Historical Narrative

Language Arts: Historical Fiction

Fall 2008

Historical Fiction Pathfinder - use this with pathfinders below

Books & Resources:

His Majesty Queen Hatshepsut Egypt, 1503-1482 B.C.	The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow New Mexico, 1864, Navajo	Under the Blood-Red Sun Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1941
Troy Trojan War, 900 B.C.	Little House on the Prairie Western Expansion, 1872	Boy at War Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1941
The Shining Company Post-Roman Great Britain, 600 A.D.	A Little House in the Big Wood Family life on the Prairie - 1872 Western Expansion	Code Talker World War II Code Talkers, 1941-1945
Sword of the Rightful King Post-Roman Great Britain, up to 1066 King Arthur	Titanic Crossing North Atlantic Ocean, 1912	When My Name was Keoko Korea, World War II, 1941-1945
Crispin: The Cross of Lead Great Britain, 1377	Treasures in the Dust Oklahoma, 1930's	Weedflower Japanese American Internment, California and Arizona, 1942-1945
Blood on the River Jamestown, 1607	Out of the Dust Oklahoma, 1930's	Under a War Torn Sky World War II, Europe, France, Underground movements, Aerial operations, 1940
Beyond the Burning Time Salem, Massachusetts, Witch Trails, 1692	Esperanza Rising California, 1930's	Don't You Know There's a War Going On? World War II, 1943
A Break with Charity: A Story About the Salem Witch Trials Salem, Massachusetts, Witch Trails, 1692	Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Mississippi - 1930's	The Bomb Atomic Bomb Test - Bikini Islands, 1944
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Salem, Massachusetts, Witch Trails, 1692	Bud, Not Buddy Flint, Michigan, 1930's	Little Audrey Virginia, 1940's, coal mining
Johnny Tremain Boston, Revolutionary War, 1775-1783	Yellow Star Holocaust, Lodz ghetto, Poland, 1938	Catch a Tiger by the Toe Bronx, New York City, 1950's, Cold War
My Brother Sam is Dead Boston, Revolutionary War, 1775-1783	In My Enemy's House Holocaust, Poland, 1940-1945	The Watsons Go to Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, Civil Rights, 1963
Fever, 1793 Philadelphia, PA, 1793	Milkweed Holocaust, Poland, 1940-1945	Amaryllis Florida, Vietnam War, 1968
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Atlantic Ocean travel, 1830's Women's role in Victorian England Attitude toward Crime and Detection	The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Auschwitz, Poland, 1933-1945
Island of the Blue Dolphins Island off the coast of California, 1835-1853	Anne Frank and Me Holocaust - Paris, 1940-1945
Lyddie Labor Movement, 1843-1860	Number the Stars Holocaust Denmark, 1940-1945
Numbering All the Bones Civil War, 1864, Slavery	The Man From the Other Side World War II - Polish Warsaw Ghetto, 1940-1945
Miles' Song Slavery - Civil War, 1861-1865
North by Night The Underground Railroad, 1861-1865

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Prepared by Linda Herward 1/6/09
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