Tag: young adult historical fiction
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Summer Historical Fiction Reads
Hannah
What others would you add to this list? Let me know in the comments below! Read more
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Hawaian WWII Historical Fiction
Hannah
Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman I loved Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers on audio. It was an inspiring tale of a single mom who started a pie business with her friends to make ends meet, with a missing persons mystery intertwined. Violet’s husband went missing years before. This is a… Read more
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Fearless Martha by Sheila Ingle
Hannah
Fearless Martha by Sheila Ingle was a great read! Definitely read this book in print, because the illustrations are wonderful. They were drawn by John Ingle, Sheila’s husband. Fearless Martha begins with a brief forward, and ends with a glossary explaining colonial-era words the reader may not be familiar with. Set during the American Revolution,… Read more
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The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson.
Hannah
I loved Kate Thompson’s earlier book, The Little Wartime Library, but The Wartime Book Club was even better! (See my review of The Little Wartime Library here). If you liked The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, you must read this inspirational tale. The heaviness of occupied… Read more
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Yesterday’s Tides by Roseanna M. White
Hannah
Yesterday’s Tides features a family owned and operated inn on Ocracoke as a character throughout this dual timeline story. The inn and its family weather literal and figurative storms, and wartime with grace. Evie, the main character of the World War 2 timeline, fashioned jewelry and artwork from found pieces of sea glass, all the… Read more
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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Hannah
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is the perfect winter historical fiction novel. Granted, it spans many years of Leni’s life, so it’s not only set in winter, but a character of the story is the long, dark, Alaskan winter. The author writes vividly about what life is like in Alaska, and how the rest… Read more
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Christmas Historical Fiction Books
Hannah
By the Christmas tree is one of my favorite places to read. I’m becoming more and more of a mood reader, so I’ve really leaned into reading Christmas-themed books this month. One I’ve been saving since September is Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews. I went to a release event at M. Judson… Read more
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The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin
Hannah
I absolutely adored The Wish Book Christmas! It was the perfect start to my holiday reading. It is a follow up to If I Were You (see my review here). If you haven’t read If I Were You, stop now and read it first! The Wish Book Christmas features cheerful giving by the “Smart kings”… Read more
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Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Hannah
The M. Judson 2023 Reading Challenge category for October is a BOOK ABOUT A TIME IN HISTORY THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT….I’m a social studies teacher, so this was a hard one for me. I finally settled on Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers on Operation Iraqi Freedom, which I haven’t read much historical… Read more
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Under the Bayou Moon by Valerie Fraser Luesse
Hannah
Valerie Fraser Luesse has once again written a wonderfully romantic historical novel set in the Deep South. Under the Bayou Moon has especially witty dialogue that had me chuckling to myself throughout the book. I was a bit disappointed in how antagonist was introduced, so the mystery wasn’t quiet as mysterious as it could have… Read more