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Historical Fiction
>> Example: **Kit series by Valerie Tripp:** Read about a girl's life during Depression.
 * **//After the Rain: Virginia's Civil War Diary// by Mary Pope Osborne:** A young woman is about to have a baby and Virginia and her family are worried for her health.
 * **//American Girls// series by several different authors:** Read the stories of girls who lived during different historical times.
 * **//The Devil's Arithmetic// by Jane Yolen:** A Jewish girl travels back in time to the Holocaust during World War II.
 * **//Number the Stars// by Lois Lowry:** A girl has to be very brave to keep her Jewish friend safe from the Nazis.
 * **//Play to the Angel// by Dahlberg:** Good historical fiction book about Hitler trying to take over Vienna during World War II.
 * **//Riding Freedom// by Pam Munoz Ryan:** An orphan girl tries to find a better life by pretending to be a boy and working on a stage coach.
 * **//Time Warp Trio// by Jon Scieszka:** These three boys have crazy adventures when they fall into a magic book.