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Historical
Fiction: Links for
Background Information Alcott, Louisa
May. Little Women Topic: Northern
family life, Civil War
Alma, Ann. Brave
Deeds: How One Family Saved Many from the Nazis Topic: Danish
resistance in World War II http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/ns_history.htm Anderson, Laurie
Halse. Fever 1793 Topic: Yellow
fever epidemic, Philadelphia, 1793
Avi. The Barn Topic: Westward
expansion, Oregon territory
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/reform/oregon_1 Avi. Crispin,
Cross of Lead Topic: England,
1377
Avi. DonÕt
You Know ThereÕs a War On? Topic: World War
II, Brooklyn http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/wwii
Avi. The
Fighting Ground Topic: American
Revolution, 1778
Blackwood, Gary.
The Shakespeare Stealer Topic:
Shakespearean theater, England, 1500
Blume,
Lesley. Rising Star of Rusty Nail Topic:
1950s Minnesota; Communism http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/modern http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html Bradley,
Kimberly B. For Freedom: A
French Spy Topic: World War
II, French resistance Brill, Marlene
Targ. Diary of a Drummer Boy Topic: Civil War http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil
Burgess, Melvin.
The Copper Treasure Topic: Thames
River, London, 1850s Carbone, Elisa. Storm
Warriors Topic: Race
relations in North Carolina, 1895
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/progress/plessy_1 Choldenko,
Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts Topic: Alcatraz
prison, 1935
Coleman,
Evelyn. Freedom Train Topic:
Freedom Trains, Discrimination http://www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/FT/FT-Index.html Conrad, Pam. PedroÕs
Journal Topic: Voyage of
Columbus, 1492 Cooper, Susan. King
of Shadows Topic:
Shakespeare, 1500s
Cottonwood, Joe.
Quake Topic: San
Francisco earthquake, Oct. 17, 1989
Curtis,
Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 Topic:
Segregation, Alabama, 1963 Cushman, Karen. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Topic:
California Gold Rush, 1840 http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/ DeClements,
Barthe. The Bite of the Gold Bug: A Story of the Alaskan Gold Rush
Denenberg,
Barry. The Journal of Ben Uchida Topic: Japanese
internment during World War II
Denenberg,
Barry. The Journal of William
Thomas Emerson Topic: American
Revolution, 1774 http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/revolut Drucker, Malka. JacobÕs
Rescue Topic:
Holocaust, World War II
Duey, Kathleen. Survival!
Titanic Topic: Sinking
of the Titanic, 1912
Giff, Patricia
Reilly. All the Way Home Topic: Polio,
1941 http://suzyred.com/2003allthewayhome.html Giff, Patricia
Reilly. Nory RyanÕs Song Topic: Irish
potato famine Giff, Patricia
Reilly. Water Street Topic: Brooklyn
Bridge construction, 1875 http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/bbridge_1 Giff, Patricia
Reilly. Willow Run Topic: World War
II home front http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html
Going, K.L. The
Liberation of Gabriel King Topic: Race
relations, Georgia, 1976
Gregory,
Christiana. Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile Gross, Virginia.
The President is Dead Topic: President
John F. Kennedy http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/modern/kennedy_1
Gutman, Dan. Jackie
and Me http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/modern/robinson_1 Gutman, Dan. Shoeless
Joe and Me Harris, Carol
Flynn. A Place for Joey Topic: BostonÕs
great molasses flood á http://members.tripod.com/~earthdude1/molasses/molasses.html http://massmoments.org/index.cfm?mid=19 Hesse, Karen. A
Light in the Storm Topic: U.S.
Civil War, 1860
Hesse, Karen. Letters
from Rifka Topic: World War
I http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz/ww1_1 Hesse, Karen. Out
of the Dust http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ok/dustbowl_1 Hesse,
Karen. Witness á
Ku Klux Klan , Vermont history á
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1367_type=Book_typeId=3224 http://vermonthistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=270&Itemid=173 Hest, Amy. Love
You Soldier Topic: World War
II http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/wwii/dday_1 Holt, Kimberly
Willis. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Topic: 1970s,
Vietnam War http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade70.html Hunter, Sara
Hoagland. The Unbreakable Code
Topic: Navajo
code talkers, World War II
Hyatt, Patricia.
