Kensuke's Kingdom

  Kensuke's Kingdom

This book is a suspense, realistic fiction and last but not least a coming of age story.

This is a suspense story. "We were in the cold of the sea before I could even open my mouth to scream." This is because because the main character, Michael is thrown off a sailing boat, falls into the sea and disappears. The rest of the book is full of suspense about the way he is going to get off the island and if he is going to be able to get home safely.

This is coming of age. "It has been honour to know you, great honour of my life." This is because Michael spends a substantial amount of time on an island living with a old Japanese man, and during this period of time with the man he grows up and becomes a mature young man.

This is a realistic fiction. "Until I was nearly eleven, until the letter came, life was just normal." There is a good chance of this happening to a sailing family; it is realistic to fall off a boat, it can happen to anyone, especially to real people. This is what makes it a realistic fiction.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid:Old School

Old School (book no. 10)

This story is a realistic fiction, a suspense story, a mystery and coming of age.

This is a mystery. "BEWARE of Silas Scratch" This is a mystery because there is a quest to find a mysterious figure- which turns out to be completely fake.  This is because Silas is just the main character's dad's made up story to hide a shed.

This is a realistic fiction. "And if you ever do something in a public place, trust me, its gonna get recorded." This is because it is fiction and also there is a possibility that this could happen to a real person. The characters are all human so it could be real.

This is suspense. "So I went to look for firewood by myself." This is because Greg (the main character) walks in the dark woods on his own and thinking about Silas.

This story can be a coming of age story. "But I think they're just jealous because MY generation has all this fancy technology and stuff they didn't have growing up." This is because this book is written about children growing up and coming over their fears.

Sink or Capture

Sink or capture

This story is historical fiction, realistic fiction and suspense.

This is a historical fiction "leave one company here to hold the place. Embark the other three companies in Cassandra." This is said by the Captain to an officer. This is what could have happened in WW2  - HMS Cassandra was an actual ship in the Royal Navy at the time of the Second World War.

This is a realistic fiction because this could have happened to a Captain of a battle ship in WW2. "This could have happened to any Captain." This is a realistic story ; the ship is real, the Captain is real in the story, as well as the operation that was carried out could be similar to a proper operation carried out at the time.

This is also suspense. "Smith said OK, and he was left on his own." this is because there are breath holding moments; when the Captain was wounded and was in a critical state. These parts were also exciting because I was really interested about the next happenings.

Old School Fiction Genres

My Folk tale: The Tree

http://dinolingo.com/blog/2012/07/24/great-greek-folk-tales-for-kids/#.Vj9HzstdGHs

My Fairy tale: Fairy Gardens

http://europeisnotdead.com/disco/books-of-europe/european-fairy-tales/greece-fairy-gardens/

My Fable: The Monkey and the Camel

http://www.read.gov/aesop/059.html

My Legend: Heracles

http://europeisnotdead.com/disco/books-of-europe/european-legends/greece-heracles/

My Myth: Poseidon

http://www.talesbeyondbelief.com/myth-stories/poseidon-the-god-of-the-sea.htm

My Story I chose. (a fable)

The Monkey and the Camel

One day all the animals celebrated the king lion. The monkey showed the king his dancing as he danced well and did clever new dance moves. The king and all the animals were happy to see the monkey dance. But then through the crowd there was a Camel who was envious. He wanted to show the king and the animals that he was better at dancing. So he started it. The camel’s dancing was really weird and the king didn’t like it, but nor did the other animals. The monkey didn’t even think that that is called dancing. Then as the camel came nearer to the king the camel nearly stepped on the lion. All the animals got angry at this and chased the ridicules dancing camel out into the desert.

 

The moral of the story is do not try to ape your betters.

(Aesop 6th century BC)

I know that this story is a fable because:

Fables are usually short stories. Often animals are given human like characteristics in fables.
They are either in verses or in prose.
Fables end with a moral to teach a lesson.

The short story above satisfies all the requirements, therefore I would call it a fable. 

Fairy Gardens (a fairy tale)

Long, Long ago Uncle Kostas lay under a tree and snoozed off, after he awoke he saw fairies jumping around him. He was about to get his gun when, he couldn’t move the fairies went away then came back with their queen. Kostas was whizzed with a super power to the fairy gardens as prisoner. The queen said:

“Here you must stay
For a year and a day,
And never, oh never,
Will you wish to go away.”

As he was taken through the gardens he saw amazing flower beds. He was then sent to an island on a lake in the middle of the gardens.

A year and a day past and the queen asked Kostas if he wanted to stay, but he said no. The queen was fine with that but Kostas needed to take a challenge first; the queen said that she had lost a golden vase in the gardens and Kostas’s job was to get that back to the queen before the sun set. So Kostas went and looked everywhere in the gardens, but after a while he gave up hope. So he sat next to the lake and stared into the mirroring of the water. Then all of a sudden up floated the golden vase to Kostas, he quickly went and gave it to the queen.

Kostas could go back to his home land again. (happily ever after)

 

The story I read out has most of the following statements that makes a story a fairy tale so it is one.

Fairy tales have magical and enchanted forces.  They often have a "happily ever after" ending, where good is rewarded and evil is punished or sometimes good escapes something or gets rewarded.