Genre
Letters from Rifka is in the Historical Fiction genre. Historical Ficton is a story about the past or that is based on past events, such as the Holocaust, The Civil War, WWI, WWII, The Revolutionary War and many more. It provides the reader an understanding of what life was like during a particular time period. Historical Fiction books are often written from the point of view of a fictional person who lived in that time period. Historical Fiction can be different in some ways but cannot deviate drastically from the actuall events of the time period.
More books in this genre:
Gone with the Wind: Margaret Mitchell
Little House on the Prairie:Laura Ingles Wilder
The Iliad: Homer
Girl with a Pearl Earring: Tracy Chevalier
The Red Tent: Anita Diamant
Number the Stars: Lois Lowry
To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee
The Scarlett Letter: Nathaniel Hawlthorne
Gone with the Wind: Margaret Mitchell
Little House on the Prairie:Laura Ingles Wilder
The Iliad: Homer
Girl with a Pearl Earring: Tracy Chevalier
The Red Tent: Anita Diamant
Number the Stars: Lois Lowry
To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee
The Scarlett Letter: Nathaniel Hawlthorne