Term 3 Book Portfolio
Be watching for a book you'd like to read for our Term 3 Portfolio. Look for a book that is nonfiction or historical fiction.
Appropriate nonfiction books include biography, autobiography, and literary nonfiction -- which tells about real subjects in a story format.
Historical Fiction: The setting is based in real places and events from the past. The characters may be based on people who really existed. The author could also make up characters who go through the experiences or interact with famous people of that time and place. Examples: Midwife’s Apprentice, Numbering the Stars, Soldier X.
Here are a few suggested topics and books: For more, see the book list you received with the disclosure document, or ask your librarian.
Look under Multicultural and Historical Fiction.
Africa – Things Fall Apart by Achebe
Civil War – Numbering the Bones by Rinaldi, Shades of Gray, The River Between Us by Peck, and more, Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Wells.
Communist Europe: I Am David by Holm
Disease – Fever 1793 by Anderson, Invisible Enemies by Farrell
Immigration: Esperanza Rising by Ryan
Industry and Exploitation: The Mill Girls by Selden
Israel and Palestine –Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye,
Japanese Internment during WWII: Journey to Topaz, Farewell to Manzanar, Caged Eagles, The Journal of Ben Uchida, Bat 6 by Wolff
Medieval Europe – Crispin by Avi, Catherine Called Birdy or Matilda Bone by Cushman,
Revolutionary War: My Brother Sam is Dead
The Russian Front: Burying the Sun and others by Gloria Whelan, The Endless Steppe by Hautzig
Slavery and Segregation in the U.S.: Witness by Hesse; Elijah of Buxton (new) by Christopher Paul Curtis, Letters from a Slave Boy by Lyons
Westward Expansion – Sacajawea by Bruchac, Riding Freedom by Ryan, Charlotte’s Rose by Cannon,
War and its effect on young people: Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo by Filipovic, Breadwinner and others by Ellis
World War I:
World War II: Soldier Boys by Hughes, Hitler's Canary by Toksvig, On the Wings of Heroes by Peck, Revolution is Not a Dinner Party by Compestine
Holocaust: Night by Elie Wiesel, The Hiding Place, Someone Named Eva by Wolf
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by Boyne
You may select a book not on this list, but don’t use Words By Heart by Ouida Sebestyen or The Diary of Anne Frank (an eighth grade class book) or books being read in the Reading Literature classes. Make sure the book is approved by a parent and by the teacher.
