Historical Fiction by Challenge School Librarian https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1 Recommended Reads en-us 2017-04-12 00:25:43 UTC 2020-11-11 17:48:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Saints or Criminals? kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/182990583 Set in France in the year 1242, this adventure brings together a Jewish boy, a peasant girl, a brown-skinned monk-in-training, and a saintly dog as together they run from the king's men. A Newbery honor winner for 2017. ]]> 2017-08-27 19:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/182990583 What would you do?? https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/191481307 What would you do if you were declared as a wolf's head which means anyone may kill you?
Well, in this book Crispin who thought his life was miserable is proven right. His steward declares that anyone may kill him. Is it just because Crispin overheard the steward talking about about  something or is it bigger than you could expect? The cross reveals all.
Recommended by Whitney F.]]> 2017-09-26 22:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/191481307 The Invention of Hugo Cabret by: Brian Selznick https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/191840518 in the walls of a train station Hugo Cabret repairs the clocks and keeps them running.He has no parents and steals food to live ,the toy shop manager knows he is up to something when Hugo tries to steal parts for a invention his father found that is broken which happens to be a otomoton.

recommended by:Anna.A]]> 2017-09-27 19:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/191840518 I SURVIVED the Nazi Invasion https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/191841400               By Lauren Tarshis
Max and Zena Rosen try to survive  the Nazi attack. With barely enough food to survive, can Max and Zena survive?

Recommended by Ben. D.]]> 2017-09-27 19:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/191841400 The War that Saved my Life https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/192246451  Ida lives in World War II London with her brother and her mother, who abuses Ida because of Ida's deformed leg. She and her brother are evacuated to the English countryside from London during the bombings.  Can they adapt to their strange new surroundings?  Can Ida fulfil her dream to learn to ride a horse? You can't help but root for Ida as she struggles during very challenging times.]]> 2017-09-28 19:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/192246451 The Rifle https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/194106630 By Gary Paulsen
In the revolutionary war, a gunsmith named Cornish builds a rifle that is so accurate that he knows he will never create another rifle to compare with it. He sells it to John Byam, a American rebel who is a legendary sharp shooter. When he dies, it is passed on to new owners, with unexpected consequences.
Recommended by Nick S.

]]> 2017-10-04 22:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/194106630 Auma's Long Run kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/201369573 Auma is a promising young runner hoping for a scholarship and the chance to become a doctor.  But, growing up in Kenya in the 1980s, her village faces the scary and mysterious disease AIDS, which causes many deaths in her community.   The disease infects Auma's father, and challenges both her family's security and her own dreams.  Auma's determination and strength is inspiring, and her story heartbreaking and hopeful.
For 6th graders and up.]]> 2017-10-27 22:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/201369573 The Boy in Striped Pajamas https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/274761335 If you like great historical fiction books than this is the one for you.
A young boy named Bruno gets a new house next to a concentration camp a couple days later Bruno goes missing, what happened? Where did he go? Was he found? Read the book to find out.

By Cael K.]]> 2018-08-23 03:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/274761335 The Fight for Peace https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/275027750 Young Anjali grew up in India during the war of independence in 1942. All of a sudden, her mom shocked the whole family by joining the freedom movement to work with the “untouchables.” This decision leads to riots destroying Anjali’s village, ruining her school and so much more. When her mom is jailed and her role model killed, she doesn’t let that take her down and joins the fight herself. Now, it is up to Anjali to make her mom’s dream of treating “untouchables” equally come true. This very breathtaking and emotional book, Ahimsa, is for those of you who can handle strong and sad events. 
Recommended by Saahithi Kasa]]> 2018-08-23 23:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/275027750 Three radically different people. All facing one struggle: https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/275562289 The urgency to escape an unstable government. Josef, a Jewish boy needing to find asylum elsewhere from the looming threat of the Nazis. Isabel, whose family must escape the grasp of Fidel Castro’s dictatorship, and Mahmoud’s family that needs to flee the war and destruction in Syria. This book is a combination of three totally different eras and three different cultures. These three refugee’s touching stories will delicately intertwine in the book Refugee by Alan Gratz.

