About Historical Fiction
Suggested books:
Cinnamon Moon by Tess Hilmo
This historical fiction novel is set right after the Great Chicago Fire. Most people have never heard of the Peshtigo, Wisconsin Fire which took place on the same day, and took many more lives. The protagonists of this novel are a brother and sister whose family died in the Peshtigo fire, so they are sent to live in a boarding house (with a rather cruel landlady) in Chicago. As they try to find a new home, they also have to save a young friend.
Irena's Children: Young Readers Edition; A True Story of Courage by Mary Cronk Farrell
Recommended Historical Fiction Books
Book of the Month Assignment:
Monday/Tuesday, April 18/19, 2016
also poem -- alliteration
Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries o...
Summary
Johnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century. He is there to witness the Wright brothers make history by becoming the first people to fly. But Johnny's life changes years before the dramatic first flight, when his mama gives him a blank book and tells him to write in it. At first, Johnny doesn't think he has anything interesting to write about in his journal. When he does put his pencil to the paper, his spelling and grammar are terrible. But pretty soon some "dingbatters" from Ohio, called the Wright brothers, breeze into town and Johnny starts to have more of a story to tell. Before he knows it, he is writing every day, telling about helping the Wrights build their flying machine. Over the course of three years, he forms a friendship with the odd brothers from Ohio, improves his writing and grammar quite a bit, and if he waits long enough, he might even get to fly!
Author: Gutman, Dan
