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Tag: Historical Fiction

November 8, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Historical Fiction: Getting the Details Right, a guest post by author Kip Wilson

Author Kip Wilson talks about the importance of getting the facts right in historical fiction.

October 6, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

In the Shadow of Mammothgate: Writing Historical Fiction Without Whitewashing History, a guest post by Betsy Bird

Here then is a hope that in the future we’ll have a different set of expectations. Our children’s books have historically whitewashed the past. Let’s hope that going forward they have the wherewithal to open the eyes of their child readers to what it was really like in the past.

October 4, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Bringing The City Beautiful to Life, a guest post by Aden Polydoros

Timelines and locations play important roles in THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, set in 1893 Chicago. Explore some of those places in this post.

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Readers won't soon forget Petra's harrowing story.

Historical Fiction in the Making, a guest post by Rita Williams-Garcia

May 20, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Who would have thought a “keep it current” and a never “way back in time” writer would be seduced by the lure of history?

Book Review: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

January 21, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

This will be an illuminating read for modern teens who may not know much about what it was really like to be a queer teen in the 1950s.

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Book Review: The Whitsun Daughters by Carrie Mesrobian

August 25, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

A gorgeously layered look at love, loss, and the complex lives of girls. Not to be missed.

Book Review: Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden

January 14, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

A complex look at the quest for social justice in 1919 and one young girl's awakening to the need for change and her role in it.

Book Review: Dream Country by Shannon Gibney

September 11, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

Publisher’s description The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom. Dream Country begins in suburban Minneapolis at the moment when seventeen-year-old Kollie Flomo begins to crack under the strain of his life as a Liberian refugee. He’s exhausted by being at once too black […]

YA A to Z: H is for Historical Fiction, a guest post by librarian Amanda Perez

April 19, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Today in our YA A to Z series, new librarian Amanda Perez joins us to talk about Historical Fiction in YA Lit. Historical Fiction authors go through a great deal of research in order to present their readers with an accurate window into history.  The final product presented to teen readers is often a masterful […]

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