Historical fiction is basically a story that happened in the past. Depending on the age group historical fiction can be interpreted in different ways. The younger kids can think historical fiction are events that happened the day before, the older kids can think of events when they were younger, and adults think about past wars or past events. The following criteria applies for any historical fiction book: (1) Does the story embed history smoothly that the reader didn't notice? (2) Are the facts accurate? (3) How are the values of the time brought to life? (4) Is everything consistent with the time period in the book? For example: clothing, transportation, or trends. (5) Does the them relate with contemporary readers?
Reflection:
I had a shocker moment a few years back, when I was talking to my students about September 11. As I was talking about the events and how was the news coverage, there faces were puzzled. I hadn't made the connection that the students I had were from that generation. They were born in 2010, 2011, or 2012. As adult, historical fiction does mean wars, battles, events that made impacts in society, and historical documents, and to them their historic events are very limited.
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