Realic Fiction In Young Adult Literature : Realistic Fiction

The genre of the book is realistic fiction. What made this book a good quality realistic fiction book is. That the things going on in the book could actually happen, focus on relationships, and the characters were realistic. The book is for advanced reader, I felt that it was apposite for the age group. Since the text was much more advanced, it had storylines that younger children could not understand. The book talked about controversial issues such as race. Which was a big theme in the book since Dess is white and living in a black foster family. This book would be something that children who are living in mixed families, foster care, or step-families. Would be interested in and would appeal to them more. Not saying that other children would

Have you ever been in a difficult situation where you have to confess, and tell the truth and nothing but the truth. In the story Red kayak Ben DiAngelo and Mrs. DiAngelo, (Ben’s mother), go out kayaking in their red kayak. But it just so happens that Digger ( a kid that hates their guts for buying his grandfather’s farm and changing up the whole area) drills holes through their kayak and they sink. Ben ends up dying but his mother makes it through. Later on the main character Brady, (who baby sat for Ben DiAngelo, and went out to save him and he still died) found out that his two best friends J.T. and Digger were involved in the terrible event/crime, and he had a hard time telling the truth throughout the novel because he was to afraid to turn them in. Realistic fiction is a genre where a novel or story has events that could happen in real life. In order for a story to be considered realistic fiction, it should include the elements of realistic fiction. For example authentic characters are characters that are convincingly developed, multi-dimensional, and show growth over time. Credible events are conflicts or problems that could occur in the real world. Real settings are settings that are vividly portrayed and that could exist in the real world. True-to-life themes are memorable themes that could be applied to one's own life. The last element a realistic fictional story should include is believable dialogue. Believable dialogue contains realistic conversations that help

“In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes, you can revenge” (Picoult). Those words are of the opening lines of Jodi Picoult’s best seller, Nineteen Minutes. Although this novel is heart wrenching, and cuts into the ‘grays’ of school shootings, it is anything but original. Lead character, Peter Houghton, is an almost perfect profile replication of 1999’s Columbine shooters, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. A simple personaltiy analysis will reveal that both Peter and Columbine Shooters suffer from parental neglect, the violent virtual world, ruthless peers, as well as easy access to weapons.

“Oh my God! He was right over there! Closer than I’d been to him when Paul laid into him. Much closer. And Rashad was looking at me, too. I locked eyes with a kid I didn’t know, but felt like I did” (309).

“ Holy shit J.T! You were in on this?” In the book Red Kayak the main character Brady goes through great anxiety when he found out that his best friends were the ones who drilled the holes in the DiAngelo`s ,there neighbor, kayak and killed their only son Ben. They also got accused of 2nd degree murder, which he thought would ruin their friendship. Wow this situation would have been hard, but that is why it is realistic fiction. Realistic fiction is a story that is fake or fiction, but has real or true to life elements. These realistic fiction story elements are elements that make the story seem like it can happen in real life. Some of these elements are credible events, authentic characters, true-to-life themes , real settings, and believable dialogue . The book Red Kayak is an example of realistic fiction, because of it's believable dialogue, credible events, and real settings.

Realistic fiction is a story that can probably happen in the real world. There are five elements of realistic fiction: credible events, authentic characters, real settings, true-to-life themes, and believable dialogue. Red Kayak is an example of realistic fiction because it has real settings, true-to-life themes, and believable dialogue.

Realistic fiction is a genre that consists of true or could be true events with fictional characters (Study.com). In other words, realistic fiction is an event that occurred to a fictional character, but could have happened in real life. Walt Disney once stated, “ I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter (QuotesTalk.net).” Facts about realistic fiction books are that they have real settings, a problem and solution, and the author does not use bias information. For example, the well-written and famous book called Because of Winn-Dixie, has a true background story, a difficulty and an answer. Also, the author does not use “I, me, my, or we.” Realistic fiction is

“After all this time, I still ask myself: Was it my fault? Maybe. Maybe not.” In Red Kayak some major plot events are when Ben dies. Major plot events in Red Kayak are when Ben dies, and Brady finds his dad's dill in the DiAngelos’ house. Another plot event is when Brady finds out Digger drilled holes on the kayak. And lastly, when Brady, J.T and Digger to court, and Brady strugglings internally. Realistic Fiction is a genre consisting of stories that could actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people. Stories that are classified as realistic fiction have plots that highlight social or personal events or issues that mirror contemporary life such as falling in life, marriage, divorce, a loss, death etc. they depict our world and or society.

