Historical+Fiction+Genre+Group

=Historical Fiction Genre Group Workspace=

Colleagues....below you will find a list of Historical Fiction Books that are either Scott O'Dell winners or Newberrry winners. Although you are not limited to the books below, we have provided this list as a convenience in case you would like some suggestions for this genre!

__**"The Scott O'Dell Award**__

This award was established in 1982 by the noted writer of historical fiction, who hoped to increase interest in the genre. It is awarded annually to "a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults." To be eligible, "a book must have been published as a book intended for children or young people, it must be set in the New World (Canada, Central or South America, or the United States), it must be published by a publisher in the United States, and it must be written in English by a citizen of the United States." That explains why books such as A Single Shard, Newbery winner in 2002, wouldn't even have been considered for the O'Dell."


 * 2011 winner: One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
 * 2010 winner: The Storm in the Barn, by Matt Phelan
 * 2009 winner: Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson
 * 2008 winner: Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis (also a Newbery Honor book and a CSK winner)
 * 2007 winner: The Green Glass Sea, by Ellen Klages
 * 2006 winner: The Game of Silence, by Louise Erdrich
 * 2005 winner: Worth by A. LaFaye
 * 2004 winner: The River Between Us, by Richard Peck
 * 2003 winner: Trouble Don't Last, by Shelley Pearsall
 * 2002 winner: The Land, by Mildred D. Taylor (also a CSK winner)
 * 2001 winner: The Art of Keeping Cool, by Janet Taylor Lisle
 * 2000 winner: Two Suns in the Sky, by Miriam Bat-Ami
 * 1999 winner: Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, by Harriette Robinet
 * 1998 winner: Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse
 * 1997 winner: Jip, His Story, by Katherine Paterson

__**Newbery Awards/Historical Fiction**__


 * Cushman, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice.
 * De Angeli, Marguerite. The Door in the Wall.
 * Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain.
 * Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
 * Taylor, Mildred D.
 * Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
 * Wednesday War, Gary D. Schmidt


 * More Newbery Award Winners: **

//**2011 Newbery titles:**//

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (winner, set in 1932 and 1918)

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm (honor book, set in 1930s)

Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (honor book, set in mid-19th century)

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia (honor book, set in 1968)

//** 2010 Newbery titles: **//

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (winner, set in 1970s)

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (honor book, set at turn of twentieth century)

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick (honor book, set during Civil War)


 * // 2009: //**

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle (honor book, 19th century)

After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson (honor book, 1990s)


 * // 2008: //**

Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (winner, middle ages)

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (honor book, 19th century)

The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt (honor book, 1967)

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (honor book, 1970s)

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