A Family Apart

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A Family Apart

• By
• Joan Lowery Nixon

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Story in a Story

• Novel begins in the present time with modern day
  characters.
• Modern-day character reads journal entries of an
  ancestor.
• Journal entries become major portion of the novel
  A Family Apart.

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Historical Fiction

• Historical fiction is a story that is not true
  however, the story includes characters, setting,
  and events that occurred in the past.
• A Family Apart is historical fiction.

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Characters

• Historical fiction may include characters from
  the past. A Family Apart makes reference to
  Abraham Lincoln and Bill Cody.

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Setting

• The setting of historical fiction is sometime in
  the past. For instance, A Family Apart takes
  place in the1860s.
• Also the setting includes the not-so-good aspects
  of New York during this time along with the
  setting of a developing West.

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Plot

• The plot of historical fiction can include real
  events and actions that occurred in the past. In
  A Family Apart the main characters ride on the
  orphan train and participate in the underground
  railroad. Both the orphan train and the
  underground railroad were important elements in
  the history of the United States.

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Plot

• In historical fiction the plot may involve issues
  that were very significant in years past. In
  A Family Apart the Kelly children encounter
  various aspects of slavery in the United States.

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Learning More Than

• Not only will you become familiar with Joan
  Lowery Nixons A Family Apart, you will also
  learn more about the following
• Newspapers of the 1860s
• Clothing of the 1860s
• String games
• Charles Loring Brace
• Childrens Aid Society
• Riders of the orphan train
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Pony Express and Bill Cody
• Underground Railroad
• Supporters of Underground Railroad

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Credits

• Photograph of Abraham Lincoln
• http//americancivilwar.com/north/abe
  _lincoln.html
• Photograph of Bill Cody
• www.xphomestation.com/wfcody.html
• Photograph of train
• http//www.childrensaidsociety.org/about/train
• Photograph of wagon
• www.undergroundrailroadmuseum.com
• Photograph of almanac
• http//education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson?socst
  ud/railroad/images/reward.jpg