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• Realistic fiction/high school drama

• Takes place in modern-day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uSCzahFXMrs

• Legal drama over a medical case

• Takes place in 1980s

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUFi19VkLU

• Mostly realistic fiction – high school/medical drama AND comedy

• Takes place in modern-day Idaho

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KDl1k6ncAA

• Science fiction dystopia

• Takes place in futuristic Mexico

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgIsMkSp3PM

• Realistic fiction – drama with lots of humor

• Takes place in modern-day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PEepfswJWs

• Realistic fiction – high school drama with humor

• Takes place in modern-day

• Memoir (true story)

• Takes place in modern-day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lShipoEMI6Q

• Historical fiction with romantic elements

• Takes place during the Great Depression

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6b2XhXkPpg

• Realistic fiction

• Takes place in 1970s through modern-day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sLtavGjAOJY#t=9s

• Realistic fiction

• Takes place in 1970s through modern-day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY0eD2QKYRo

• Historical fiction

• Takes place in 1964

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pVCil2oSNYY#t=7s

• Nonfiction

• Takes place 1990-1992

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDm2bbh8Y6E

• Realistic (mostly) fiction

• Takes place in 1977 and modern-day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mZEZ35Fhvuc#t=13s

• Post-apocalyptic survival

• Takes place in the near future

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hbLgszfXTAY#t=22s

• “Autobiographical” historical fiction

• Takes place in the Vietnam War

• Series of short, interconnected stories

• Science fiction

• Takes place in modern-day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SRoj3jK37Vc#t=6s

• Nonfiction

• Takes place in modern-day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Q5hA3PN0uic#t=15s

• Historical fiction

• Takes place in 1823-1903

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Aa93drpm30E#t=7s

• Historical fiction, told in letters

• Takes place during and right after WWII

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGBd-LPgt3I

• Historical fiction

• Takes place in the early 1960s

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVTMkINRChk