OliviaM-Fantasy+Genre

What Defines the Genre? Books in the fantasy genre usually have these basic features readwritethink.org 6/7/11
 * __ Fantasy Genre :D __**
 * Non-realistic elements such as
 * mythical beings
 * medieval times
 * magical powers
 * talking animals

The Secret Series The author of "The Secret" series Pseudonymous Bosch
 * Pseudonymous Bosch- nobody knows for an exact fact who he is but there are some theories about who he is.
 * 1. Raphael Simon, Pros: people say this because they say they looked it up on the copyright that he filed, Cons: but the copyright could have been fake or the information could have been changed by someone online. **
 * 2. Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler), I have no information on this topic at the moment. **
 * 3. Rick Riordan, I have no information on this topic at the moment. **
 * o **** Theories from wikianswers.com, date: sometime in early March, Question and Discussion now closed. **


 * **“The Secret” from "The Secret Series" **
 * **The Secret is said to be the formula to immortality. Here is it's history: **
 * **Every 100 years(century) there is a new person that keeps the secret in his/her head. This person is called the __Keeper.__ This person is //__VERY__// important!!!!! They keep The Secret alive. **
 * **A court physician in Luxor 1212BC discovered The Secret, after 3 days the physician was executed by the pharos, either because the physician told him and it made him angry or the physician didn’t tell him so he got angry and decided to kill him no one knows, but before this man died he wrote The Secret down on a piece of papyrus. He asked to be buried with the papyrus. The physician’s wish was granted and fulfilled until many years later when tomb raiders raided his tomb and stole the papyrus. These thieves died violent deaths not long after they had stolen the papyrus and still had it in their possession. It was found in the early 19th century a taken to Prague where it was sold to an antiques dealer who then brought it to an Egyptologist to be translated. Sadly the Egyptologist went mad and the papyrus was never found again. The antiques dealer was so curious he went to look for The Secret but later died cold and alone of a terrible disease. In book 4 Cass receives the papyrus in the mail but is very disappointed to find that it turns to dust in her hands. (!!!!!note: this story is fiction, do not go searching for a long lost secret because there is not really one.!!!!) **


 * Info from Wikipedia, Date 5/9/1 **

Here are the different books in the series: Cirque Du Freak
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Also there is the Cirque Du Freak which is a book about a boy named Darren.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Brief Summary
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Darren's friend finds a flyer to go to a freak show but they only give out two tickets for each flyer but there are 4 boys. So Steve, Darren's best friend, throws one ticket and a bunch of pieces of paper in the air and whoever caught the ticket go to go with Steve. Darren caught the ticket and went, after the show Steve tells him to leave because he wants to talk to one of the people but Darren stays and watches him from a balcony. After watching for a while he realities that Steve is asking a man if he can turn him into a vampire. The vampire tries but finds out that Steve's blood is evil so he won't change him. Then Darren steals the vampire’s spider and is playing with it with Steve when the spider bites Steve with its venomous poison. The vampire makes a deal with him that if Darren becomes his assistant he gives Steve the antidote. Darren agrees and goes through with it but now he has to deal with being a half-vampire and travel the world with Mr. Crespsley, the vampire. Darren is still having trouble letting go of his human life. Will Darren ever be a human again? Or will he have to accept being a vampire forever? Will he ever be happy as a vampire? I would advise reading the Cirque Du Freak series to find out.

One of Darren's awesome quotes: "Dang humans! ... Dang vampires! We should all just be turtles or something!"