Presentation by: Adam, Matt, Brittany

What is Historical Fiction?  A story that is set in the past!  Setting is usually real and drawn from history.  Often contains people from history  The main characters tend to be fictional.  Authors try to capture the manners and social conditions of the people or the time periods in the story.  Attention paid to period detail!  Realistic fiction that takes place somewhere in history.  Written around actual historical events!  Brings history to life by putting appealing child characters in accurately described historical settings.  Allows history to feel real!  Tells stories of characters’ everyday lives as well as their triumphs and failures.

SUBGENRES  Traditional Historical Novels – straightforward historically accurate plot. (Ex: First Man in Rome)  Multi-Period Epic – demonstrates how a specific place changes over the centuries. (Ex: Chesapeake)  Sagas – follow families/groups of friends over time, usually generations. (Ex: North & South Trilogy)  Western Historical Novels – including traditional Westerns, take place in the American West. Example: In Louis L'Amour's Hondo  Alternate Histories – imagine history happening differently. (Ex: Days of Infamy by Harry Turtledove)  Time-Slip Novels – shuttle their characters between epochs. (Ex: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis)  Historical Fantasy Novels, Christian Historical Novels, Historical Thrillers, Historical Adventure Novels, Romantic Historical Novels, Historical Mysteries, Literary Historical Novel

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Criteria The historical fiction you choose should:  present a well-told story that doesn't conflict with historical records  portray characters realistically  present authentic settings  artfully fold in historical facts  provide accurate information through illustrations  avoid stereotypes and myths

25 books:  A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

 Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson  Black Beauty by Anna Sewell  A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett  Samantha: An American Girl by Susan S. Adler

 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis  Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers, Mary Shepard  Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

 Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Bruchac  The Wall (Reading Rainbow Books) by Eve Bunting  The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola

 Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor  The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

 Run Away Home by Patricia C. McKissack  The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett  Number the Stars by Lois Lowry  The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare  Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw  Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco  Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

WORKS CITED  scholastic.com  goodreads.com  Google  wikipedia.org