Historical Fiction

Historical fiction is a type of genre with a setting in the past. The setting occurs in a time previous to the reader and the author. The setting is the most important element.


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... Characteristics
  • Hard topics
  • Characters have accents/talk proper
  • Based on true events
  • Characters usually seem modern
  • Realistic Fiction

Recommended Books

Sister of the Wolf book image
Sister of the Wolf book image
Sister of the Wolf

In 1703 Quebec, Cecile frees an Indian slave Lesharo then he accompanies her and her father Coreur De Bois to Fort India. What will happen?


http://books.google.com/books?id=ZLKvAAAACAAJ&dq=sister+of+the+wolf&cd=4 time period


Don't talk to me about the war book image
Don't talk to me about the war book image

Don't Talk to Me About the War

Don't Talk to Me About the War is a 3 out of 4 star book about a 12 year old boy when at the end of the civil war his father disappears by the mexican border. Will he and a dog named Bigger find him?


http://books.google.com/books?id=ZKnpGAAACAAJ&dq=don't+talk+to+me+about+the+war&cd=1





Number the stars book image
Number the stars book image
Number the Stars
Number the Stars is a 4 star award winner. This book is about a 10 year old girl and her Jewish best friend. But when an army threatens to take away her best friend because she is Jewish what will she do?

http://books.google.com/books?id=V2Nlg8AWg2AC&lpg=PP1&dq=Number%20the%20stars&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false


Here is an outstanding preview of Number of the Stars







............................. Here's Honest Abe's opinion about Historical Fiction