21st

Illustrated novel

Chick lit

Science fiction

Creative non-fiction

Blog

Pre-colonial

Proverbs

Riddle

Legends

Myths

Chants

Illustrated novel

- 21st century
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- Forest Hills Bootleg Society 2005

- Set in 2005, this gorgeously illustrated, funny, and honest graphic novel follows four teens who stumble into an illicit
anime DVD-burning business that shakes up their conservative small town…and their friendship.

Chick Lit

- 21st Century
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- Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster 2006
- Jen Lancaster’s trademark smart-mouth style shines in this memoir, documenting how she went from living the high life
to scraping by. The subtitle—Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, or, Why You Should
Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office—is a great indication of what you’re in for.

Science Fiction

- 21st centrury
- The Humans by Matt Haig (2013)
- This novel is told through the perspective of an alien who is observing humans while on a dark mission on Earth. It's
sometimes hard to believe that the narrator is a visitor—and not just a misanthrope, saying things like "the manners and
social customers...are a baffling enigma at first. Their conversation topics are very rarely the things they want to be
talking about." In the end, The Humans is a humorous examination of humanity.
Creative non-fiction

- 21st
- The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane 2007
- In an absorbing example of travel writing and nature writing, Macfarlane embarks on a quest to find and “map” the
dwindling wild places of the British Isles; each chapter is dedicated to a different place. The prose is gorgeous but
tempered. Macfarlane is good at knowing how and when to move between description, narrative, and thematic content,
such as natural history, conservation, and stories of writers influenced by landscape.
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Blog

- 21st
- Trip of a Lifetime! By Hannah chookaszian 2010
- Hannah Chookaszian goes to Antarctica in September 2010. In her family, when they turn 10, they can go anywhere in
the world. Her brother has gone to Galapagos so she didn’t want to go there. Since she wanted to see a polar bear, she
decided to go to Antarctica. She stayed there for 19 days, as her blog says.
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Pro-verbs

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- Aanhin ang palasyo kung ang nakatira ay kuwago?

- (What good is a palace if only owls live in it?)
- This is one of the Filipino proverbs that emphasizes what is truly valuable in life, and that is relationships and family, not
money. Owls tend to inhabit abandoned structures, hence signifying emptiness or loneliness. The palace signifies
wealth. Worded differently, this proverb could also be understood as “What good is your money if you live miserably?”

Riddles

- Pre col
- Getting personal
- You can carry it everywhere you go, and it does not get heavy. What is it?
- Your name.
- Certain tricky riddles make use of some words more than others. These words and phrases include your name, shadow,
a candle, a mirror, and wind.
Legends

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- he moral lesson in the story is that there are consequences in the mistakes you do.
Those consequences are not revenge, but it is for us to learn our lessons and that we will
know better the next time. As for the bug, he has work hard in order to get back what he
wants.
- In real life, we do make mistakes, we hurt people and lose their trusts. We end up doing
the consequences and try hard to earn their trusts just like the firefly in the story.
- Most importantly, we have to be careful on what we're gonna say. We use our mouth to
speak our mind but sometimes, we go overboard and hurt them with our words. In one
song it says, "Words cut deeper than a knife." Let that be a reminder so we avoid hurting
other people's feelings.
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