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April 26, 2007
Great Historical Fiction Books
In answer to a request, here are some great Historical Fiction authors and books:
Authors:
James Collier
Karen Hesse
Kathryn Lasky
Sonia Levitin
Donna Jo Napoli
Richard Peck
Ann Rinaldi
Books:
1600s
Beyond the Burning Time by Kathryn Lasky
When, in the winter of 1691, accusations of witchcraft surface in her small New England village, twelve-year-old Mary fights to save her mother from execution.
Witch Child by Celia Rees
In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, MA.
1700s
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South by Ann Rinaldi
A young girl living in South Carolina during the American Revolution discovers the duplicity within herself and others.
1800s
Trouble Don't Last by Shelley Pearsall
Samuel, an eleven-year-old Kentucky slave, and Harrison, the elderly slave who helped raise him, attempt to escape to Canada via the Underground Railroad. I enjoyed this book a lot. E.G.
The River Between Us by Rickard Peck
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois. This is a great book. E.G.
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester
When gambling debts and greed enter the Butler household, Pierce Butler decides to host the biggest slave auction in American history and breaks a promise by selling Emma, his most valued slave and caretaker of his children--a decision that brings about unthinkable consequences.
The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli
In 1892, Dom, a nine-year old stowaway from Naples, Italy, arrives in New York and must learn to survive the perils of street life in the big city.
1900s
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation. A wonderful, moving book. E.G.
London Calling by Edward Bloor
Seventh-grader Martin Conway believes that his life is monotonous and dull until the night the antique radio he uses as a night-light transports him to the bombing of London in 1940. This is a fun book. E.G.
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
In a series of poems, fourteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression. One of my favorites. E.G.
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo. A moving story. E.G.
Ed Goldberg
Teen Services Librarian
Posted by egoldberg at April 26, 2007 5:19 PM
Comments
I might read Witch Child. It seems pretty interseting.Did you read it and was it good?
Posted by: Juliet at April 27, 2007 8:35 PM
I have not read Witch Child but the reviews of the book have been very good. That's why I recommended it.
Ed Goldberg
Teen Services Librarian
Posted by: Ed Goldberg at April 28, 2007 12:30 PM
Great list! Thanks. I just finished reading a great book..... "Recovering Charles," by Jason Wright. It is a great, heart warming fictional book that centers around the events of Hurricane Katrina. I am constantly looking for new books to read and want to thank you for posting your books. I have already started writing my list of what books to read next.
Posted by: Becky at October 7, 2008 12:21 AM