not almost anyone. He
was a fossil hunter-the best there
was.
Informational
Every day, millions of families
around the world gatherto eat
together. Ever wondered what a
typical meal is like on the other side
of the world? Or next door?
Cultural geographers Peter Menzel
and Faith D'Aluisio visited twentyfive families in twenty-one countries
to create this fascinating look at
what people around the world eat
in a week. Meet a family that
spends long hours hunting for seal
and fish together; a family that
raises and eats guinea pigs; a
family that drinks six gallons of
Coca-Cola a week.