Historical+Fiction

**Historical Fiction books**
==1.Letters from Rifka by Kaaren Hesse is a book about Rifka and her family fleeing their home in Russia during World War I. She becomes separated from her family and eventually joins them in America. This novel is told through Rifka's letters to her cousin back in Russia.== Activity: Anticipation Guide 1. It is okay to keep a secret from your closest friends.2. It is okay to do something that is wrong in order to protect your family. 3. Your family's safety is the most important thing in the world. 3. It is more important to serve your country than to be with your family. Give students a copy of the prepared Anticpation Guide and respond to the Me column. Have them discuss the statements in the groups. Form small groups of students and ask them to share stories of how, when, and why their families came to the US. Invite students to collect the information in a chart or web diagram. Ask one member to summarize.

===**//2. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas// by John Boyne. This book is about the issues of evil and the Holocaust raising questions about human kind. It is about a boy named Bruno who is uprooted from his home and is very lonely. The book is upsetting through some of the events in the book. It is very powerful and needs discussion following the book.**===
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===**//4. Sea of Poppies// by Amitav Ghosh. This book leads us on a voyage across the Indian Ocean to fight China’s Opium War between Britain. There was a crew of sailors, stowaways and convicts. They begin to see themselves as the ship brothers that spread across the fields of the Ganges.**===

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===**//5. Seven Brave Women// by Betsy Hearne. This book is a girl telling 7 different stories about her female ancestors who helped out or fought a war by doing good things. During their lives they built relationships and gave to their community while the wars were raging and were brave in difficult times.**=== ===**//6. I Was Dreaming to Come to America// by Veronica Lawlor. This book is an Ellis Island Oral History Project that reflects the memoirs of individuals who came to the US through Ellis Island during the immigration period.**===
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