Genre Study by TRACY BRANSTETTER https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee Describe how your book fits the genre! en-us 2018-03-19 18:23:30 UTC 2021-07-11 10:57:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/336660902 This book fits the spy fiction genre because there is many suspenseful parts like whenever Safer got into Georges' s apartment or whenever they are watching the camera and Mr.X walks in but Georges falls over and he dose not get to see him. You can also tell that Safer an Georges are the good characters and Mr.X is the bad one. This book takes place in the good characters point of view. All of these traits about the book are on the list of things that a book that falls under the spy-fiction genre is supposed to have. Therefore, this book's genre is spy fiction even though it was all a game, pretty much the whole book was spy fiction]]> 2019-02-28 21:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/336660902 https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/337258048 Liar and Spy fits the spy fiction genre because in the book, Safer, Candy, and Georges act as spies as they try to solve a problem. Another way how it fits is on page 86 when it says, "It's a funny little key. It looks like it should open a miniature treasure chest". We can infer that they are going to try to find out what that key belongs to and what it will open up. There are many sneaky things they do in the chapters. One example on page 82 when the text says, " You're going to go through those clothes and see what there is to see,". Another example is on page 88 when they state, "When we got home I pretended that the garbage was full and said I would take it down to the basement. While I was waiting for the elevator, I ran up to Mr. X's and shoved the gum wrapper between his door and the doorframe,". ~ Vanessa]]> 2019-03-03 18:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/337258048 https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/337742778 I think that the parrots may become a semi-important part of this story. I infer this because multiple times the parrots are mentioned. One example of these occasions is: (Page 65) "What Safer Does All Day While I'm At School .... Watches the lobbycam, Watches the parrots." This proves that Safer spends at least part of his day just watching the parrots.                 Written by Boston]]> 2019-03-05 01:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/337742778 https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/338408011 I agree with all of you, and I also think that the story is about friendship because Safer and his family are being friends to Georges. -Callum S. :)]]> 2019-03-06 14:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/338408011 amartensen197 https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/339063525 boston=purple, callum=green, vanessa=yellow, alex=red]]> 2019-03-07 19:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/339063525 tlbranstetter https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/339103767 The posts should be about how the book meets the criteria to be considered a spy fiction book. -Mrs. Branstetter]]> 2019-03-07 21:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/339103767 https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/340210010 I think that Liar & Spy does not fit the spy fiction genre because even though it has most of the criteria in the beginning, according to page 164, “‘It was a game, Georges.’”  This means that none of it is true.]]> 2019-03-12 00:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/340210010 https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/340240409 After finishing the book, I think that Liar and Spy fits into the realistic fiction genre. Some characteristics of the realistic fiction genre include:

  • Take place in past or present
  • Characters take place in realistic events
  • Characters have real or realistic settings
  • Characters seem real and deal with real issues
  • Events create questions that the reader could face in real life

By looking at the text in the book, I can tell that the book is set in the present. Some examples are on page 112 when the text states, "Mr. Landau explains that not everyone has the same number of taste buds," and "It's a fungus?" Carter shrieks over the gagging,". The words used tell me that the book is in the present and not in the past. The main character, Georges, also experiences realistic events, one of the criteria to be a realistic fiction book. If you read the back cover, it says, “The first day that Georges (the S is silent) moves into a new Brooklyn apartment,”. In the book Georges has just moved to a new apartment in Brooklyn. This is a realistic event AND a realistic setting. Page 6 says “Dallas is standing over me. Before I can blink, he’s got one foot on my stomach. Just resting it there,”. In Liar and Spy, Georges faces and struggles bullying, an event that many kids experience, making it a realistic issue, one of the criteria to be a realistic fiction book. One thing Georges sees himself asking is why does he have to follow the rules of society. On page 150, the text states, “There are written-down school rules like Dad is talking about, and there are rules we just love with without even asking ourselves why. Candy is right. Why shouldn’t her table be the cool table? Who says I have to try to steal the other team’s flag? Why does Bob have to spell dumb with a B? What if you decided to make your own rules?” This question can be applied to the reader and might be something that they ask themselves. All of this leads to my conclusion that Liar and Spy falls under the realistic fiction genre. ~ Vanessa
]]> 2019-03-12 03:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/340240409 https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/340670873 After finishing "Liar and Spy" I can tell that this was not the genre we thought it was, Spy Fiction, but it was Realistic Fiction. I can tell this by the fact that it says, in the text, "Safer spins around. There's a look on his face that I've never seen before. "You're a liar." I say. "You lied about everything." Safer says nothing, just keeps giving me a look and standing there with the binoculars in one hand and Pigeon's phone in the other." This shows that the whole "Mr. X" thing was never real, and "It was a game, Georges". It was realistic fiction instead, because it turns out nothing actually would have happened if they found anything else against Mr.X ~ Boston (Purple)]]> 2019-03-13 00:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tlbranstetter/f7towwlailee/wish/340670873