This series includes 36 books.
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A Time For Courage
The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen
by Kathryn Lasky
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A diary account of thirteen-year-old Kathleen Bowen's life in Washington, D.C. in 1917, as she juggles concerns about the national battle for women's suffrage, the war in Europe, and her own school work and family. Includes a historical note.
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Early Sunday Morning
The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows
by Barry Denenberg
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A moving story of one girl's devastating experience of the "day that will live in infamy."
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The Winter of Red Snow
The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
by Kristiana Gregory
Description :
In her beloved diary, eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart chronicles the despair and the hope of the winter of 1777 and 1778, when she witnesses the struggles of George Washington and his soldiers on the fields of Valley Forge.
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Land of the Buffalo Bones
The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota
by Marion Dane Bauer
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Land of the Buffalo Bones is the diary of Mary Rodgers, known as Polly. Promising religious freedom and fertile land, Polly's father, Reverend Rodgers, moves their Baptist community from England to the Minnesota prairie. After a treacherous journey across
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Standing in the Light
The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan
by Mary Pope Osborne
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A Quaker girl's diary reflects her experiences growing up in the Delaware River Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763.
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl
by Joyce Hansen
Description :
In this latest addition to the Dear America series, Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author Joyce Hansen presents the inspiring story of Patsy, a freed girl who becomes a great teacher.
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A Light in the Storm
The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin
by Karen Hesse
Description :
Newberry Medallist Karen Hesse pens the diary of a Union girl living in the divided state of Delaware during the explosive first year of the Civil War.
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
The Diary of Bess Brennan
by Barry Denenberg
Description :
After Bess Brennan is blinded in a sledding accident, she must face a frightening, much-altered world. Confronted with a new set of obstacles, Bess manages to overcome her disabilities with help from her new friends at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA, where she also learns how to read Braille. Her twin sister, Elin, assists her with recording daily events in her diary and contributes entries of her own. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, Bess' story will inspire all readers to be strong in the face of hardship.
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My Heart is on the Ground
The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl
by Ann Rinaldi
Description :
Acclaimed historical novelist Ann Rinaldi makes her "Dear America" debut with the diary of a Sioux girl who is sent to a government-run boarding school to learn the white man's customs and language.
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I Walk in Dread
The Diary of Deliverance Trembly, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials
by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
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Deliverance Trembley lives in Salem Village, where she must take care of her sickly sister, Mem, and where she does her daily chores in fear of her cruel uncle's angry temper. But when four young girls from the village accuse some of the local women of being witches, Deliverance finds herself caught up in the ensuing drama of the trials. And life in Salem is never the same.
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Love Thy Neighbor
The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
by Ann Warren Turner
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The drama of the American Revolution is brought to life through the eyes of a Prudence Emerson, who tells the story from the rarely heard perspective of a Tory. In the winter of 1775, as Pru's neighbors prepare to fight the British for independence, Pru i
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All the Stars in the Sky
The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder
by Megan McDonald
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Starting their journey from their home in Missouri, Florrie Ryder and her family are headed towards the promise of a new life in Santa Fe. As they cross the Great Plains of the midwestern prairie, fording rivers and climbing mountains, the Ryders encounter endless hardship as they undertake this great adventure.
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Seeds of Hope
The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild
by Kristiana Gregory
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Susanna Fairchild and her family are on board a ship sailing from New York to the West, where they plan to start a new life in Oregon. But tragedy strikes when Susanna¹s mother is lost to the sea. Hearing stories of great wealth, Susanna¹s physician father decides he wants to join the hordes of men rushing to California to mine for gold.
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So Far from Home
The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl
by Barry Denenberg
Description :
Critically acclaimed author Barry Denenberg turns a sharp eye on life for a young Irish immigrant at the Lowell Mill.
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One Eye Laughing, the Other Eye Weeping
The Diary of Julie Weiss
by Barry Denenberg
Description :
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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Christmas After All
The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift
by Kathryn Lasky
Description :
In her fictionalized journal, eleven-year-old Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932.
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A Picture of Freedom
The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl
by Patricia C. McKissack, Fred McKissack
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Having secretly taught herself how to read and write, Clotee, a brave twelve-year-old Virginia slave, witnesses the horrors of slavery and eventually becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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Valley of the Moon
The Diary of Marýýa Rosalia de Milagros
by Sherry Garland
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María Rosalia is a Mestizo servant in a Spanish home. Orphaned years ago, she and her brother Domingo work on a ranch run by the stern Señor Medina. María¹s writing captures the intense tradition and culture of the Spanish as she observes the war that Alta California ultimately loses to the Americans.
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The Great Railroad Race
The Diary of Libby West
by Kristiana Gregory
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In Kristiana Gregory's third book for the "Dear America" series, a 14-year old girl records the momentous building of the Transcontinental Railroad.
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A Coal Miner's Bride
The Diary of Anetka Kaminska
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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A diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's life in Poland in 1896, immigration to America, marriage to a coal miner, widowhood, and happiness in finally finding her true love.
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My Face to the Wind
The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher
by Jimmy Murphy
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In the late 1870s, many young teachers traveled West to earn money and make a new life for themselves, despite the schools being inadequate at best. Some returned home, unable to endure the hardships of prairie life, but others were more committed to their work. Sarah Jane Price stayed, braving the rough conditions of the West. Written by Newbery Honor Author Jim Murphy, this is Sarah Jane Price's story.
