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1 How do historical fiction authors hook and hold readers?

2 How do historical fiction writers persuade their readers?

3 What is the relationship between historical fiction and truth?

4 What truths are best communicated through the historical fiction genre?

5 How do historical fiction authors adapt a historical event and turn it into a historical fiction storyline?

6 Why might an author alter a historical event to tell a story, and is it ok to do so?

7 How does the author manipulate the language of a time period to make it understandable for a modern audience?

8 Does the reader have a greater understanding of a time period after reading historical fiction set in that time period?

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