Historical fiction recommendations from Winter Reading participants

Congratulations to Week 5 winners, Stacy and Kelly, and Week 6 winners, Carrie and Jason. They each won a $20 gift card to either Target, Dunkin' Donuts, or Classic Cinemas. At the end of this week we will pull three names for our Week 7 winners. Next Saturday, March 5, is the last day to turn in Winter Reading entries. We will pull the grand prize winners from ALL the reading entries received during the course of the Winter Reading program. The grand prize teen and adult winners will each receive a $75 Target gift card. Keep your reading entries coming in -- participants have read 156 books in our Winter Reading program so far! Here are some books you may be interested in if you enjoy books set in the past:

	Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas Set during the Civil War, with a main character taking care of her family's Iowa farm while her husband is away at war. Rating: 4 out of 5 Find it in the catalog!
	The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory Set during the reign of King Henry VIII, after the beheading of Anne Boleyn. Rating: 5 out of 5 Find it in the catalog!
	Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Frontier and pioneer life on the Great Plains. Rating: 3 out of 5 Find it in the catalog!
	The Diary of Mattie Spenser by Sandra Dallas The just-married protagonist, Mattie Spenser, shares her story as she travels from Iowa to the Colorado Territories by Conestoga wagon to start a new life with her husband. Rating: 5 out of 5 Find it in the catalog!
	Shanghai Girls by Lisa See In the mid 1930s two sisters from Shanghai immigrate to Los Angeles in search of a better life. Rating: 5 out of 5 Find it in the catalog!
	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden The story of Nitta Sayuri, sold to a geisha house at the age of 9 in 1929. Rating: 4 out of 5 Find it in the catalog!
	Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Frontier and pioneer life on the Great Plains Rating: 5 out of 5 Find it in the catalog!