Historical fiction: tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional. Writers of stories in this genre, while penning fiction, attempt to capture the spirit, manners, and social conditions of the persons or time(s) presented in the story, with due attention paid to period detail and fidelity. (Wikipedia)
** Please read the Update here. (If you are an author wanting to promote you book fill in the form at the end of that post)
UPDATE! Some Lists:
- My Amazon YA Historical Fiction list
- New YA Historical Fiction 2011
- My Goodreads Historical Fiction shelf here!
- Time Line with YA Historical titles post-Civil War
Choose your level:
Level 1: 5 YA HF books in 2011
Level 2: 10 YA HF books in 2011
Level 3: 15 YA HF books in 2011
Rules: - All Historical Fiction books must be YA or MG
- Books don't have to be 2011 releases.
- Anyone can join. Please link to a public (web) place I can find you.
- You can join at anytime. The challenge runs from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011
Participants:
3 Bluestockings
Above Average Below Special
A Dream of Books
A Few Good Books
A Myriad of Books
A Rogue Librarian's Reading List
A Thousand Words
Adventures in Bookland
Allison Can Read
An Abundance of Books
AScattergood
Azure
Beastie Books
Becky Levine
Best of YA
Beth Fish Reads
Bibliophilia- Maggie's Bookshelf
Bites
BookChick's Book Blog
Bookeater/Booklover
Bookmarked
Book Fanatics
Book Infinity
Book Purring
Book Labyrinth
Booking Through 365
Bookish Bethany
Booklady's Booknotes
Books: A Love Story
Books are Dreams
Books are like People
Books Kids Like
Booksessed
Bookworming in the 21st Century
Braiden's YA Concoction
Breaking the Binding
Bri Meets Books
Brynne
Catch of the Day
Carol Baldwin
Chanterelle Grover
Children Literature Network (CLN)
Chris Capen
ComaCalm's Book Reviews
Consumed by Books
Dana Does Read
DeRaps Reads
Diary of A Book Addict
Dreaming in Books
Dreaming of Books
Eating YA Books
Effective Teaching Articles
Eloise and Her Books
El Reads
Emmegail's Bookshelf
Emily's Reading Room
Evergreen Junior High Library
Everyday is an Adventure
Ezine of a Random Girl
Fiction Folio
For the Love of YA
For Those About to Read...
Forest of the Dead
Galley Smith
Geeky Reads Blog
Girls Gone Reading
He Followed Me Home
HistoricalNovels.info
Historian's Notebook
Icey Books
I Like These Books
I'd Rather Be Reading
In Between the Lines
In the Forest
In the Library of Lady Violet
J. Anderson Coats
Jayjay Atanacio
Jenn Ritter
Jodi
Johanna
Just A YA Girl
Just One More Chapter
Just Your Typical Book Blog
Katelyn's Blog
Katie's Amazing Book Reviews
Katie's Book Blog
Lacey Woolston
Last Page First
Laura
Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf
Let Them Read Books
Libraries and Young Adults
Little Wonder's Recommended Reading
Lisa the Nerd
Literature as a Portal
Livya Lagisetti
Logan E. Turner
Lora
Love Life and Reading
Lucy Was Robbed
Mandarin Blues
Manga Maniac
Marjolein Book Blog
Michaela Maccoll (author)
Michelle Writes
Ms. H's World History Blog
Much Madness is Divinest Sense
Mundie Moms
My Words Ate Me
Net Zero Cybrary
Nicoleslaw00 Book Blog
Ninja Librarian
Nisha
Not Another Book Blog
On My Bookshelf
One A Day YA
One Librarian's Book Reviews
Only Sexy Books Allowed
Paranormal Indulgence
Penultimate Page
Quiet Dreamer
Rambling Bookmarks
Ramblings of a Teenage Novelist
Rating HF for the Classroom
Reading Extensively
Reading Lark
Reading the Past
Reading Roller Coaster
Reading World (author Susan Coventry)
Rebeca's Book Blog
Rebecca-Books
Reclusive Bibliophile
Rosalia
Samantha Kuiper
Sea Reflections
See Scoot Read
Small Review
So Many Books, So Little Time
Stalking the Bookshelves
Storybound Girl
Super Librarian
Teen & Young Adult Zone
That's Swell!