Recommended by Eireen M]]> 2018-08-27 15:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/275562289 Will Greta survive the escape to West Berlin? https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/275678619 Greta is living in East Berlin with her mother and brother. Her father and younger brother sneak through a old building on the border to West Berlin to find a new job, so the whole family can eventually escape from the east side of the country. In the time of her father's absence, the guards tighten up their security and laws. Any attempt to escape could lead to intense interrogation and possible death. Greta wants her father, brother, and the safety and liveness of the west side. . Escaping the Berlin Wall might take her life. Is Greta willing to risk it to see her father? 
Recommended by Molly G.]]> 2018-08-27 19:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/275678619 Perfect for readers who love History and lots of Action… https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/275709998
This book is about 4 kids, Luke, Julia, David and Isabel who have been hired by Miss Z, a billionaire, to go back into time.  She has a tool, which can teleport anyone at anytime to anywhere in time.  Miss Z loves history and wants to add to her collection of photographs with many different pictures, (other books.) So she sends them to the Titanic.   They are able to take a picture but are unable to teleport back.  The mission goes terribly wrong and they struggle to stay alive.  Read the book to find out more!

Recommended by Emma P.



]]> 2018-08-27 22:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/275709998 A Real Page Turner! https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/276056312 Do you like historical fiction and mystery? Then this is the book for you! One mysterious summer Scout and her brother Jem are surprised to see another young person in their neighborhood of old people. Dill is a short kid with a wild imagination. That same summer a tree suddenly appears out of nowhere with a knot hole with things in it. They aren't just any things either. Did the town’s legend, the terrible Boo Radley, put them there? Is he trying to tell them something? Or is it all just some weird summer coincidence? Read the book to find out! 
                     Ages 12+
Recommended by: Dylan K
]]> 2018-08-28 21:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/276056312 Missing Boy? https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/276269914 Missing Boy what Happened!


If you adore stunning historical fiction books then this is the one for you.
A young boy named Bruno gets a new house next to a concentration camp. One day he finds a cheerless boy on the other side of the fence, inside the camp, over time they become buddies. Bruno is young and doesn’t apprehend the concept of a concentration camp is. Bruno leaves his house to see his friend. A little while later Bruno goes missing, what happened? Where did he go? Was he found? Read the book to find out.

By Cael K.

]]> 2018-08-29 15:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/276269914 Mountain life for people who love friendship books https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/276283444 Heidi is a book about a girl (named Heidi) who lives in the mountains with her grandfather in a cottage. Peter is a goat herder and he is one of Heidi’s friends, one other of Heidi’s friends is Clara a girl about Heidi’s age whose legs don't work. Clara lives in the city and Heidi goes to Clara’s house for homeschool with her.
 (kittins invalved). Heidi wants to take Clara to the mountains , Heidi thinks the mountains will make her legs better. Will Heidi be able to get Clara to the mountains, read the classic and heart warming book, Heidi to experience what happens.

]]> 2018-08-29 15:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/276283444 Wilderness Challenge kdraper4 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/913415492 12-year-old Terpsichore has energy and determination.  She needs both when  her family moves to the wilds of Alaska during the Great Depression of the 1920s  in hopes of a better life.  She'll face giant mosquitoes, acres of mud, and living for months in a tent with the rest of the pioneers.  Will she ever feel at home in this wilderness, or will she give up? A good read for those who like adventure and a strong main character. Recommended by Mrs. Draper


]]> 2020-11-11 16:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/913415492 I survived the Battle of D-Day 1944 https://padlet.com/kdraper4/47ihbv29j8q1/wish/913536945 Paul Colbert was a French boy who went through a bunch of war at only 11 years old. And how a group called “The Resistance”  where their plan was to destroy the Nazi’s most powerful weapon wich was a very powerful cannon. Paul would help by distracting the Nazis and letting the Allies and The Resistance destroy the cannon. Recommended by Khrystos. 

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