Re: [LM_NET] ELEM: 5th Grade historical fiction

[Sherry Martin <smartinlp@YAHOO.COM>]

I made a handout for my 5th grade students reagrding historical fiction with some 
suggested titles.  Here is the content of the handout.  Hope it can help.
   
  Sherry Martin
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  What is Historical Fiction?
  Historical fiction is categorized by the time of the setting and the 
believability of events. The stories are set in the historical past with events 
that could have possibly occurred. The author creates plot, character and events 
and places them into an authentic historical setting that is true to the facts of 
history.
   
  Features that characterize historical fiction include:
    
   An illustration of reality set in the past   
   Believable characters   
   Real-world settings in the historical past   
   Themes dealing with basic conflicts of humans   
   Language reflecting the historical period and people 
   
  Historical Fiction Authors
    
   AVI    
      Crispin and the Cross of Lead  
      Crispin at the Edge of the World  
      Smugglers’ Island  
      The Fighting Ground  
      The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
  
   JOAN W. BLOS    
      A Gathering of Days  
      Brothers of the Heart: A Story of the Old Northwest, 1837-1838
  
   JAMES LINCOLN COLLIER    
      Jump Ship to Freedom  
      My Brother Sam Is Dead  
      War Comes to Willy Freeman
  
   KAREN CUSHMAN    
      Catherine, Called Birdy  
      The Ballad of Lucy Whipple  
      The Midwife’s Apprentice
  
   SID FLEISCHMAN    
      Bandit's Moon  
      The Ghost in the Noonday Sun

   JEAN FRITZ
      
      The Cabin Faced West  
      Early Thunder
  
   A. LAFAYE    
      Worth
  
   KATHRYN LASKY    
      True North
  
   IAIN LAWRENCE    
      The Buccaneers  
      The Wreckers
  
   E.L. KONIGSBURG    
      A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
  
   SCOTT O’DELL    
      Island of the Blue Dolphins  
      Streams to the River, River to the Sea
  
   KATHERINE PATERSON    
      Jip: His Story  
      Lyddie
  
   GARY PAULSEN    
      Mr. Tucket  
      Tucket’s Gold
  
   RICHARD PECK    
      A Long Way from Chicago  
      A Year Down Yonder  
      Fair Weather  
      The Librarian  
      The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
  
   ANN RINALDI    
      The Education of Mary  
      The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre  
      Girl In Blue  
      Nine Days A Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey  
      Numbering the Bones
  
   GARY SCHMIDT    
      Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
  
   ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE    
      Calico Captive  
      The Witch of Blackbird Pond
  
   LAWRENCE YEP    
      Dragon’s Gate  
      When the Circus Came to Town
  
   THE ROYAL DIARIES SERIES


Jessalynn McCoin <jmccoin@BRISTOW.K12.OK.US> wrote:  Hello, everyone! My 5th grade 
teachers are looking for a historical fiction book to read as a class. They 
currently read Number the Stars. The students will read The Diary of Anne Frank in 
7th grade, so that book is not an option. They are thinking about The Boy in the 
Striped Pajamas but are worried that might be too much for 5th graders. The book 
does not have to be about the Holocaust, but they are leaning towards something to 
compliment Number the Stars. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you so much! 

Jessalynn McCoin 
Library Media Specialist 
Collins Elementary 
Bristow Public Schools
jmccoin@bristow.k12.ok.us

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Sherry Martin, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
http://www.gpschools.org

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