Entries Categorized as 'Historical Fiction'
Posted by Ruth
Categories: All Ages, Historical Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Dogs, Good Read Aloud, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House, Pioneers
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The Ingalls family has moved from Kansas to Minnesota. They live in a house of sod until Pa builds a beautiful wooden house. Unfortunately, the money put into the materials for the house is completely dependent upon their growing wheat crop. When a cloud of millions of huge grasshoppers land, the crops are eaten and destroyed in a matter of days.
The Little House books are a very enjoyable series, and they make good read-alouds. It’s amazing to see how people lived during that time period. On the Banks of Plum Creek always stood out from the others in my mind as a child, and I especially remembered the part when Laura goes wading in the deep mud in the creek, and comes out with leeches (or bloodsuckers) all over her legs. (Yuck!)
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Funny, Good Read Aloud, Seafaring, Sid Fleischman, Westerns
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Jack and his aunt’s butler Praiseworthy are stowaways on a ship headed for gold territory. They try to be honest stowaways and present themselves to the captain, who puts them to work tending the steam boiler. Captain Swain is not happy, as he is in a race with another steam ship, with heavy bets on both sides. And once they reach gold country, what will Praiseworthy do when he accidentally acquires a reputation as a fighter, and is challenged by The Mountain Ox, the roughest, toughest gold miner in California?
Sid Fleischman writes a good yarn, while making parts of it believable. Just about every page has some joke to it. Praiseworthy is a great mastermind, and Jack is always willing to go along. The ending may surprise you. There’s an interesting plot twist in there.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Incredibook!, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Award Winner, Elizabeth George Speare
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After Daniel’s father is murdered by the Romans, Daniel dedicates his life to one thing: revenge against the Romans. He joins a band of outlaws living in the mountains who are plotting to overthrow the Romans and does everything he possibly can to satisfy his hatred. Meanwhile, in nearby Capernaum, a rabbi is teaching a different lesson: love. Daniel is confused by the words of Jesus of Nazareth, while still wondering if this could be the promised Messiah. The Messiah he had been hoping and waiting for was one who could conquer the Romans and drive them away. Could Jesus really be the Messiah? And how can love conquer over hatred?
This is one of my favorites of Elizabeth George Speare’s. The characters are portrayed with great depth and emotion, making them seem very real, and I found the story to be so extremely interesting that I couldn’t put it down. I definitely recommend this one as a powerful book.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Historical Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Dogs, Elizabeth Janet Gray, Funny
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At the abbey of St. Alban, Adam is waiting for his father, Roger the minstrel, to come and take him out of school. However, when Roger finally comes, Adam must say goodbye to Perkin, his best friend. Adam and Roger, along with Adam’s little dog, Nick, set out on the road with adventure after adventure, including losing Bayard, their war horse, and even Nick being stolen!
An adventure-packed book! I definitely recommend it!
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Historical Fiction, Incredibook!, Mysteries, Review
Tags:Animals, Funny, Henry Winterfeld, Lions
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The Xanthos School is back with another adventure! The pupils, Julius, Publius, Flavius, Caius, Rufus, Muscius and Antonius give a slave, whose name is Udo, unable to speak or hear, to Xantippus for his “50th birthday.” Xantippus refuses, telling the boys to take the slave back to the slavedealer, Callon. When the boys get to Callon’s cottage, they find that Callon had sold all his slaves, except for one old slave that nobody would take, and fled! The old slave tells them that an ex-gladiator came and wanted Udo. When Callon told him that he didn’t have him anymore, the ex-gladiator said he was coming back the next day, and if Udo wasn’t there, he would kill him and all the slaves! After the boys leave the cottage, the ex-gladiator shows up and tries to take Udo, which the pupils manage to prevent. Then, Udo discloses that he can talk and hear! He is a slave of Pollino, the famous general! What’s going on? Is Udo to be trusted?
The sequel to Detectives in Togas, Mystery of the Roman Ransom is another enjoyable book.
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