I4: Book that other participant likes

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We are putting together a list of participants and their favorite reads. We'll post a link to that page here SOON!

I5: Book In Translation

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In your review below, be sure to tell us the original language of the book.

Some resources for YA books in translation:

http://theyayayas.wordpress.com/booklists/ya-books-in-translation/

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/spring96/schwarz.html

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/25684.Different_but_Worthwhile_Foreign_YA_Fiction_Translated_to_English

I3: A Book Of Realistic Fiction

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Remember, to fit the category "realistic fiction" it can't have any of the traits used to define Fantasy or Science Fiction in this post!

I2: A Fantasy Or Science Fiction Novel

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If you aren't familiar with SciFi or Fantasy, we turned to Wikipedia for a definition of each genre.

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginative content such as futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas".^[1] Authors commonly use science fiction as a framework to explore politics, identity, desire, morality, social structure, and other literary themes.

Fantasy is closely associated with science fiction, and a number of writers have worked in both genres, while writers such as Anne McCaffrey, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Marion Zimmer Bradley have written works that appear to blur the boundary between the two related genres.^[76] The authors' professional organization is called the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).^[77] SF conventions routinely have programming on fantasy topics,^[78][79][80] and fantasy authors such as J. K. Rowling have won the highest honor within the science fiction field, the Hugo Award.^[81]

In general, science fiction differs from fantasy in that the former concerns things that might someday be possible or that at least embody the pretense of realism. Supernaturalism, usually absent in science fiction, is the distinctive characteristic of fantasy literature. A dictionary definition referring to fantasy literature is "fiction characterized by highly fanciful or supernatural elements." ^[82] Examples of fantasy supernaturalism include magic (spells, harm to opponents), magical places (Narnia, Oz, Middle Earth, Hogwarts), supernatural creatures (witches, vampires, orcs, trolls), supernatural transportation (flying broomsticks, ruby slippers, windows between worlds), and shapeshifting (beast into man, man into wolf or bear, lion into sheep). Such things are basic themes in fantasy.^[83]

I1: A Book You've Read Before

While cracking open a new book is full of great expectations, many people believe the best reading is rereading!

"Re-reading never gets old. The books change because we change. The great books get greater as we understand them better: reading them over and over, and knowing that we will never be finished." -Joan Wickersham

"In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried … nothing is so warming and companionable."—Elizabeth Goudge

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