2.5 Literature & Genres

Fantasy Fiction

The fantasy genre has fantastic characters or settings that don’t exist in real life. Both imaginary creatures and talking animals are often part of fantasy. The settings could be magical or on another world.

Within the fantasy category, there are subgenres. High fantasy involves a made-up world that is mostly based on the author’s imagination. An example is The Hobbit. Urban fantasy involves a real world setting with magical or supernatural elements such as the Harry Potter series. All fantasy books and short stories involve characters and events outside the boundaries of the real world.

An example is the book Cursed Dishes by Canadian author Jennifer Lott.

The story is about Charlotte and Eileen who keep leaving their dirty dishes around the house. Their older sister is tired of cleaning up after them and uses magic to teach them a lesson. The dirty dishes are coming to life and following the two sisters everywhere! How will they break this spell?

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