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A Line in the Sand : The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence : Gonzales, Texas, 1836 (Dear America Series)

Sherry Garland

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. Show...
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A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620

Kathryn Lasky - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

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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Love Thy Neighbor: the Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson

Ann Turner
Format: Print book

At the brink of the American Revolution, Prudence Emerson finds her friends and neighbors turning against her and her family, who remain loyal to the British King.The drama of the American Revolution is brought to life through the eyes of a Prudence Emerson, who tells the story from the rarely...
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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 (Dear America Series)

Kristiana Gregory
Format: Library Binding

Thirteen-year-old Hattie Campbell records the details of her family's harrowing migration to Oregon in a covered wagon and describes the many challenges, both joyful and tragic, that mark the journey. Show more Show...
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A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin (Dear America)

Karen Hesse

In 1861, Amelia Martin's father is stripped of his post as a ship's captain when he is caught harboring the leader of a slave rebellion. Now he is an assistant lighthouse keeper on Fenwick Island, off the coast of Delaware-a state wedged between the North and the South, just as Amelia...
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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (Dear America Series)

Barry Denenberg

The peaceful Southern life that Emma Simpson and her family have always known is shattered when the Civil War begins. Emma's father and brother are called to battle, but her family believes the Confederacy will quickly win the War between the States. However, as the months drag on, the harsh...
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The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868

Kristiana Gregory - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Part of a geography series designed to introduce children to the concept of their local area. The series uses contemporary photographs to highlight possible features in their own local environment. The books consider how aspects of the local area could be made safer, and help children recognise...
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Dear America: Behind The Masks

Susan Patron - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Newbery Award-winning author Susan Patron brings her talents to the beloved Dear America series in this exciting story of a girl growing up in the Wild West, in a California gold mining town.Growing up in the wild gold-mining town of Bodie, California, in the 1880s, Angeline Reddy has seen...
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My Face to the Wind: the Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 (Dear America Series)

Jim Murphy
Format: Hardcover

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,...
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West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 (Dear America)

Jim Murphy

The first humorous book in the Dear America series follows an Italian girl's immigrant family as they move from New York City to a utopian community in the frontier West.
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A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Anetka Kaminska (Dear America)

Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Format: Print book

Meet Anetka, a 13-year-old Polish girl who comes to America as a promised bride to a Pennsylvania coal miner. Her fascinating diary entries give readers a personal glimpse into what life was like in a coal-mining town during a tumultuous time in our country's past. Show...
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Dear America

Kathryn Lasky

New dreams and old traditions flourish and clash when a Jewish girl and her family emigrate from Russia to America. Show more Show less #outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient...
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Dear America: A City Tossed and Broken

Judy Blundell - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

From National Book Award-winning author Judy Blundell, a thrilling account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.When Minnie Bonners father disappears after losing the Bonners Philadelphia tavern, the wealthy gentleman Edward Sump, led by his avaricious wife, offers Minnie a chance to work...
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Dear America: Voyage On The Great Titanic

Ellen Emerson White - Scholastic
Format: Paperback

One of the most popular Dear America diaries of all time, Ellen Emerson White's bestselling VOYAGE ON THE GREAT TITANIC is now back in print with a gorgeous new package!Five years ago, Margaret Ann Brady's older brother left her in the care of an orphanage and immigrated to America....
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A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917

Kathryn Lasky - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

As the fight for women's suffrage heats up, Kathleen"Kat" Bowen gets to participate as her mother and her sister, and many others close to her organize and act to win the right to vote.January 19, 1917The picket line has been going on for over a week! And people said they...
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When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front 1917 (Dear America Series)

Beth Seidel Levine

In another very special Dear America Christmas story that crosses the ocean during WWI, Simone Spencer leaves home and keeps a diary of her life as a brave "Hello Girl" on the Western Front.In April of 1917, Simone Spencer's world changes. Her beloved brother Will goes off to war, and Simone...
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Dear America: Like the Willow Tree

Lois Lowry - Scholastic Inc.; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Two-time Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings a brand-new, beautiful diary to the Dear America series!Suddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic in the fall of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother, Daniel, of Portland, Maine, are taken by their...
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Dear America: Christmas After All

Kathryn Lasky - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Print book

Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's CHRISTMAS AFTER ALL is back in print with a gorgeous new package!To twelve-year-old Minnie Swift, Christmas is not going to be the time of bounty she's used to. It is 1932 -- the middle of the Great Depression -- and jobs are scarce and Papa...
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (Dear America Series)

Barry Denenberg
Format: Hardcover

Blinded after a terrible accident, Bess must learn to overcome her disability with the help of new friends and skills at the Perkins School for the Blind, in the wake of America's Great Depression.After Bess Brennan is blinded in a sledding accident, she must face a frightening, much-altered...
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Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii 1941 (Dear America Series)

Barry Denenberg

On the heels of the much-anticipated movie "Pearl Harbor", acclaimed author Barry Dennenberg has written a moving story of one girl's devasting expenrience at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.Pearl Harbor, on the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii, was attacked by the Japanese Imperial...
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Dear America: The Fences Between Us

Kirby Larson - Scholastic Press; 1 Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings us the first new Dear America diary in years, taking readers through the attack on Pearl Harbor, the start of World War II, and the Japanese incarceration.With this sweeping tale of life on the World War II homefront, Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson...
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