Historical+Fiction

Genre Definition:
Historical Fiction tells a story that is set in the past, and the setting is usually real and draws from history. The stories often contain actual historical people, but the main characters are typically fictional. Authors of these stories, while writing fiction, try to capture the manners and social customs of the time period.

Reading Assignment:
You are asked to read three books for this month.

Select 3 titles from the following list:
//Al Capone Does My Homework / Al Capone Shines My Shoes / Al Capone Does My Shirts// by Gennifer Choldenko //Beholding Bee// by Kimberly Newton Fusco //Between Shades of Gray// by Ruta Sepetys //The Book Thief// by Markus Zusak //Countdown// by Deborah Wiles //Crow// by Barbara Wright //Duke// by Kirby Larson //Escape from Berlin / Finding Sophie// series by Irene N. Watts //Hattie Ever After / Hattie Big Sky// series by Kirby Larson //Hero on a Bicycle// by Shirley Hughes //Inside Out and Back Again// by Thanhha Lai //The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist// by Margarita Engle //The Lions of Little Rock// by Kristin Levine //Maid of Secrets// by Jennifer McGowan //Navigating Early// Clare Vanderpool //Nobody's Secret// by Michaela MacColl //Odette's Secrets// by Maryanne Macdonald //Once / Then / Now// series by Morris Gleitzman //One Came Home// by Amy Timberlake //P.S. Be Eleven / One Crazy Summer// by Rita Williams-Garcia //Paperboy// by Vince Vawter //Prisoner B-3087// Alan Gratz //Red River Stallion// by Troon Harrison //Saving Zasha / Finding Zasha// series by Randi Barrow //Shadow// by Michael Morpurgo //Soldier Dog// by Sam Angus //Touched by Fire// by Irene N. Watts //Tracks// by Diane Lee Wilson //Victoria Rebels// by Rebecca Meyer

Resources for this Genre:
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction [] BBC History [] Holocaust Memorial Museum [] Library of Congress [] National Archives [] Smithsonian Education []
 * Primary Resources to Connect with Historical Fiction:**

Book and Movie Trailers:
//Between Shades of Gray// and the history behind the story [] The Book Thief movie trailer [] //Countdown// book trailer [] //Hattie Ever After// book talk [] Kirby Larson talking about //Duke// [] The Lions of Little Rock book trailer []