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Africa Is My Home by my teacher Monica Edinger is a great example of historical fiction. It’s about a girl named Margru who was taken from her home in Africa to be a slave. She was taken on the ship the Amistad which means friendship. I will tell you it was anything but. In the end she won her freedom and became a teacher.

I think it’s a great example of historical fiction because it uses true facts such as dates like their case to win freedom was taken to Supreme Court on March 9th 1841.
I also thought there were good examples of literary devices. I especially enjoyed her poems in the book. I thought this book could be a Cinderella story because Margru started out with a good family, then she came down when she was taken to be a slave, and in the end came out on top when she got to go back home and become a teacher. This book is not published yet, but when it does come out I would definitely read it. One more thing, I thought I would leave you with one of the fantastic poems.

I dreamed I was home
Where I belonged,
In the place of my heart.
In Africa.

I dreamed I was home
In the land of my birth,
In the country I admired.
In Africa.

I dreamed I was home
With my family,
With the people that I loved.
In Africa.

I was home.