Historical

Historical fiction is a realistic story set during a particular period of history. It may involve actual events, people and places in history, mixed with fictional characters and storyline. The writer aims to bring a particular period of history to life through the accurate depiction of the language, customs, attitudes, society etc of the time.

Historical fiction crosses genres and can include romance, adventure, mystery etc.

Your task this week is to add a historical fiction book to the timeline below by clicking on **edit this page**. Look at when the book was set and place it on the timeline in the appropriate place, along with a quick summary and your name. Add a cover image if you can. this book is set in the time of the great spartains in 300ad whoafe fighting in the grat war.
 * 500BC || [[image:http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/AC5BA14A-F670-4492-8014-E3F94C731821/0/wolfbrother.jpg width="84" height="126"]]**In the time of hunters: Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver. This story is about a 12 year old boy called Torak whose Dad gets killed by a mysterious bear like creature and dies telling him this one message, “Find the mountain of the spirit world.”(Carl Jonsson)**

The Night Mare- this book is about a person who keeps getting night mares but they keep coming true. Then in the dreams it starts to have him in it and he doesnt know what to do because it is going to become true. ||
 * 400BC || [[image:http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:lR2fGOh9r_lMgM:http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/avaxhome/2008-05-22/wse34.jpg width="87" height="116"]]The art of war is a military classic, written around 400bc. However because the maxims contained in the book are so succinct and universal, this is still a usful book for understanding and waging war today. ||
 * 300BC || [[image:http://www.press.umich.edu/coverImages/0472115065.gif width="100" height="155" align="left" caption="Cover Image for Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800"]]Woman's Letters From Ancient Egypt: Roger.S Bagnall and Raffealla Cribiore.

These letters were written by women from various walks of life and shed light on critical social aspects of life in Egypt after the pharaohs. It takes the reader through theoretical discussions about the handwriting and language of the letters, the education and culture of the writers, and the writers' everyday concerns and occupations, as well as comparing these letters to similar letters from later historical periods. (Melissa Synnott) :) !!!



= Is Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae = ||
 * 200BC || The Last King: Rome's Greatest Enemy

ROME'S MOST RESPECTED AND FEARED ENEMY... To the Romans, the greatest enemy the Republic ever faced was not the Goths or Huns, nor even Hannibal, but rather a ferocious and brilliant king on the distant Black Sea(Mitchel van der Werf) ||
 * 100BC || [[image:escape-by-sea.gif width="71" height="105"]]Escape by Sea: Sara lives in Carthage, a city of the northern coast of Africa, and an enemy of the newly rising power, Rome. Sara’s life is privileged but constrained, her future already plotted out for her. Everything changes when the Romans invade, forcing Sara and her father to flee in one of their small trading ships, the Heron. (Brianna Christie) ||
 * 0 || [[image:http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:UvDOWxQMBtWPcM:http://www.scholastic.co.uk/zone/images/jackets/my-story/mystory_pompeii.jpg width="67" height="103" align="left" link="http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.scholastic.co.uk/zone/images/jackets/my-story/mystory_pompeii.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.scholastic.co.uk/zone/book_my-story_girls.htm&h=192&w=125&sz=27&hl=en&start=2&sig2=ZiuXFroWZrr_ZEf9PJDPwg&usg=__MxMjgV46vunQ_hJbPM0uPDGBrrA=&tbnid=UvDOWxQMBtWPcM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=67&ei=UdUPSazwMpj2sAPMydySCQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPOMPEII%2B%2522sue%2Breid%2522%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"]]79 AD: //Pompeii// by Sue Reid tells the story of Claudia, a young Roman girl who survived the terrifying, true volcanic eruption that buried the entire cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. (Ms Keen)