The Bodacious Pen
The Book Bubble
The Book Bug
The Book Cellar
The Book Garden
The Book Grab
The Book Pixie
The Bookscape Report
The Children's War
The Dewey Review
The Fiction Fairy
The Fourth Musketeer
The Hiding Spot
The Hungry Readers
The Mod Podge Bookshelf
The Overflowing Library
The Perpetual Page-Turner
The Reading Date
The Story Siren
The Theater's Biggest Fan
The Unemployed Book Lover
The Zealous Reader
The 3 R's
Through the Book Vine
Ticket to Anywhere
Too Many Words
Turn the Page
Visible Spectrum
Vision Quest Fail
Watercolor Moods
We Adore a Happy Ending
What's Your Story?
With Her Nose Stuck in a Book
Word for Teens
Words on Paper
YA Book Nerd
YA Bookmark
YA Bookshelf
YA Lit Crave
YA Reads
YA Scribe
YA? Why Not?
To enter: fill in the form below:
Woo hoo! I'm so excited for this challenge! Thanks so much for hosting :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the challenge!
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely considering this one. I haven't seen a YA / MG historical fiction challenge.
ReplyDeleteI signed up!
ReplyDeleteMy debut YA HF novel entitled CROSSING THE TRACKS was published in July 2010. I'm very interested to know more about how the challenge works. Thanks for a terrific idea.
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing challenge. Can't wait to get cracking on some YA HF next year. :D
ReplyDeleteOh, and yes--people, add CROSSING THE TRACKS to your lists. It's "crazy good". :)
Great idea for a challenge. YA historical is my favorite genre!
ReplyDeleteHave read a half dozen YA historicals this month. Love them! Thanks for the challenge and the links.
ReplyDeleteI signed up! Thanks for hosting this challenge!
ReplyDeleteThis is historical fiction week in my Materials for Youth class (I'm in library school). I was hoping someone would host a challenge like this, and I'm glad I found it! I'm off to create a post and then I'll be back to sign up. :)
ReplyDeleteTechnical question, Sab: Do the books have to be both read and reviewed in 2011, or can we read them now and post our reviews in the New Year?
ReplyDeleteAlso, where do we post our reviews?
Thanks, I am so excited!
G.C.
They can be read now if you want. The reviews can be anywhere that is linkable and they will count towards the exclusive giveaways.
ReplyDeleteOooh this is an awesome challenge, I am going to go make a post for this now.
ReplyDeleteSab, I think this sounds fun, but I've got a silly question. The actual challenge is to READ AND REVIEW this many books? Or just read & keep a list? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great challenge that I just discovered! I am so a new follower now! I just love your blog!
ReplyDeleteLove YA HF! Great challenge! I just read Bright Young Things :) I wish I found this challenge earlier!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really excitig challenge, and a good excuse for those of us who don't usually read HF, to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteOh, another book you might like is "A Heart for Any Fate," by Linda Crew. It's about a teenager girl's journal with her family on the Oregon Trail.
Can't wait for this challenge! Thanks for hosting it!
ReplyDeleteI think this will be a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteI am really looking forward to this challenge. It is a great challenge.
ReplyDeletethanks for the challenge! i'm super excited. :D
ReplyDeleteAwesome challenge-- I so excited to start! Hurry up, 2011! An amazing book for everyone's list: Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran. Trust me, you will love it. :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome challenge! I'm excited to be participating and have already picked out a dozen books. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat Challenge! :D
ReplyDeleteBut I do have a question: I'm from Austria so my blog is in German - can I join? Or would you like to understand the reviews the participants are writing? ;)
Thanks for hosting this challenge. I'm eager to get started!
ReplyDeleteThanks S!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting! I've got such a soft spot for historical fiction and it'll be great to indulge it. =)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this challenge! I look forward to challenging myself to read more HF!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to this challenge! I love YA historical books. Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonder challenge :)I love historical fiction but I feel like I don't read enough of it.
ReplyDeleteOk. I'm really late compared to everyone else, but I'm still excited to try this out. :) I think this is a great challenge idea. Like everyone else I don't read enough HF.
ReplyDeleteHey! I signed up yesterday! Looking forward to this. http://watercolormoods.blogspot.com/2011/06/ya-historical-fiction-challenge-hosted.html
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteI've just read The Queen Must Die and although it is a time travel book I think it is also historical fiction...
Do you think it counts?
Thaks!
Lettie
Looks like fun. I just signed up.
ReplyDeletehttp://yabookluver.blogspot.com/2011/07/ya-bliss-ya-historical-fiction.html
Woohoo! I finished mine! :)
ReplyDeleteHey, a bit late in the game but I'm joining in at level two!
ReplyDeletehttp://rachellarow.blogspot.com/2011/09/historical-fiction-challenge.html
Are you going to have this challenge in 2012, too? I love this idea! Also, new follower to your blog. Think I'm a bit late to sign up for this year, but looking forward to it for next.
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