Historical Fiction (HF)

Definition: Realistic fiction that takes place in the past. Could have possibly happened, but is not factual.
Here are some links for other Historical Fiction wikis:
Red21 and Red7

Historical Fiction Books To Read:

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Shield of Three Lions by Pamela Kaufman
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

Below is a voki and a plot summary for A Long Way from Chicago. More plot summaries are seen at the bottom of this page:
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Characteristics of Historical Fiction:

• Setting
  • usually takes place 40+ years ago in a realistic time (ex. Great Depression)
• Characters
  • fictional, unreal
  • act like people of time (language, clothing, etc.)
• Background Information
  • relatively more; on things like setting, people
  • prologue and epilogue to provide what happened in real life before and after the story
• Perspective
  • mostly told in first person
• Ending
  • Story usually ends when the realistic time period is ending

Here is an example plot:

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A thin, twelve year-old boy with little money and little education is growing up during the Great Depression. His clothing is ripped and he looks pale. He tells the story, talks about the past, says what is happening. There may be a prologue and/or epilogue to tell about the real person the story is based on. The story ends at the end of the Great Depression with the boy growing up, getting a job, and starting a family.

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