79ad: the book pompeii is written by sue reid and it tells the story of a gorls diary her names claudia. she survived the volcanic eruption that happened in pompeii. (abbey w) || Set in the second century AD .It is the story of a person called Marcus and his quest discover the truth about the disappearance of his father's legion. (Kade Savage) || __They came on Viking Ships__ Was written by __Jakie French__ and could be set from any time between 987 to 1011 AD. It is about when Vikiings raid, destroy a small coastal village and take Hekja and her new dog Snarf as captives. They are taken to Greenland and Hekja becomes a slave to Freydis. In the story her determintation earns her the respect of her mistress. They go on a voyage to newly found Vinland to establish a new settlement, with avendtures awaiting. (Isabelle L)
 * 100AD || //**The Eagle of the Ninth**//
 * 200AD || [[image:http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/22/6a00d8345169e469e200e553cc9ad988343.jpg width="100" caption="Silent in the Grave" link="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0778324109/jensbookrevie-20"]]**Leila** from [|Bookshelves of Doom] interested me in [|Silent in the Grave] by **Deanna Raybourn** when she said even though she gets a bit sick from reading in the car, she started and finished this book while on a trip. The book is a historical mystery with a main character who Leila compares to Amelia Peabody, and says has an enjoyable voice. And it sounded fun! ||
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 * 400AD || [[image:http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/4496_4_0185.jpg width="119" height="226"]]this book was set in 400 ad ||
 * 500AD || [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PCPaDQDbL._SS500_.jpg width="181" height="228"]]This book is written about a.d 500 and what went on in then times in britain and ireland. (George Anderson) ||
 * 600AD || the viking empire is a fantastic book. it was set in 600 ad. it is about the an empire that has captured a boy and makes him do all of there secrecy. he then is found by some people on viking ships. (i cant get a pic)chloe q ||
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 * 1000AD || [[image:http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:cRot06l0BX_xwM:http://www.literaryawards.com.au/images/wayrbra/they_came_on_viking_ships.jpg width="83" height="128" link="http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.literaryawards.com.au/images/wayrbra/they_came_on_viking_ships.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.literaryawards.com.au/wayrba.html&usg=__WeBaVywkEcgB1jv0JkznSEAmGks=&h=464&w=300&sz=14&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=cRot06l0BX_xwM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=83&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthey%2Bcame%2Bon%2Bviking%2Bships%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GGLL_enAU326AU326%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1"]]

This book could be set during around 987 Ad to 1011 Ad. The book is about when some vikings come and destroy a small village and take the character Hekja and her dog as prisoners/ captives. Hekja is taken to greenland and becomes a slave. (Ella C) ||
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 * 1300AD || [[image:http://img.infibeam.com/img/86a770f6/898/4/9789810234898.jpg?hei=270&wid=250&op_sharpen=1 caption="FRONT_1"]]this book is about the aicent greeks ||
 * 1400AD || 6th target by james peterson

is aboiut a murder in the country (ryan bradeley) ||
 * 1500AD || Macbeth and son is based in the middle ages and is about a boys fight through betrayal and an inheritance of the thrown, this book also includes a similar story about a boy living in modern times fighting his own battle( James Milligan 8c)

set in 1544 the royal diaries Ellizabeth 1 red rose of the house of tudor by kathryn lasky is set in england is the diary of princess elizabeth (meg hickey) ||
 * 1600AD || [[image:http://www.sobacanada.com/DSCN0010.JPG width="260" height="259"]] ||
 * 1700AD || fever is set in 1793. t is about the yellow fever that hit Philadelphia in 1793, killing 5,000 people (10 percent of the city's population) in just three months (Carmen)

True stories of Pirates is set in the year 1700. it is about a group of fanous pirates who stole and attcked the rich trading ships that passed by. the most famous pirates stole all treaurse and lived like kings. ( Brooke )

TREASURE ISLANED by Robet louis stevenson.is set in the 1754.billy Bones old map show a small island With a red cross marking the pirets buried treasure.

by === jay moone y === ||
 * 1800AD || Runner set 1802 a yongue boy without a father living in the backstreets of cold melbourne doing running (betting) to earn extra money to support his mother and baby brother. (Ellie J)

Jane Eyre is about a girl who is living with her aunt and cousin until she goes to Lowood School. It is set in the 1800s. It is partly autobiographal.

