Series Information
Dear America

By various authors (ages 9-12)

These novels are in diary form and reflect the period of history in which the main character lives. Each book is about a different girl or boy and their struggles and joys in life. The end of each book has a section about the facts of each historical period, so the reader can get a true idea of it. Good for beginning readers who want a challenge or any reader who enjoys books written in diary format.

1. A Journey to a New World: the Diary of Remember Patience Wipple
   Kathryn Lasky
2. The Winter of Red Snow: the Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
   Kristiana Gregory
3. When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson
   Barry Denenberg
4. A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, A Slave Girl
   Patricia McKissack
5. Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell
   Kristiana Gregory
6. So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl
   Barry Denenberg
7. I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, A Freed Girl
   Joyce Hansen
8. West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
   Jim Murphy
9. Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman
   Kathryn Lasky
10. A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence
    Sherry Garland
11. Standing in the Light: The Diary of Catharine Carey Logan
    Mary Pope Osborne
12. Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady
    Ellen Emerson White
13. My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, A Sioux Girl
    Ann Rinaldi
14. The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West
    Kristiana Gregory
15. The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, A Navajo Girl
    Ann Turner
16. A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin
    Karen Hesse
17. A Coal Miner’s Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kamenska
    Susan Campbell Bartoletti
18. Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love
    Patricia McKissack
19. One Eye Laughing, The Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss
    Barry Denenberg
20. My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck
    Mary Pope Osborne
21. Valley of the Moon: The Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros
    Sherry Garland
22. Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild
    Kristiana Gregory
23. Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift
    Kathryn Lasky
24. My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, A Prairie Teacher
    Jim Murphy
25. Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows
    Barry Denenberg
26. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly Mackenzie Flaherty
    Ellen Emerson White
27. A Time For Courage: The Suffgagette Diary of Kathleen Bowen
    Kathryn Lasky
28. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan
    Barry Denenberg
29. My Face To The Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher
    Jim Murphy

The Journals in this series have boys as the main characters.

1. The Journal of James Edmond Pease, A Civil War Soldier
   Jim Murphy
2. The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War Patriot
   Barry Deneberg
3. The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy
   Walter Dean Myers
4. The Journal of Ben Uchida, Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp
   Barry Denenberg
5. The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker
   William Durbin
6. The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier
   Walter Dean Myers
7. The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner
   Laurence Yep
8. The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy
   Ann Rinaldi
9. The Journal of Otto Peltonen, A Finnish Immigrant
   William Durbin
10. The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
    Kathryn Lasky
11. The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition
    Rodman Philbrick
12. The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy
    Joseph Bruchac
13. The Journal of Biddy Owens, The Negro Leagues
    Walter Dean Myers
14. The Journal of Sean Patrick Flaherty: United States Marine Corps
    Ellen Emerson White
15. The Journal of Jebediah Barstow, an Emigrant on the Oregon Trail: Overland, 1845
    Ellen Levine

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