Summer Reading Assignment
Choose a book from the list below to read. While you are reading, think about how the author puts elements of fiction into times, places, or events that actually happened. When you are finished reading the book, write a letter to your teacher about your experience.
Some possible things to include in your letter:
* What happened in the book?
* What parts did you think were fictional?
* Are you interested in reading other books (fiction or non-fiction) about the
historical focus?
* Did anything surprise you about the book?
* Did you like the book (It's okay if you didn't :-))? Why or why not?
Historical Fiction Book List
Colonial AmericaThe Sign of the Beaver (Elizabeth Speare)
Mystery on Skull Island (Elizabeth McDavid Jones)
Fire by Night (Loree Lough)
Standing in the Light (Mary Pope Osborne)
The American Revolution
Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson)
The Fighting Ground (Avi)
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
My Brother Sam is Dead (James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier)
Redcoats and Petticoats (Katherine Kirkpatrick)
Katie's Trunk (Ann Turner)
The Rifle (Gary Paulsen)
Sarah Bishop (Scott O'Dell)
Pioneer Life
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Farmer Boy (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Old Yeller (Fred Gibson)
Jason's Gold (Will Hobbs)
Slavery
Elijah of Buxton (Christopher Paul Curtis)
Steal Away (Jennifer Armstrong)
The Slave Dancer (Paula Fox)
Civil War
Charley Skedaddle (Patricia Beatty)
Bull Run (Paul Fleischman)
The River Between Us (Richard Peck)
The Industrial Revolution
The Clock (James Lincoln Collier)
Lyddie (Katherine Patterson)
The Great Depression
Out of the Dust (Karen Hesse)
A Time of Trouble (Pieter van Raven)
The Storm in the Barn (Matt Phelan)
Song of the Trees (Mildred D. Taylor)
Bud, Not Buddy (Christopher Paul Curtis)
Esperanza Rising (Pam Muanoz Ryan)
Segregation/Civil Rights
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred D. Taylor)
One Crazy Summer (Rita Williams-Garcia)
Mississippi Bridge (Mildred D. Taylor)
World War I
Goodbye, Billy Radish (Jean Little)
Tree by Leaf (Cynthia Voight)
The Night the Bells Rang (Natalie Kinsey-Warnock)
World War II
The Green Glass Sea (Ellen Klages)
Baseball Saved Us (Ken Mochizuki)