(Lillian Telford) || as they all grow up they become involved with they lonely boy next door. one of the sisters gets very sick, while 2 of the girls have jobs, and the youngest sister goes to school. little women is a book of love and how close their family is. (Michelle k) ||  ||
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 * || Little women is a book about 4 sisters who live in a small house with their mother while their father is off fighting in a war.
 * 1900AD || [[image:http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:0lVbFgmhRtPHMM:http://www.pagesandpages.com.au/images/ebility/9780340956489.jpg width="91" height="139"]]The novel The Escape is about two children on the run from the Gestapo (German Secret Police). Charles Henderson is a british spy trying to protect them, but he has to find them first. He can only do this with the help of orphan Mark. Hitlers army is approaching Paris, and with limited time to spare Henderson must reach the children fast! (Joshua Williams)

The Escape is about the founding of a secret British organisation ,who use kids as spys, called CHERUB. Set during the Second World War when Hitlers tanks are closing in on Paris. The first CHERUBs are recuited and so begins the adventure. (Jarrah Lowien)

The novel OUTBACK the diary of jimmy porter is a diray about a boy who moves to the middle of nowhere his nearest neighbour is days away. the people who live there can cope with just about any thing but when something goes wrong how can they get help. by Madi bell

the novel who am i ia bout a girl named mary and she was taken to bomaderry aboriginal childrens home when she was only five years old.now she is living with a white family in sydeny.she dosent fit in and starts to question why.

The novel 'Then' is a story on 2 children who suffer the pain of WW1. They need to hide from the Nazis and find a place to live as thier parents were on the death train( Natasha ), set in 1914-1918AD The novel WHO AM I is a diary by Mary Talence a girl who is taken to an Aboriginal home at he age of five. At the age of ten she is moved to sydney with a family of white people where she does not fit in. She does not know why. Do the white people have something against her since she has lived with Aboriginals? Sinead Anderson (set in 1937)

MY AUSRALIAN STORY

PLAGUES AND FEDERATIONS!

the book plagues and federations is set in 1906 when the black plague and federation was formed. the main character is a poor 13 year old girl that is teaching her mum to read and right. it is not a bad book. By ADRIAN ALLEN!

DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Set during World War II ( 1939 - 1945)

BLACK WATER (1915 - 1916) When Farren fox's father is missing at sea, all Farren wants is for his brother, Danny, to come home from Gallipoli. But when Danny does return from the war, he is vastly changed. And with the arrival of the mysterious child Souki, the sole survivor of a midnight shipwreck, the lives of both Fox brothers are altered forever. (Matthew C)

Box Car Mooly by James Riordan. (1929-1932)

The Depression has ripped the nation apart and Molly has no-one to rely on but herself. she has to find work but with millions of other people who are unimployed would make it very hard to get a job. Riding the frieght train just to get a sqaure meal.

this story is about a little girl who experiences the pain of being unwanted. she is hated and dispised by her family and she wonders if anyone will ever love her. it is set back in china in the 1940's-1950's.(olivia mcgrechan) Chinese Cinderella

Chinese Cinderella was written in 1941 by Adeline Yen Mah, a biography about herself....the unwanted child who grew up in China after her mother died in child birth. (Sasha) Chinese cinderella is a heart felt true story of a girl who was treated badly by her family. She was unwanted and not given much attention to as a child, her mother died in child birth so adeline was never to see her mother. The only true friend in her life was her little duck, tho sadly the duck is killed when they are teaching there dog obedience, sadly the dog kills the little duck and adeline is still yet to wonder if she truly belongs. this book is set back in china around 1940-1950. (Ella Cotterell) ||

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 * 1990AD