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  Dear America: Book 15

  When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

  The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

  by Barry Denenberg

  A Confederate girl in Gordonsville, Virginia, in 1864, Emma Simpson writes about the hardships of growing up during a turbulent time, as the Civil War tears her family and her nation apart.
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  Dear America

  One Eye Laughing, the Other Eye Weeping

  The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938

  by Barry Denenberg

  During the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Austria, twelve-year-old Julie escapes to America to live with her relatives in New York City.
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  Dear America: Book 10

  So Far from Home

  The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847

  by Barry Denenberg

  Critically acclaimed author Barry Denenberg turns a sharp eye on life for a young Irish immigrant at the Lowell Mill.