My first reading goal was to read three books outside of the realistic fiction genre. I achieved this goal because I read The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel, Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman, and So B. It by Sarah Weeks. Each one of these books belong in the mystery genre. The reason I had chosen this goal is to help me read outside of my comfort zone and I succeeded, I now feel more comfortable reading other genres.

“The best nonfiction recognizes the impossibility of perfect representation, the dream of the 1:1 ratio,” (Sharlett). What Jeff Sharlet means in this quote is that facts cannot be perfectly represented, regardless of any type of imagery or descriptions, so a good nonfiction work uses only what is needed to get the message across. Beginning in the 20th century, many nonfiction writers would even look towards fiction for the resources to describe what was considered impossible to describe (Taylor). One way writers have been able to do this is through nonfiction novels. A nonfiction novel is a narrative, of book-length, that unfolds actual events and actual people written in the style of a novel (“Nonfiction Novel”). This style of a novel implies that the book being spoken of can be looked at as art as well as fact (Sharlett). In the mid 1960’s, a nonfiction novel journey began, beginning with the narrative journalistic qualities of Truman Capote, continuing with the story telling of such authors as Norman Mailer, and then continues to stay constant throughout present day literature with works like Katherine Boo’s display of immersion journalism.

My eyes shoot wide open as I lay there on the floor next to Stephanie. I started to give chest compressions to her, one… two…. three…. four…, I blew in her mouth, nothing happened, she just lied there stiff as a board. After five minutes I realized it was hopeless, I bent down and kissed her passionately, tears streamed down my face as I yelled out “nooooo”. I had to move, this was not a safe spot, what if that bitch came back? I vanished right away and re-surface in Sweden, I sat down and reflected, who was that bitch? How did she know where we were? How long has she been following us? These were all questions I needed to answer. A wave of anger came over me, I needed to avenge Stephanie’s death, this bitch must pay for what she did. Only

You’re scared aren’t you? You poor little bunny. Running away with your tail between your legs and hopping down into your safe haven. Your hidey-hole. You’re home. Never once did you try to think about what would happen to yourself if you stepped up. If you looked him in the eye. If you stood there. You don’t because you’re scared. You’ve seen what he can do. What he can say. What he will do. He will whisper in you’re ear that he won’t hurt you. Oh, that sly trickster. He will whisper in you’re ear that he wants to be you’re friend. Oh, that evil fiend. He will whisper in you’re ear that you will be safe with him. Oh, that false prophet. He will whisper in you’re ear the lies he has told his prey. He will slowly creep into you’re heart. You’re

The morning light is bright enough to awaken me from my sleep. My head is spinning with lies to tell Sarah. The only thing that is keeping me from disappearing from without a trace is the danger I could be putting her in if the wrong people come looking for me, but at the same time maybe that is the reason I should be leaving town. My hunger interrupted my train of thought. Soon after, I am starting to smell a sweet aroma of breakfast food. I follow the savory smell of breakfast food into the kitchen. Sarah is yawning over the stove while trying prepare breakfast. She looked at me and smiled before putting a plate in front of me. I am starting to wonder why is being so nice and patient. I always thought there is something weird about her from

There are many different facets to writing a successful young adult speculative short story. There are lots of different problems that can be faced when trying to write these stories such as not understanding the genre completely, not being able to write interesting characterisation, figuring out how to properly structure the story, putting just the right amount of detail into the setting, working out an exciting plot line, getting the proper editing and drafting done, and finding inspiration to begin writing and figure out where the story will go from there.

For the genre, I decided to pick realistic fiction because I feel as if the story was so realistic that it could be true because it isn't based on a true story or a true story at all so, therefore, it's realistic fiction.