<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>So many times I see requests here for fiction
titles appropriate to specific
periods in history.... I would like to recommend two professional titles I use
to identify appropriate historical fiction all the time:
<underline>An Annotated Bibliography of Historical Fiction for the Social Studies,
Grades 5 Through 12</underline>, by Fran Silverblank. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt
Publishing Company, c. 1992 by the National Council for the Social
Studies. ISBN 0-8403-7516-6. 106p. softcover. 14.95.
UNITED STATES HISTORY
Settling America and Colonial Times
American Revolution and the New Nation 1774-1779
The Nation Expands and is Torn Apart by War, 1800-1860
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1865
The Transformation of a Nation, 1866-1899
World War I and the Great Depression, 1900-1939
The United States Becomes a World Leader, 1940-1990
WORLD HISTORY
Prehistoric Times
B.C.-A.D. 650
651-1066
1067-1499
1500-1699
1700-1799
1800-1899
1900-1945
1946-1990
Sample entry:
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
[Pakistan]
Knopf 1989
Grades 7-12
A 12-year-old girl, the younger daughter in a family of camel
herders who live in the Cholistan Desert, must face an arranged marriage to
a wealthy older man with three wives.
Another book I refer to often is:
<underline>World Historical Fiction Guide for Young Adults</underline>, by
Lee Gordon and
Cheryl Tanaka. Ft. Atkinson, WI: Highsmith Press. c1995, ISBN 0-917846-
41-9. 301p. hardcover, $30.00
This one is broken down by continents, then regions, then countries.
For example:
AFRICA
Prehistoric Africa (prior to 6500 B.C.)
North of the Sahara
Egypt
Ethiopia
North Africa
South of the Sahara
Burundi
Cameroon
East Africa
Liberia
Namibia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
South Africa
This book also has separate title, author, subject, and chronological
indexes. Sample entry:
PAKISTAN
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. <italic>Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind</italic>.
New York:
Knopf, 1989. 256 pp. ISBN 0-394-84815-2: PLB 0-394-94815-7. LC 89-
2714.
Cholistan Desert, Pakistan. In her nomadic family, Shabanu, at 12, is
only one year away from an arranged marriage which she has been brought
up to accept. But fate intervenes, plans change, and Shabanu must decide
whether to follow her family's dictates or her own wishes.
Reviews: BBYA: BCCB 10/89; BL 10/1/89*; HB 1/90; SLJ 11/89;
VOYA 4/90
Reading Level: Middle-High School
Subject Areas: Pakistan; family life; women; marriage
Time Period: Twentieth-century
[_] Library owns
If you need to create a list of historical fiction, I think you will find these
titles invaluable!
Bonnie Fulmer
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