Historical+Fiction

Historical Fiction - set in the past; events did or could have occurred.

Books listed below were read/mentioned during children's literature class. Books are separated by time periods. P = Picture Book BR = Beginning Reader N = Novel

Ancient History A Single Shard - Linda Sue Park - N (Newbery Medal)

European History - Middle Ages, Renaissance The Midwife's Apprentice - Karen Cushman - N (Newbery Medal) Catherine, called Birdy - Karen Cushman - N (Newbery Honor) Matilda Bone - Karen Cushman - N Crispin, the Cross of Lead - Avi - N (Newbery Medal) The Paint Box - Maxine Trottier - P The Orphan Singer - Emily Arnold McCully - P Mirette on the High Wire - Emily Arnold McCully - P (Caldecott Medal) Linnea in Monet's Garden - Christina Bjork - P

Native Americans Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell - N (Newbery Medal)

Early America/Revolutionary War Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys - Patricia Lee Gauch - BR Sybil Ries for Independence - Drollene Brown - BR Sybil's Night Ride - Karen Winnick - P Charlott - Janet Lunn - P Hanukkah at Valley Forge - Stephen Krensky - P John, Paul, George, and Ben - Lane Smith - P The Trouble with Henry - Deborah O'Neil & Angela Westengard - P Fever 1793 - Laurie Halse Anderson Chains - Laurie Halse Anderson

Civil War & Slavery (1850-1860's) Soldier's Heart - Gary Paulsen - N The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg - Rodman Philbrick - N (Newbery Honor) Across Five Aprils - Irene Hunt - N - (Newbery Medal) Bull Run - Paul Fleischman - N From Slave to Soldier - Deborah Hopkinson - BR Show Way - Jacqueline Woodson - P (Newbery Honor) The Secret to Freedom - Marcia Vaughn - P Cecil's Story - George Ella Lyon - P Henry's Freedom Box - Ellen Levin - P A Good Night for Freedom - Barbara Olenyik Morrow - P Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt - Deborah Hopkinson - P

Pioneer/Westward Expansion (1870-1900's) The Ballad of Lucy Whipple - Karen Cushman - N Tucket series - Gary Paulsen - N The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate - Jacqueline Kelly - N (Newbery Honor) Little House series - Laura Ingalls Wilder - N Sarah, Plain and Tall (series) - Patricia McLachlan - N (Newbery Medal) Stone Fox - John Reynolds Gardiner - N Prairie School - Avi - BR Dakota Dugout - Ann Turner - P Train to Somewhere - Eve Bunting - P

Immigration to America (1900's) Ashes of Roses - Mary Jane Auch - N Grandfather's Journey - Allen Say - P When Jessie Came Across the Sea - Amy Hest - P

1900's-1920's Curtain Going Up - Dorothy & Tom Hoobler - N (they have a series, different adventures in different decades) Into the Firestorm - Deborah Hopkinson - N Honus & Me - Dan Gutman - N (series using different famous baseball players)

1930's: Dust Bowl, Great Depression Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse - N (Newbery Medal) Al Capone Does My Shirts - Gennifer Choldenko - N (Newbery Honor) A Year Down Yonder - Richard Peck - N (Newbery Medal) No Promises in the Wind - Irene Hunt - N Bud, Not Buddy- Christopher Paul Curtis - N (Newbery Medal) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Mildred Taylor - N (Newbery Medal) Breaking Cotton - Sherley Anne Williams - P Potato, a Tale from the Great Depression - Katie Lied - P Tree of Hope - Amy Littlesugar - P

World War II, Holocaust (1940's) Flygirl - Sherri Smith - N The Devil's Arithmetic - Jane Yolen - N Daniel Half-Human - David Chotjewitz - N Star of Fear, Star of Hope - Jo Hoestlandt - P Number the Stars - Lois Lowry - N (Newbery Medal) A Place where Sunflowers Grow - Amy Lee-Tai - P Rebekkah's Journey - Ann E. Burg - P

Civil Rights Movement (1950's-1960's) The Watsons go the Birmingham - 1963 - Christopher Paul Curtis - N (Newbery Honor) One Crazy Summer - Rita Williams-Garcia - N (Newbery Honor) Freedom Summer - Deborah Wiles - P

Vietnam War (1960's-1970's) The Lotus Seed - Sherry Garland - P The Wall - Eve Bunting - P

Many topics: Dear America, My Name is America - written as diaries of fictional characters during a historical time period. Decades series - Dorothy & Todd Hoobler American Girl books - each girl has a different set and each lived during a different time period.