Historical Fiction

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Historical Fiction

The Sandcastle Girls

by Chris Bohjalian Grade Level: Tenth Grade to Adult In The Sandcastle Girls, Bohjalian creates an intergenerational tale firmly founded in the history of the Armenian Genocide. His characters take the reader back in time to Syria, and he recreates…

Forgotten Fire

by Adam Bagdasarian Grade Level: Ninth to Twelfth Grade Brutally vivid, Adam Bagdasarian’s Forgotten Fire is based on the experiences of his great-uncle during the Armenian Holocaust. The abhorrent events of the genocide that Bagdasarian describes are almost unbearable, yet…

Three Apples Fell From Heaven

by Micheline Aharonian Marcom Grade Level: Eleventh Grade to Adult Marcom weaves the fates of five individuals caught in the riptide of the Armenian genocide. The stories loop and twist together with poetic language that will stay with the reader…

Zabelle

by Nancy Kricorian Grade Level: Eleventh Grade to Adult This book starts in a suburb of Boston with the passing of Zabelle Chahasbanian, an elderly grandmother whose history remains obscure to her family. The story traces back to Zabelle’s adolescence…

Eye Witness Accounts

Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story

by Henry Morgenthau, Peter Balakian (Editor) with a foreword by Robert Jay Lifton, an introduction by Roger W. Smith, and an epilogue by Henry Morgenthau III Grade Level: Eleventh Grade to Adult Originally published in 1918, Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story is…

History

The Armenian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide

by Alan Whitehorn, Editor Structured similar to an encyclopedia, The Armenian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide begins with seven introductory essays providing a broad overview of the Armenian Genocide, followed by individual entries on all aspects of the genocide: key…