Historical fiction Genre for Fourth Graders

What is historical fiction?

It tells a story that takes place in the past. The setting is taken from

history.

Some things in the story are true.

* Laura really lived on the prairie in Minnesota.*People really lived in sod houses and drove horse and buggy.

Some things in the story are made up.

*Some of the adventures the family took may not have really happened, but could have happened.

Historical fiction helps you

experience what really

happened to people.

*The attacks on 9/11/01 really did happen.

*The story in this book is an example of something that might have happened to a person who was there.

Let’s take a look at some

popular historical

fiction novels.