Historical Fiction

 A historical fiction book is defined as a book that takes place in a real-time period and location in history. The setting is the actual true story history but the story and its characters, their actions, and their dialogue are fictionalized, even if they’re based on real people.

Examples of Historical Fiction books: 

• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (Great Depression)
• The Tower of Life by Chana Stiefel (Holocaust)
• Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner (Westward Expansion)
• Someday is Now by Clara Luper (Civil Rights Movement)
• Calico Girl by Jerinde Nolen (Civil War)