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When Christmas Comes Again
The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer
by Beth Seidel Levine
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In April of 1917, Simone Spencer's world changes. Her beloved brother Will goes off to war, and Simone seeks a way to help. The passionate daughter of a feisty French mother and a rebellious upper-class father, Simone is not cut out for the society life she is meant to lead. So, when General Pershing calls for French-speaking American girls to operate the switchboards on the Western Front, Simone becomes one of the first brave "Hello Girls" whose courage helps lead the Allies to victory. In the end, Christmas brings the Spencers back together again.
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Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie
The Oregon Trail Diary Of Hattie Campbell
by Kristiana Gregory
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Hattie, her parents, and her two younger brothers begin the long trek from Missouri to Oregon by wagon train. At first the adventure is exciting, but as the days, weeks, and months pass, Hattie realizes what a dangerous and tedious trip it will be. They cross the prairies, hastening the journey as news of the fate of the Donner party reaches them, but death, disease, weather, and the terrain take a terrible toll. The Campbells lose neighbors and friends until they almost believe they cannot bear to continue. Continue they do: Eight months after they set out, the remaining wagons arrive in Oregon City, just in time for Christmas. Through Hattie's diary, Gregory brings the rigors of the trip to life, but she also includes the details that kept the settlers going--the friendships and camaraderie that developed and the joyful events that occurred. Gregory brings a sobering dose of reality to an era that's often romanticized; this is a fine glimpse of history on a human scale.
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Dreams in the Golden Country
The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl
by Kathryn Lasky
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Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.
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A Journey to the New World
The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple
by Kathryn Lasky
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The diary of a young Pilgrim girl who makes the dangerous journey on the Mayflower to America is filled with her thoughts about her new friends, her contact with Native Americans, and her love for her new land.
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A Line in the Sand
The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence
by Sherry Garland
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In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom.
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My Secret War
The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck
by Madeline Beck
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Tonight I got caught. I'mstill shaking. I don't understand what happened, really. I was walking on the foggy beach... I heard voices and saw the shapes of two men near the dunes. I truned back to go home, but one of the men called out and shined a flashlight on me, and I froze like a rabbit. The man angrily told me to halt and he asked who I was and where I lived. I told him my name was Madeline Beck and gave him my address. He ordered me to turn around. I did, and he walked up to me in the dark and shined the flashlight right in my eyes. When I started to turn away, he said, Madeline Beck." And I looked into the light, and I was blinded, and he said, "We're the Coast Guard. You did not see us here. You saw nothing."
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The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow
The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
by Ann Warren Turner
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In her first book for the Dear America series, acclaimed historical fiction writer Ann Turner brings readers the deeply affecting story of a Navajo girl on the long walk.
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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson
by Barry Denenberg
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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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Voyage on the Great Titanic
The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady
by Ellen Emerson White
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Written from the point of view of a young passenger aboard the ill-fated Titanic, this title combines an award-winning series with the "disaster of the century".
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West to a Land of Plenty
The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
by Jimmy Murphy
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While traveling in 1883 with her Italian American family (including a meddlesome little sister) and other immigrant pioneers to a utopian community in Idaho, fourteen-year-old Teresa keeps a diary of her experiences along the way.
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty
by Ellen Emerson White
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A young girl growing up in Boston keeps a touching and poignant diary while her brother is away at war in Vietnam. Scared for her brother and for her country, she writes it all down in her diary, painting a picture of one of the most studied, turbulent, and disturbing times in American history.
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Color Me Dark
The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North
by Patricia C. Mckissack
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Twelve-year-old Nellie Lee's family moves to north to Chicago in search of a better life. Like many other African Americans, they hope to escape the racism of the rural south and take advantage of the opportunities in the city. Instead, they find themselves faced with a more sinister form of prejudice - hatred within their own race.
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Hear My Sorrow
The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker
by Deborah Hopkinson
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Angela and her family have arrived in New York City from their village in Italy to find themselves settled in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side. When her father is no longer able to work, Angela must leave school and work in a shirtwaist factory. Against the backdrop of the birth of the labor union movement in the early 1900s, Angela plays a part in the drama and turmoil that erupt as the workers begin to strike, protesting the terrible conditions in the sweatshops. And she records the horrors of the Triangle Factory fire and the triumphs and sorrows of the labor movement.
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Look to the Hills
The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl
by Fred McKissack
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Arriving with her French masters in upstate New York at the tail end of the French-Indian War, Lozette, "Zettie," an orphaned slave girl, is confronted with new landscapes, new conditions, and new conflicts. As her masters are torn between their own nationality and their somewhat reluctant new allegiance to the British colonial government, Zettie, too, must reconsider her own loyalties.
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Survival in the Storm
The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards
by Katelan Janke
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In sixteen-year-old Katelan Janke's first Dear America book, we meet Grace Edwards, a little girl growing up in the heart of the Texas panhandle, in the midst of the Dust Bowl. Fierce, dust0filled winds ravage the plains and threaten the town's agricultural livelihood, creating poverty and despair among Grace's neighbors. Will her family's farm survive?
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