Coast to Coast With Alice Topic:
Automobile transportation, 1909 Kadohata,
Cynthia. Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam. Vietnam War, war dogs á
http://www.uswardogs.org/id10.html Kudlinski,
Kathleen. Earthquake: A Story of Old San Francisco http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06 Kudlinski,
Kathleen. Pearl Harbor is Burning http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/wwii/pearlhar_3 Nonfiction
print source: Krensky, Stephen. Pearl Harbor. 940.54 KRE Allen,
Thomas B. Remember Pearl Harbor : American and Japanese survivors tell their
stories 940.54 ALL Tanaka,
Shelley. Attack on Pearl Harbor The True Story Of The Day America Entered
World War II 940.54 TAN LaFaye,
A. Worth. Topic:
Frontier life, 1800s, Nebraska http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/orphan www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/mnh/orphans/index.htm Lasky,
Kathryn. Elizabeth I. http://www.newberry.org/elizabeth/exhibit/index.html Nonfiction
print source: Stanley,
Diane. Good Queen Bess: the Story of Elizabeth I of England B ELIZABETH Meltzer,
Milton. Ten Queens: Portraits of Women of Power 920 MEL Lawrence,
Iain. Lord of the Nutcracker Men. Topic:
World War I, England Levine, Gail
Carson. Dave at Night
Love, D. Anne. BessÕs
Log Cabin Quilt. Topic: American
frontier
Lowry,
Lois. Autumn Street Topic: World War
II http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/wwii/dday_1 Lowry, Lois. Number
the Stars Topic: Danish
resistance in World War II http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/ns_history.htm http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/wwii/dday_1 Matas, Carol. DanielÕs Story Topic: Holocaust McCaughrean, Geraldine. Casting the Gods Adrift Topic: Ancient
Egypt; Pharoah Akhenaten McCaughrean,
Geraldine. Stop the Train! Topic: American
frontier, railroad expansion McDonagh,
Yona Zeldis. The Doll with the Yellow Star Topic:
France in World War II http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/France.html McKissack,
Pat. A Song for Harlem. Topic: Harlem
Renaissance
McKissack,
Pat. Abby Takes a Stand Civil
rights, segregation, sit-ins, Nashville, Tenn. 1960 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/04_nonviolence.html http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/permexhibits.htm McNeer, May. The
California Gold Rush Topic:
California Gold Rush, 1848
Meyer, Carolyn. Anastasia:
The Last Grand Duchess Topic: Russia,
1914
Morpurgo,
Michael. The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips Topic:
D-Day, World War II http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/faq.htm http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/eisenhower/dday_1 Murphy, Jim. The Journal of James Pease Topic: Civil
War, Gettysburg, Va.
Myers, Walter
Dean. The Journal of Biddy Owens
Topic:
Segregation, 1948
Napoli, Donna
Jo. Daughter of Venice Topic:
Sixteenth-century Venice Osborne, Mary
Pope. The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins Topic: Invasion
of Normandy, 1944
Osborne, Mary
Pope. My Secret War Topic: World War
II, New York http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/wwii/dday_1
Osborne, Mary
Pope. Standing in the Light Topic: Native
American (Lenni Lenape)-European relations, 1760 Paulsen,
Gary. SoldierÕs Heart First
Minnesota Volunteers,Civil War. http://www.firstminnesota.org/ Nonfiction
print source: The
Boys' War : Confederate And Union Soldiers Talk About The Civil War 973.7 MUR Murphy, Jim Pearsall,
Shelley. Trouble DonÕt Last Underground
Railroad http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/ http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ma/railroad_1 http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/tubman Peck, Richard. Fair
Weather Topic: Columbian
Exposition, 1893 Rinaldi,
Ann. The Redheaded Princess http://www.newberry.org/elizabeth/exhibit/index.html Nonfiction
print source: Good
Queen Bess: the story of Elizabeth I of England B ELIZABETH Stanley, Diane. Ten
queens portraits of women of power 920 MEL Meltzer, Milton Rinaldi, Ann. The
Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce Topic: Pilgrim
settlement
Ryan, Pam Munoz.
Riding Freedom Topic: Charlotte
(Charley) Parkhurst, 1879, California
Salisbury,
Graham. Under the Blood Red Sun Topic:
Pearl Harbor http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/wwii/pearlhar_3 Nonfiction
print source: Remember Pearl Harbor : American and Japanese Survivors Tell
Their Stories 940.54 ALL Allen, Thomas B. Attack
on Pearl Harbor: The True Story of The Day America Entered World War II 940.54 TAN Tanaka, Shelley Speare,
Elizabeth George. The Sign of the Beaver Topic: Maine,
late 1700s Watts, Irene. Finding
Sophie Topic:
Kindertransport from Germany, 1940 White, Ellen
Emerson. Kaiulani: The PeopleÕs Princess Topic: Hawaiian
annexation by United States, 1889
Williams,
Barbara. Titanic Crossing Topic: Sinking
of The Titanic, 1912
Wolf, Joan M. Someone Named Eva Topic: World War II, Poland Yep,
Laurence. Hiroshima á http://www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/index.html Yue,
Gao. Little Leap Forward: a Boy in Beijing Topic:
Cultural Revolution, China http://www.morningsun.org/living/index.html General Sources: Twentieth-Century
United States History http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decades.html All topics: Hardy Elementary
School Library Last update:
February, 2009 |